Chris Pratt
Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor and film producer. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing film stars of all time. Pratt was among the world’s highest-paid actors from 2015 to 2017 and has established himself as one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars through blockbuster franchises and big-budget films.
Chris Pratt was born in Virginia, Minnesota. He began his film career with minor roles before landing a starring role in the drama series Everwood (2002–2006). He gained widespread recognition as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) and established himself as a leading actor by portraying Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy film franchise (2014–2023). Pratt also reprised the role in other Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
Chris Pratt gained further success by playing Owen Grady in the Jurassic World franchise (2015–2022). His other notable roles include The Magnificent Seven (2016), Passengers (2016), The Tomorrow War (2021), and The Electric State (2025). He has also voiced characters in animated films such as The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), Onward (2020), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), and The Garfield Movie (2024).
Chris Pratt was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2015 and appeared in Forbes’ Celebrity 100 in 2016. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. Divorced from Anna Faris, he has been married to Katherine Schwarzenegger since 2019 and has four children. Since February 2020, Pratt owns the production company Indivisible Productions, whose first project, The Terminal List, made him one of the highest-paid television actors.
Early life and education
Chris Pratt was born on June 21, 1979, in Virginia, Minnesota. His mother, Kathleen Louise (née Indahl), worked at a Safeway supermarket, and his father, Daniel Clifton Pratt, held various jobs including mining and home remodeling. He has two older siblings.
Chris Pratt sister, Angie, and a brother, Daniel “Cully” Pratt. Chris Pratt has cited his brother Cully as one of his biggest influences and credits him as the reason he started acting. When Pratt was two or three years old, his father uprooted the family to Anchorage, Alaska, where they lived for the next few years.Concerned that raising children in Alaska was too dangerous due to the presence of bears, the family entered a period of instability, relocating between twenty homes across the United States in search of job opportunities.
Chris Pratt When Pratt was six or seven years old, the family eventually settled in the Seattle suburb of Lake Stevens, Washington. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Pratt recalled a family vacation on a cruise where he and his brother entered a dance competition, earning him a third-place prize. As a child, he frequently danced to hip-hop music, the dance drama film Saturday Night Fever (1977), and Michael Jackson.Pratt was a frequent reader of comic books, having once won $300 in a bingo tournament and spending it all on comics.
He once shared with the Los Angeles Times that his home featured a lot of art, saying, “I would try to copy these exceptional artists who could just draw male and female figures”, and recalled that the walls were covered in comic book-style murals.As a teenager, Pratt showed an interest in music, listening to pop musicians like the Beatles and rappers like Tupac Shakur and Mos Def; he has cited Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash as his biggest musical influences.[20] Around this time he began playing the guitar.
Career
At nineteen, while working as a waiter at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui, Chris Pratt was discovered by actress and director Rae Dawn Chong. She cast him in her directorial debut, a short horror film titled Cursed Part 3 (2000), in which he played Devon. Pratt credits this role with teaching him the fundamentals of acting.
film. Pratt’s first regular television role was as Harold Brighton “Bright” Abbott in the series Everwood (2002–2006).In the fourth season of the teen drama television series The O.C. (2006–2007), Pratt portrayed the activist Winchester “Ché” Cook.
Chris Pratt portrayed Barry, Wesley’s co-worker and unfaithful best friend, in Wanted (2008) and played Bobby in the comedy Wieners (2008). He appeared as Emma’s fiancé in Bride Wars (2009), officer Roman Duda in Jennifer’s Body (2009), and the lead role of Lester Watts in Deep in the Valley (2009), marking his first leading role in a comedy. In 2009, Pratt began portraying Andy Dwyer on the NBC series Parks and Recreation, a role initially intended as temporary but later made permanent, becoming his breakthrough.
Personal life
In February 2007, while filming Take Me Home Tonight (2011), Chris Pratt met actress Anna Faris. They became engaged in late 2008 and married on July 9, 2009, in Bali, Indonesia. The couple lived in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles. Faris gave birth to their son in 2012, who was born nine weeks premature, weighing 3 pounds 12 ounces (1.7 kg). Pratt later said the experience had a profound impact on his faith.
separation in August 2017. He filed for divorce on December 1, 2017, citing irreconcilable differences and requesting joint custody of their son. The divorce was finalized on October 31, 2018.
Chris Pratt began dating author Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2018, after being introduced by her mother, Maria Shriver. On January 14, 2019, Pratt announced their engagement, and the couple married on June 8, 2019, in Montecito, California. They spent their honeymoon on the island of Lanai, Hawaii, staying at a luxury resort. The couple has three children, their first daughter was born in 2020, followed by their second daughter born in 2022, and a son in 2024.
Through his marriage to Schwarzenegger, Pratt became part of the extended Kennedy family. In 2023, Pratt and Schwarzenegger acquired the Ellwood Zimmerman House, an architecturally significant property located in Brentwood, California. The original structure was later demolished to make way for the construction of a larger residence.
Chris Pratt was raised in the Lutheran faith and later identified as a non-denominational Christian. He attends Zoe Church in Los Angeles. Pratt clarified that his church “opens their doors to absolutely everyone,” responding to public scrutiny regarding alleged anti-LGBTQ connections. Director James Gunn also defended Pratt, supporting his affiliation with the church.
