Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt (Christopher Michael Pratt, born June 21, 1979) is an American actor and producer. Films in which he has starred have grossed more than $15.2 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing film stars of all time, and he was among the world's highest-paid actors each year from 2015 to 2017.

He was born in Virginia, Minnesota. After starting out in minor roles, he landed a starring role in the drama series Everwood (2002–2006) and had his breakthrough as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015). During this period he also appeared in films such as Moneyball (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Her (2013).

From 2014 he played Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in six films from Guardians of the Galaxy to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), which brought him global recognition; he also played Owen Grady in the first three Jurassic World films (2015–2022). His other starring roles include The Magnificent Seven (2016), Passengers (2016) and The Tomorrow War (2021). As a voice actor he played the lead character Emmet in The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019) and has voiced roles in Onward (2020), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and its sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026), and The Garfield Movie (2024).

In February 2020 he founded the production company Indivisible Productions. Its first project, the series The Terminal List, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2022 with Pratt as star and executive producer, made him one of the highest-paid television actors. People magazine ranked him second on its Sexiest Man Alive list in 2014, Time included him in the Time 100 in 2015, and he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017.