Chris Pratt
{{Short description|American actor (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chris Pratt
| image = Chris Pratt 2018.jpg
| alt = Pratt smiling at the camera while wearing a suit and tie.
| caption = Pratt in 2018
| birth_name = Christopher Michael Pratt
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|21}}
| birth_place = Virginia, Minnesota, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2000–present
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Anna Faris|2009|2018|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Katherine Schwarzenegger|2019}}}}
| children = 4
| relatives = Shriver family (by marriage)
| signature = Signature of Chris Pratt.svg
}}
Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.1{{nbsp}}billion worldwide, making him the fifth-highest-grossing film star of all time. Pratt was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015, and appeared in Forbes{{'}} Celebrity 100 in 2016. He was one of the world's highest-paid actors annually from 2015 to 2017. Through starring in blockbuster franchises and big-budget films, Pratt has established himself as one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
Born in the city of Virginia, Minnesota, Pratt began his film career with minor roles before securing a starring role in the drama series Everwood (2002–2006). He had his breakthrough role as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015). Pratt received global recognition and established himself as a leading actor by portraying Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy film franchise, appearing in a series of superhero films spanning from Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He also reprises the role in other Marvel Cinematic Universe films, such as Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
Pratt achieved further critical and commercial success by portraying Owen Grady in the Jurassic World franchise (2015–2022), which consists of three films that have collectively grossed over $3.9{{nbsp}}billion worldwide. His other starring roles include the Western action film The Magnificent Seven (2016), the science fiction film Passengers (2016), the military science-fiction action film The Tomorrow War (2021), and the science fiction adventure film The Electric State (2025). Pratt has also voiced characters in animated films like The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), Onward (2020), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), and The Garfield Movie (2024).
Often regarded as a sex symbol, Pratt received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. Divorced from actress Anna Faris, Pratt has been married to Katherine Schwarzenegger since 2019. He has four children—one with Faris and three with Schwarzenegger. Since February 2020, Pratt has owned the production company Indivisible Productions.
Early life and education
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Christopher Michael Pratt{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=2}}{{cite web | last=Welsh | first=Daniel | title=It Turns Out Chris Pratt Doesn't Want You To Call Him 'Chris' | website=HuffPost | date=June 28, 2022 | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/chris-pratt-hates-being-called-by-his-name_uk_62bae120e4b0187add181da6 | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413163248/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/chris-pratt-hates-being-called-by-his-name_uk_62bae120e4b0187add181da6 | url-status=live }} was born in the city of Virginia, Minnesota, on June 21, 1979.{{cite web | last=Wallenstein | first=Andrew | title=Chris Pratt (Actor) | website=Variety | url=https://variety.com/t/chris-pratt/ | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413163248/https://variety.com/t/chris-pratt/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Christensen | first=Michael | title=Chris Pratt: How The Humble Father Became A Billion-Dollar Movie Man | website=GQ | date=May 8, 2017 | url=https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/chris-pratt-how-the-humble-father-became-a-billiondollar-movie-man/news-story/26e00f6d7ca71b1f8e361360641f4695 | access-date=April 13, 2025}} His mother, Kathleen Louise "Kathy" (née Indahl), worked at a Safeway supermarket, while his father, Daniel Clifton Pratt, held various jobs, such as mining and home remodeling.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2014/07/11/how-chris-pratt-went-zero-hero |title=How Chris Pratt Went from Zero to Hero |date=July 11, 2014 |last=Collis |first=Clark |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |pages=24–31 |access-date=February 2, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202221211/http://www.ew.com/article/2014/07/11/how-chris-pratt-went-zero-hero |archive-date=February 2, 2015}}{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=3}}{{cite news |first=Cara |last=Buckley |title=Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in Guardians of the Galaxy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/movies/chris-pratt-is-a-superhero-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 4, 2014 |date=July 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802144017/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/movies/chris-pratt-is-a-superhero-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy.html |archive-date=August 2, 2014}} He has two older siblings: a sister, Angie, and a brother, Daniel "Cully" Pratt.