Christopher Michael Pratt, better known by Chris Pratt, is an American actor. He was born on the 21st of June in 1979. Chris Pratt is currently 39 years old and is the father of 1 child. The actor gained critical acclaim for his role in the television show ‘Parks and Recreation’ that ran on NBC from 2009-2015. Pratt has several Hollywood blockbusters to his name, and the fans love him for his comedic roles and down-to-earth personality.
Pratt wasn’t part of the Hollywood elite when he started out in the industry, as he was a common man and worked blue collar jobs in his early life. Ever since his role as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreations, his life has changed forever. He started getting recognized for his acting skills and then went on to star in Guardians of the Galaxy and the Jurassic World film series, which have made billions of dollars in the global box office. He was married to actress Anna Faris from 2009 to 2018. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota. He is one of the most successful actors in Hollywood as he is part of the biggest film franchises of Marvel and Universal.
- “I’ve done all kinds of cool things as an actor – I’ve jumped out of helicopters and done some daring stunts and played baseball in a professional stadium, but none of it means anything compared to being somebody’s daddy.” – Chris Pratt
- “Figure out whether or not you believe in yourself, and if you don’t, find a way to. Because even more than you want it, you must believe it. And learn about yourself. The rhythm of one’s spirit is just as important as what you look like or what you sound like. Who are you? What’s your voice? What are you dying to contribute?” – Chris Pratt
- “Just be comfortable with who you are.” – Chris Pratt
- “My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower.” – Chris Pratt
- “I like to do ‘Garfield Mondays’: lasagna and napping in a box.” – Chris Pratt
- “Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is.” – Chris Pratt
- “You can’t help but change when you have a kid, and for me it was just a sense of I didn’t feel like anything was missing in my life and it wasn’t. It all came at just the right time, and now if I am absent from my son, I do feel like something is missing.” – Chris Pratt
- “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.” – Chris Pratt
- “You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone’s movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan. When you’re starting out, you’re willing to do anything.” – Chris Pratt
- “If one day someone came up to me and was like, ‘Look, you’re never going to act again,’ I don’t know what I would do.” – Chris Pratt
- “One of my favorite parts of hunting is getting away from it all. These days there’s a lot more to get away from. That’s probably why I cherish it so much.” – Chris Pratt
- “I was an athlete growing up and I miss that. I miss hanging out with dudes and making raunchy jokes and telling stories, trading details, you know? There’s something I really miss about that.” – Chris Pratt
- “Girls like that quiet confidence. And not in a way like ‘I’m a dick and I don’t care.’ Just: ‘Hey, I’m comfortable with who I am.’” – Chris Pratt
- “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I read that one on a can of lemonade. I like to think it applies to life.” – Chris Pratt
- “A lot of acting just has to do with an aesthetic look. We’re just props—it’s terrible, but it’s true.” – Chris Pratt
- “I don’t call myself a feminist, but I’m married to a very strong woman. Women have been kicking ass for so long. I dated a girl who called herself a feminist and we didn’t always get along, so I think I associate the term with a bad relationship I was in, but maybe I should learn more about it.” – Chris Pratt
- “We’ve created a society that protects itself from the darkness and the death and destruction that’s all around us. There’s probably a stack of dead bodies in a morgue within six blocks from here, but it’s so gross that we keep that compartmentalized.” – Chris Pratt
- “These are the work years. The gravy years are to come. The way we work it out is we just take at least one moment every day to be present with one another. Whether or not we’re in the same room, or the same state, or even the same country, we check in, you know?” – Chris Pratt
- “I’ve done all kinds of cool things as an actor—I’ve jumped out of helicopters and done some daring stunts and played baseball in a professional stadium, but none of it means anything compared to being somebody’s daddy.” – Chris Pratt
- “Perfect sandwich? Two slices of white bread, mustard, mayo and a platinum American Express card.” – Chris Pratt
- “The challenge is not finding the attitude, but it’s really just being open and willing to go for it and try different things, and having a director that you can trust. The attitude is not something that I intended or created.” – Chris Pratt
- “Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He’s so funny, but he’s a true actor, too – he’s bringing so much when he’s onscreen.” – Chris Pratt
- “I don’t even know how I ended up with the woman that I’m with!” – Chris Pratt
- “What’s so great about TV is that you can get an opportunity to tell really rich stories, over the course of so many hours. It’s like a novel of this type of medium.” – Chris Pratt
- “Actors come up and just blatantly hit on my wife in front of me and don’t even look at me.” – Chris Pratt
- “If you wait for things to be perfect you’ll miss out on life” – Chris Pratt
- “Celebrity is intoxicating” – Chris Pratt
- “Learn to pray. It’s easy and it’s good for your soul.” – Chris Pratt
- “I’m a man of faith, and I believe God works in mysterious ways and gives us signs and gifts in life. And those gifts often comes in the form of people” – Chris Pratt
- “Just be yourself and forget all the stuff you read in GQ magazine” – Chris Pratt