Chris Pratt

Actor, Producer, Additional Crew

Birthdate: June 21, 1979 (46 Years Old)

Birthplace: Virginia, Minnesota, USA

Chris Pratt (birth name: Christopher Michael Pratt) has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most likable new stars, becoming a fan favorite, especially in the running franchises, including the MCU’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World. Discovered by actor-director Rae Dawn Chong while he was serving at Bubba Gump restaurant, Chris Pratt was cast in Chong’s short film, Cursed Pt. 3 (2000). Most of his early work was in television, with occasional small parts in movies like Matthew Allen’s Walk the Talk (2007), with Cary Elwes and Ileana Douglas, but his major career turn was being cast as Andy in the ensemble of the hit NBC sitcom, Parks and Recreation (2009-2015). Pratt’s major turning point in feature films was landing a key supporting dramatic role in Bennett Miller’s Oscar-winning baseball movie, Moneyball (2011), with Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Pratt continued an unexpected run of acting in Best Picture Oscar-nominated movies with Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty (2012), with Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Joel Edgerton, followed by a role opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Spike Jonze’s science-fiction Her (2013), with Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson. Chris Pratt entered the realm of blockbusters in 2014, voicing the role of Emmet Brickowski in Phil Lord’s and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie, and as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, the affable pilot in Marvel’s mega-hit action comedy, Guardians of the Galaxy, both earning a combined $1.24 billion worldwide box office. Pratt’s next blockbuster topped even that outstanding gross, as he replaced Josh Brolin as Owen in the Jurassic Park reboot, Jurassic World (2015), with Bryce Dallas Howard and Vincent D’Onofrio. This meant that Pratt had lead or co-lead roles in three of the most successful franchises at the same time—Guardians of the Galaxy, and the associated Marvel Comics Universe; The Lego Movie; and Jurassic World. These three ongoing tentpoles provided Pratt with the lion’s share of his roles from 2014 to 2022, with notable departures, such as Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (2016), the Morten Tyldum-directed science fiction drama, Passengers (2016), with Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen and Laurence Fishburne, and star of Amazon’s The Tomorrow War (2021), with Yvonne Strahovski and J.K. Simmons. Chris Pratt’s busy MCU presence as Peter Quill and Star-Lord includes not only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), but the mega-grossing Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). His busy 2019 was the same year he returned as Emmet (as well as new character Rex Dangervest) in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Pratt resumed his character of Owen in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), again with Bryce Dallas Howard, followed by Jurassic World Dominion (2022), with Howard and Jurassic Park alum Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum. Expanding his franchise portfolio to include the Super Mario Brothers, Pratt starred as the voice of Mario in The Super Mario Brothers (2023), with co-stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, and Seth Rogen under the direction of Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Pratt returned in his lead voice role in the Horvath and Jelenic-directed sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026), reuniting the original cast with new voice cast members Charlie Day, Benny Safdie, Kevin Michael Richardson and Brie Larson, produced by Illumination/Nintendo and released wide by Universal Pictures. Pratt is also voicing voiced the crafty cat Garfield in Alcon Entertainment’s The Garfield Movie (2023), with the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillen, Bowen Yang and Snoop Dogg under Mark Dindal’s direction, grossing an excellent $257.2 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing; Pratt again voiced the feline in Alcon’s The Garfield Movie 2 (2027), which Pratt was also a producer and reunited with director Dindal. Pratt co-starred with Rebecca Ferguson in the sci-fi thriller in near-future Los Angeles, Mercy (2026), with Annabelle Wallis and Kylie Rogers under the direction of Timur Bekmambetov (who also produced with Charles Roven, Robert Amidon, and Majd Nassif), and which was released wide by Amazon MGM Studios (U.S.)/Sony Pictures Releasing International (International). Pratt was a star and a producer of director/producer McG’s drama, Way of the Warrior Kid (2026), based on Jocko Willink’s 2017 children’s novel, co-starring Jude Hill and Linda Cardellini, and which was produced and distributed by Apple, with lead co-producers Skydance Media and FilmNation Entertainment.

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Personal life

Born in the Minnesota town of Virginia, Chris Pratt was raised by Daniel and Kathy Pratt. He has two siblings, Cully and Angie. His family moved to Lake Stevens, Washington, when he was seven years old, and graduated from Lake Stevens High School. He attended the local community college, then dropped out. Pratt was married to actor Anna Faris from 2009 to 2018; the couple had one son, Jack. He is currently married to author Katherine Schwarzenegger; the couple has two daughters, Lyla and Eloise. Pratt has three children. He is 6’ 2”. Pratt’s estimated net worth is $100 million.

Known For

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

(2026)

Mercy

(2026)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Peter Quill (2023)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Mario (2023)

The Tomorrow War

Dan Forester (2021)

Chris Pratt Movies

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2024 |
The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie
2024
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Garfield's unexpected reunion with his long-lost father, ragged alley cat Vic, he and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered lives to join Vic on a risky heist.
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asGarfield
2023 |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
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asMario
2023 |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
asPeter Quill
2022 |
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.
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asPeter Quill
2022 |
Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.
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asOwen Grady
2021 |
The Tomorrow War
The Tomorrow War
2021
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.
asDan Forester
2020 |
Onward
Onward
2020
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley embark on a magical quest to spend one more day with their late father. Like any good adventure, their journey is filled with cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries.
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asBarley Lightfoot
2019 |
The Kid
The Kid
2019
Biography, Drama, Western
The story of a young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid's encounter with Sheriff Pat Garrett.
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asGrant Cutler
2019 |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing the huge new threat of Lego Duplo, invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
asEmmet Brickowski
2018 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
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asOwen Grady
2017 |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.
asPeter Quill
2016 |
Passengers
Passengers
2016
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.
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asJim Preston
2016 |
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
2016
Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Seven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.
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asJosh Faraday
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as Chris Raven
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as Emmet Brickowski
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as Owen Grady
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The Lego Movieas Emmet Brickowski
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as Peter Quill
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Heras Paul
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Delivery Manas Brett
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The Five-Year Engagementas Alex Eilhauer
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Zero Dark Thirtyas Justin - DEVGRU
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Moneyballas Scott Hatteberg
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Wantedas Barry
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Guardians of the Galaxyas Peter Quill
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Jurassic Worldas Owen Grady
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as Mario
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as Mario

Facts About Chris Pratt

Day Jobs: Among his jobs before he became an actor, Chris Pratt worked in a Bubba Gump restaurant in Hawaii and as a daytime stripper.

Homeless: Struggling for work on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Pratt experienced periods of homelessness and lived out of a van on a beach.

Bugged Out: Chris Pratt and his future wife, Anna Faris, both collected dead insects and then combined their collections.

Award-Winner: Among Pratt’s various awards, he won the 2019 Kids’ Choice Award for “Favorite Butt Kicker” for his performance in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Fusion: Chris Pratt fused two of his franchise roles, voicing Owen in the video game Lego Jurassic World (2015).

Family Ties: Pratt is a member of both the Kennedy family and the Schwarzenegger family through marriage.