{{cite web | last=McArdle | first=Tommy | title=Chris Pratt Shares Throwback Family Photo for Sister Angie's 50th Birthday: 'Love the Woman You Are' | website=People | date=April 11, 2025 | url=https://people.com/chris-pratt-marks-his-sister-angie-s-50th-birthday-11713468 | access-date=April 13, 2025}}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt's Brother, A Solano County Sgt., Accused Of Showing Support For Right-Wing Extremist Group | publisher=CBS News | date=February 9, 2021 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/cully-pratt-chris-pratt-three-percenter-open-vallejo/ | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413164848/https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/cully-pratt-chris-pratt-three-percenter-open-vallejo/ | url-status=live }} Pratt has cited his brother Cully as one of his biggest influences and credits him as the reason he started acting.{{cite web | last=Guglielmi | first=Jodi | title=How Chris Pratt's Brother Inspired Him to Start Acting | website=People | date=January 3, 2017 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratts-brother-inspired-to-act/ | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413164849/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratts-brother-inspired-to-act/ | url-status=live }} When Pratt was two or three years old, his father uprooted the family to Anchorage, Alaska, where they lived for the next few years.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=3}}{{cite web | last=Wakeman | first=Gregory | title=Chris Pratt On How Growing Up in Lake Stevens Helped Shape His Latest Role | website=The Seattle Times | date=April 4, 2023 | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/chris-pratt-channels-wa-upbringing-in-the-super-mario-bros-movie/ | access-date=April 13, 2025}}{{cite web | last1=Magary | first1=Drew | first2=Ben | last2=Watts | title=Chris Pratt—GQ Men of the Year 2014 | website=GQ | date=November 17, 2014 | url=https://www.gq.com/story/chris-pratt-men-of-the-year | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413165627/https://www.gq.com/story/chris-pratt-men-of-the-year | url-status=live }} Concerned that raising children in Alaska was too dangerous due to the presence of bears, the family entered a period of instability, relocating between twenty homes across the United States in search of job opportunities.{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=3–4}}
When Pratt was six or seven years old, the family eventually settled in the Seattle suburb of Lake Stevens, Washington.{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=3–4}}{{cite web | last1=Cohen | first1=Rich | last2=Rich Cohen | first2=Mark Seliger | title=Cover Story: Chris Pratt's Call to Stardom | website=Vanity Fair | date=January 3, 2017 | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/chris-pratt-cover-story?srsltid=AfmBOoojjoUPFLU8l0hhOiQmCUYpXgA9IV81y4C8G58xqdlgxQjO_FHn | access-date=April 13, 2025}} In an interview with The Huffington Post, Pratt recalled a family vacation on a cruise where he and his brother entered a dance competition, earning him a third-place prize.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=5}}{{cite web | last=Rosen | first=Christopher | title=Chris Pratt Is Our Next Great Movie Star | website=HuffPost | date=July 30, 2014 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy_n_5632450 | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413171532/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy_n_5632450 | url-status=live }} As a child, he frequently danced to hip-hop music, the dance drama film Saturday Night Fever (1977), and Michael Jackson.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=5}} Pratt was a frequent reader of comic books, having once won $300 in a bingo tournament and spending it all on comics.{{cite news | last=White | first=James | title=Chris Pratt On Guardians Of The Galaxy | website=Empire | date=August 29, 2013 | url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/chris-pratt-guardians-galaxy-2/ | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413174641/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/chris-pratt-guardians-galaxy-2/ | url-status=live }}{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=5–6}} He once shared with the Los Angeles Times that his home featured a lot of art, saying, "I would try to copy these exceptional artists who could just draw male and female figures", and recalled that the walls were covered in comic book-style murals.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=6}} As a teenager, Pratt showed an interest in music, listening to pop musicians like the Beatles and rappers like Tupac Shakur and Mos Def; he has cited Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash as his biggest musical influences.{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=6–7}} Around this time he began playing the guitar.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=7}}
