He was discovered by chance while working at a restaurant: Who is Chris Pratt?

His full name is Christopher Michael Pratt, he was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He was born to his Norwegian mother, Kathleen Indahl, a Safeway supermarket worker, and Dan Pratt, whose father worked in mining and home improvement. Pratt has older siblings named Cully and Angie. Pratt, who lost his father to an illness in 2014, moved with his family to Lake Stevens, Washington, when he was seven years old. Attending Lake Stevens High School there, Pratt finished fifth in his high school state wrestling tournament and was a shot putter on his high school's track team. He graduated from high school in 1997.

Pratt, who later started to study at a public university, left in the middle of the first semester. He had to work multiple jobs, including being a discount ticket salesman and daytime stripper, and was left homeless in Maui, Hawaii. At age 19, Pratt was discovered by actress and director Rae Dawn Chong while he was a waitress at a restaurant called the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui.

Later, he was cast in the short horror film "Cursed Part 3", which was his directorial debut and was shot in Los Angeles. Pratt's first regular television role was with his role in the drama TV series "Everwood". He played the same role in the series for 4 seasons. Following the cancellation of the series, the youth drama TV series "The O.C." He joined the cast, portraying the role of activist Winchester "Ché" Cook in the fourth season of the show. He also starred in the action thriller "Wanted" (2008), directed by Timur Bekmambetov, with James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.

The following year, he went on to play the dorky but endearing character Andy Dwyer in the political satire mockumentary sitcom TV series "Parks and Recreation" on NBC. Initially starting as a temporary character, Pratt managed to endear himself to the producers and was asked to be a regular on the series. Thus, his role in the series proved to be his breakthrough role.

Pratt appeared in the biographical sports drama film "Moneyball"(2011), directed by Bennet Miller, as Scott Hatteberg, the Oakland Athletics' first goalkeeper/catcher. Initially, he was said to be too fat to play the part of Hatteberg. But by deciding to lose weight, Pratt worked hard and checked her weight regularly. Pratt, who is 40 pounds (18 kg) more, managed to lose a total of 30 pounds (14 kg) with his determination. When he felt he had lost enough weight, he convinced his director by sending his a photo and he won the role. Pratt's role in the movie was once a dramatic one as a sad baseball player and father who fears his career is over and takes on the difficult task of learning a new defensive position.

That same year, he had to regain his lost weight to appear in Jamie Linden's romantic comedy "10 Years"(2011), his directorial debut. He then lost weight again to reprise his role in the thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), directed by Kathryn Bigelow, with a large cast including Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Joel Edgerton. In December 2013, he appeared as a co-worker of Joaquin Phoenix in Spike Jonze's sci-fi romantic drama film "Her".

Pratt is best known for playing supporting characters up until this point in his career. Especially with his big character in "Parks and Recreation", he has been engraved in the memories. He experienced a turning point in his career by taking the lead roles in two major studio films in 2014. He made his film debut as Emmet Brickowski in the computer-animated adventure comedy film "The Lego" co-directed by Lin Pictures. The film was a success, grossing $469.1 million worldwide.

His second movie came with the role of Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the superhero movie "Guardians of the Galaxy", produced by Marvel Studios, with a large cast including Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper. The film was a commercial success, grossing $773.3 million worldwide. Pratt initially turned it down, announcing that he did not want the role. Casting director Sarah Finn arranged a meeting with director James Gunn for Pratt, at which point Gunn was convinced Pratt was perfect for the role. He won several awards for his performance in 2014, including the CinemaCon Award for Breakthrough Actor, the Detroit Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting, and the Saturn Award for Best Actor.

Pratt co-starred with Vince Vaughn and Cobie Smulders in the comedy drama film "Delivery Man" (2013), directed by Ken Scott. His role was part of a multi-film deal he signed with Marvel. Later in the year, citing as a huge fan of Jurassic Park (1993), Pratt took the lead role as Owen Grady in the sci-fi action movie "Jurassic World" (2015), directed by Colin Trevorrow. The film was a huge success, grossing $1,670 billion worldwide in total. He won the MTV Movie Award for Best Action Performance for his performance. Moreover, Pratt's performance was also praised. He reprized his role in the sequel "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" in June 2018. The film received mixed reviews, although it was a commercial success.

His next movie role came as Josh Faraday, a gambler, in the western action movie "The Magnificent Seven" (2016), a remake of the movie of the same name, directed by Antonie Fuqua and co-starring with Denzel Washington. His second film in the same year was when he played the role of Jim Preston in "Passengers", a sci-fi romance directed by Morten Tyldum, in which he co-starred with Jennifer Lawrence.

Pratt reprized his role as Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the sequel "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2," which was released in May 2017. The plot of the movie focused on Quill and his team's search for his father. In addition, Pratt reprized the role of the same character in "Avengers: Infinity War" released in April 2018 and "Avengers: Endgame" released on April 26, 2019.

Later, Pratt reprized the voice-over role of Emmet in "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part," along with the role of another character, Rex Dangervest. In August 2017, it was announced that Pratt would play the role of the Vincent D'Onofrio western movie "The Kid." It was also rumored that Pratt is gearing up to appear as Duncan in the action movie "Cowboy Ninja Viking" alongside Priyanka Chopra. In March 2020, Pratt was cast in the lead role with Tom Holland in the computer-animated urban fantasy adventure film "Onward" produced by Disney/Pixar.

In May 2021, it was reported that a new season of "Pratt and Parks and Recreation" based on Pratt's character Andy Dwyer would be released soon. Also that year, he officially released a double single titled "The Pit" and "Two Birds Holding Hands", followed by the album 'Mouse Rat: The Awesome Album'.

In September 2021, it was announced that Pratt would voice Mario in the computer-animated adventure movie "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," based on the video game franchise of the same name. That year, it was announced that he would voice the famous cat in the upcoming computer animated comedy "Garfield," from a screenplay by David Reynolds and directed by Mark Dindal. In June 2022, it was announced that he would star in the sci-fi adventure movie "The Electric State" based on the comic book of the same name, alongside Millie Bobby Brown.

Private life

On the set of a movie in 2007, Pratt met actress Anna Faris. The couple got engaged in late 2008 and married in Bali, Indonesia, in July 2009. The couple lives in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The couple's son was born nine weeks premature in 2012. The couple decided to separate in 2017 and divorced the following year.

Pratt began dating writer Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2018. The couple got engaged on January 13, 2019, and later got married on June 8, 2019 in Montecito, California. The couple had their first child born in 2020. Thanks to her marriage to Schwarzenegger, Pratt is a member of the Kennedy family. Later, the couple had their second daughter born in May 2022.

Raised as a Lutheran, Pratt worked for the Jews and eventually became a Christian. He was ranked second in People magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive" list in 2014. Pratt was the featured cover story in the July 18 issue of Entertainment Weekly. On April 21, 2017, Pratt earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on Hollywood Boulevard. He earned this for his contributions to the movie industry.

In 2015, Pratt and Anna Faris donated to a charity that provides eyeglasses to underprivileged children. The donation was said to be inspired by Pratt's son, who was born premature and visually impaired. In December 2016, he donated to a youth center selected in memory of his father in his hometown of Lake Stevens. Pratt has supported and donated to fight food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help establish the Feed Your Neighbor charity, to fight hunger in South Carolina, and more.