Chris Pratt

Actor / Producer

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Date of Birth: 1979-06-21 (age 47)
Nationality: United States
Place of birth: Virginia, Minnesota, USA

Mini Bio

Christopher Michael Pratt (born 21 June 1979) is an American actor, known for starring in both television and action films. He rose to prominence for his television roles, particularly in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He also starred earlier in his career as Bright Abbott in The WB drama series Everwood (2002–2006) and had roles in Wanted (2008), Jennifer's Body (2009), Moneyball (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2013), Delivery Man (2013), and Her (2013). Pratt achieved leading man status in 2014, starring in two critically and commercially successful films: The Lego Movie as Emmet Brickowski, and Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy as Star-Lord. He starred in Jurassic World (2015) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and he reprised his Marvel role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and the planned Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Meanwhile, in 2016 he was part of an ensemble cast in The Magnificent Seven and the male lead in Passengers.

Backstage

Was homeless and lived in his van before his career took off.
Worked at Bubba Gumps Restaurant in Hawaii when he met Rae Dawn Chong , who helped him get his start acting.
Pratt's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard was unveiled on April 21, 2017.
Has appeared in a film that was Oscar-nominated for Best Picture for three consecutive years: Moneyball (2011) , Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Her (2013) .
He once worked as a stripper before his career took off.
Conversational in German, which he studied for three years in school. In a game of "Guess That Guardian" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) , it was revealed that he once gave a piece of concrete to his German teacher claiming that it was a piece of the Berlin Wall.
Auditioned for a character named "Chris Pratt" in The Lookout (2007) . He did not even receive a callback. The role went to Joseph Gordon-Levitt .
Has starred in two films with Morgan Freeman about ordinary individuals, abducted by tough women, to fulfill an extraordinary destiny: Wanted (2008) and The Lego Movie (2014) .
His father had English, Norwegian, German, Swiss, and French-Canadian ancestry. His mother is of entirely Norwegian ancestry.
Has 3 children: son, Jack Daniel Pratt (b. August 25, 2012) with ex-wife, Anna Faris and daughters, Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt (b. August 9, 2020) & Eloise Christina Schwarzenegger Pratt (b. May 21, 2022) with wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger

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