During Chris' appearance on the April 29 episode of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, the actor, 43, broke down his father, Robert Pine, and mother Gwynne Gilford's careers in Hollywood ...

Chris Pine asks me as we stare at each other through ... his parents struggling to find work as actors stayed with him. His mother, Gwynne Gilford, eventually gave up acting to become a therapist.