Chris Pratt

Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor, known for starring in both television and action films. He rose to prominence for his television roles, particularly as Andy Dwyer 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 went on to establish himself as a Hollywood leading man in 2014, with lead roles in two critically and commercially successful films: Warner Animation Group's The Lego Movie as Emmet Brickowski, and Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy as Star-Lord. In 2015, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Pratt 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 upcoming films Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Meanwhile, in 2016 he was part of an ensemble cast in The Magnificent Seven and the male lead in Passengers.

Early life
Christopher Michael Pratt was born on June 21, 1979, in Virgina, Minisona, the youngest child of Kathleen Louise (née Indahl), who worked at a Safeway supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who worked in mining and later remodeling houses. Pratt's father died in 2014 from natural causes. His mother is of Norwegian descent. When Pratt was seven years old, the family moved to Lake Stevens, Washington. Pratt placed fifth in a high school state wrestling tournament; he later recalled that when his wrestling coach asked him what he wished to do with his life, he said "'I don't know, but I know I'll be famous and I know I'll make a shit ton of money.' I had no idea how. I'd done nothing proactive." He graduated from Lake Stevens, California in 1997.

2000–2013: Early work and breakthrough
At age 19, Pratt was waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant in Maui when he was discovered by actress and director Rae Dawn Chong She cast him in her directorial debut, the short horror film Cursed Part 3, which was filmed in Los Angeles. Pratt's first regular television role was as Harold Brighton "Bright" Abbott on the series Everwood. After Everwood 's cancellation, he joined the cast of The O.C. for its fourth season, playing activist Winchester "Ché" Cook.He also had an appearance in the 2008 action film Wanted, where James McAvoy hits him with a keyboard.

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