Pratt finished fifth in a state wrestling tournament during high school and also competed in shot put on the track and field team.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/highschoolsports/2014226908_ringer15.html |title=Lake Stevens Wrestlers Try to Pin Down Storybook Ending for Documentary |first=Sandy |last=Ringer |date=February 14, 2011 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=March 30, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100913/http://seattletimes.com/html/highschoolsports/2014226908_ringer15.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/770974796/|title=Scoreboard; Prep Track|date=May 24, 1997|work=The Bellingham Herald|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 28, 2022|quote=Shot put: 1. Chris Pratt (LakSt) 51–3...|archive-date=December 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212200603/https://www.newspapers.com/image/770974796/|url-status=live}} Reflecting on that time, he recalled telling his wrestling coach, "I don't know what I want to do, but I know I'll be famous and I'll make a shit ton of money".{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=15, 17}} He added, "I had no idea how. I'd done nothing proactive".{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=15}} He graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1997.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=12}} Pratt dropped out of community college midway through his first semester and took on various jobs, including selling discount tickets and briefly working as a daytime stripper. He eventually found himself homeless in Maui, Hawaii, living out of a van and a tent on the beach.{{cite magazine | last=Bacle | first=Ariana | title=Chris Pratt Shares Photo From His Homeless Days in Hawaii | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=August 17, 2014 | url=https://ew.com/article/2014/08/17/chris-pratt-van-photo/ | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413175612/https://ew.com/article/2014/08/17/chris-pratt-van-photo/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt Was Once Homeless and He Just Proved it With This Pic | publisher=E! | date=August 16, 2014 | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/570058/chris-pratt-reveals-the-scooby-doo-van-he-used-to-live-in-while-homeless-see-the-pic | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413175612/https://www.eonline.com/news/570058/chris-pratt-reveals-the-scooby-doo-van-he-used-to-live-in-while-homeless-see-the-pic | url-status=live }} Retrospectively, he told The Independent, "It's a pretty awesome place to be homeless. We just drank and smoked weed and worked minimal hours{{nbsp}}[...] just enough to cover gas, food, and fishing supplies".{{cite web | last=Weber | first=Lindsey | title=Photo Proof That Chris Pratt Once Lived in a Van | website=Vulture | url-access=limited | date=August 18, 2014 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/photo-proof-that-chris-pratt-once-lived-in-a-van.html | access-date=April 13, 2025}} While in Maui, he also worked with the Christian missionary group Jews for Jesus.{{cite web | last=Delbyck | first=Cole | title=Chris Pratt Erected A Giant Cross On Easter Sunday | website=HuffPost | date=March 28, 2016 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-giant-cross-easter_n_56f92f29e4b014d3fe2377c1 | access-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413175611/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-giant-cross-easter_n_56f92f29e4b014d3fe2377c1 | url-status=live }}
Career
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At nineteen years old, while working as a waiter at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui, Pratt was discovered by actress and director Rae Dawn Chong. Impressed by his charisma, she cast him in her directorial debut—a short horror film titled Cursed Part 3 (2000), in which he played Devon.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt: Career in pictures | url-access=subscription | website=Los Angeles Times | date=August 21, 2014 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-chris-pratt-career-in-pictures-photos-20140820-photogallery.html | access-date=April 14, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Sacks | first=Ethan | title=Chris Pratt Was Star in the Making in Never-Before-Seen Photos From First Role in Director Rae Dawn Chong's Cursed Part 3 | website=New York Daily News | date=August 8, 2014 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/08/08/chris-pratt-was-star-in-the-making-in-never-before-seen-photos-from-first-role-in-director-rae-dawn-chongs-cursed-part-3/ | access-date=April 14, 2025}}{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=25–27}} According to Chong, Pratt arrived on set "early and completely prepared", and his performance "blew everyone away".{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=27}} Pratt credits Cursed Part 3 with teaching him the fundamentals of acting, stating that he has "no regrets about getting [his] start" in the film.