Especially after working as a background dancer in the music video of Ricky Martin's song "Her Bang", Channing was quickly signed by the "305 Page" model agency in Miami. He got a part-time job through the interview, which paid him more than 400 dollars for seven days. Since then, Channing has appeared in Vogue and other fashion magazines, endorsing Abercrombie Fitch, Nautica, Dolce Gabbana, American Eagle Outfitters and Emporio Armani, and appeared in several TV advertisements of Pepsi and Lulu. At the end of 200 1, it was listed as one of the "50 most beautiful faces" by "Tears List" magazine.
Modeling career let him see a brand-new world, and also let his family put down the trouble that the young man could not find the future direction; In the process of cultivating interest and exploring potential, Chen Ning set foot on the new world of performance. In 2004, he made a guest appearance in the hit drama Crime Scene Miami. In 2005, he made his debut as an outstanding basketball teenager in samuel jackson's Coach Carter. The music video of Twista song "Hope" in this background music also uses the lens of Chaning's performance. In the same year, his figure also entered the lens of Spielberg's War of the World, playing a boy in a church that the crew could not find; The same situation also appeared in two films, Cross-country Storm and Pretty Woman. Although channing tatum never considered ending her passionate modeling career, she gradually found that she couldn't take her attention off her performance. He had hoped to play Genghis Khan in the German film King of Mongolia, but was later replaced by Tadanobu Asano from Japan. He auditioned for Gambit long before the filming of X-Men 3, but the role was deleted after the script was finished.
Lauren Shule Donner, the producer of this film, noticed Qian Ning and cast him as Duke in the youth film Football Stunner. Duke is a handsome guy, who has all the reasons for confidence in others' eyes, but you will find that he is more naive, stupid, timid and lovely than anyone else. This film, along with the youth film billy elliot starring billy elliot and The Saints' Guide, which describes the street life of young people in Queens, new york, was released in 2006. The first two films were welcomed by thousands of young audiences because of Channing's youthful charm, while the latter attracted the attention of critics at Sundance Film Festival and was nominated as the best supporting actor at the Independent Spiritual Film Festival.