Chris Pratt

Overview

Born
June 21, 1979 · Virginia, Minnesota, USA
Birth name
Christopher Michael Pratt
Nickname
- Chris
Height
6′ 2″ (1.88 m)

Biography

Family

Spouses
Children
Parents
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Trademarks

Affable, gregarious if somewhat goofy persona
Says "dude" a lot, on screen and off
Tall stature

Trivia

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.
He once worked as a stripper before his career took off.
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).

Quotes

[on dating Everwood (2002) co-star Emily VanCamp] We've pretty much gotten used to the response of, "Eww, that's weird. That's creepy." The people who know us are happy, and probably expected it to happen eventually. But yeah, every once in a while we get that one person that's like, "That's really creepy. You just kissed your sister." We thought it was weird for six months, but it had more to do with just trying to hide our relationship from the set. I don't know why, and looking back on it, it was foolish. But we were trying to stay secretive and didn't want it to get out there. It never really weirded us out that we played brother and sister, because, you know, it's all fiction.
[on dating Everwood (2002) co-star Emily VanCamp] Obviously, they can never tell you not to date anybody on set. But it's always looked at as being a bit, "You should be a little apprehensive about getting involved with somebody that you work with." But we weren't apprehensive at all. We just said, "Fuck it. Let's just go for it, because it's important to us." But, that being said, other people may have had doubts or suspicions about us being able to last and this and that. Basically, once we get on set, we really just kind of became our characters and left our relationship behind. We would sneak a kiss here and there, but we would try and stay as professional as possible so no one would get uncomfortable. We certainly would never bring any arguments to the set or anything like that.
You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It's like a sauce!
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys.
The only way physical comedy works is if you don't see it coming. And the harder the fall, the funnier it is. You have to really take some shots, and I've walked away with some bumps and bruises.