Lautner was born on February 11, 1992, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lautner has Austrian, English, German, Swiss-German, French, Irish, and Dutch heritage and has stated that he has "distant" Native American ancestry (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi), through his mother.
He played in the school's Turkey Bowl American Football game.
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Lautner trained with Chaturantabut for several years, earning his black belt by the age of eight, and winning several junior world championships. He appeared in an ISKA karate event televised on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in 2003 that was later lampooned on the sports-comedy show Cheap Seats that first aired in 2006.
In junior high, Lautner won the award for "Best Smile" and played in the school's Turkey Bowl American Football game.
Publications such as Gentlemen’s Quarterly, Rolling Stone, and People have referred to Lautner as a sex symbol, with the latter publication calling the actor a future epitome of pop culture. He has been called the new young adult star that can "both woo the girls with his intensity and impress the boys with his rugged agility. Men's Health ranked him at third on their list of "Top 10 Summer Bodies.