{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=29}}{{cite web | last=Monroe | first=Justin | title=Interview: 'The Five-Year Engagement' Star Chris Pratt On... | website=Complex | date=April 25, 2012 | url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/justin-monroe/interview-chris-pratt-the-five-year-engagement | access-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414010644/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/justin-monroe/interview-chris-pratt-the-five-year-engagement | url-status=live }} Pratt's first regular television role was as Harold Brighton "Bright" Abbott in the series Everwood (2002–2006).{{cite magazine | last=King | first=Eric | title=Everwood: Where Are They Now? | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=September 13, 2017 | url=https://ew.com/tv/everwood-where-are-they-now/ | access-date=April 14, 2025}}{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=33}} In the fourth season of the teen drama television series The O.C. (2006–2007), Pratt portrayed the activist Winchester "Ché" Cook.{{cite web | last=Aftab | first=Kaleem | title=GotG: Taking Over the Galaxy | website=New Zealand Herald | date=August 7, 2014 | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/chris-pratt-gets-in-shape-and-takes-over-the-galaxy/OCBW2TTH64HG4ZNUJLXWWGSHMY/ | access-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414010642/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/chris-pratt-gets-in-shape-and-takes-over-the-galaxy/OCBW2TTH64HG4ZNUJLXWWGSHMY/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Tharpe | first=Frazier | title=The O.C. Season 4 Is Good, Actually | website=GQ | date=November 12, 2024 | url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-oc-season-4-is-good-actually | access-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414010644/https://www.gq.com/story/the-oc-season-4-is-good-actually | url-status=live }}
Pratt then portrayed Barry—Wesley's (James McAvoy) co-worker and unfaithful best friend—in the action thriller film Wanted (2008) and also played Bobby in the comedy Wieners (2008).{{cite web | last=Molumby | first=Deirdre | title=Top 5 Scenes From Chris Pratt | publisher=Entertainment.ie | date=June 21, 2019 | url=https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/top-5-scenes-from-chris-pratt-406839/ | access-date=April 14, 2025}}{{cite web | title=Full Cast & Crew | publisher=TV Guide | date=June 3, 2008 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/wieners/cast/2000007529/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061256/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/wieners/cast/2000007529/ | url-status=live }} He played the fiancé of Emma (Anne Hathaway) in the romantic comedy Bride Wars (2009),{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=33}}{{cite web | last1=Speakman | first1=Kimberlee | last2=VanHoose | first2=Benjamin | title=Chris Pratt Says His Only Film Wife Katherine Has Likely Seen Is Bride Wars: 'True Cinema' (Exclusive) | website=People | date=May 4, 2023 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-says-wife-katherine-schwarzenegger-has-only-watched-his-movie-bride-wars-exclusive/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415033340/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-says-wife-katherine-schwarzenegger-has-only-watched-his-movie-bride-wars-exclusive/ | url-status=live }} the officer Roman Duda in the horror-comedy Jennifer's Body (2009),{{sfn|Dymond|Murguía|2022|p=188}}{{cite web | last=Nichols | first=Mackenzie | title=Jennifer's Body Turns 10: Megan Fox, Diablo Cody and Karyn Kusama Reflect on Making the Cult Classic | website=Variety | date=September 11, 2019 | url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jennifers-body-10th-anniversary-megan-fox-diablo-cody-1203323111/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} and the leading man role of Lester Watts in the romantic comedy Deep in the Valley (2009).{{cite web | title=Deep in the Valley | publisher=Entertainment.ie | url=https://entertainment.ie/movies/where-to-watch/deep-in-the-valley-184101/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415034421/https://entertainment.ie/movies/where-to-watch/deep-in-the-valley-184101/ | url-status=live }} The lattermost marked his first leading role in a comedy film.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=99}} In 2009, Pratt began portraying Andy Dwyer on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, a role he played until 2015.{{cite web | last1=Langston | first1=Keith | last2=Stutsman | first2=Samantha | title=Where Is the Parks and Recreation Cast Now? See How the Stars Have Kept Pawnee in Their Lives 10 Years After the Finale | website=People | date=February 24, 2025 | url=https://people.com/where-is-parks-and-recreation-cast-now-11685209 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061255/https://people.com/where-is-parks-and-recreation-cast-now-11685209 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Khosla | first=Proma | title=An Ode to Chris Pratt's Genius on Parks and Recreation | website=Mashable | date=October 29, 2021 | url=https://mashable.com/article/chris-pratt-andy-dwyer-forever | access-date=April 15, 2025}} Initially intended as a temporary character, his performance impressed the producers so much that they made him a series regular.{{cite web | last=Burns | first=Ashley | title=Did The Parks And Recreation Writers Know That Chris Pratt Would Become One Of The Biggest Stars In The World? | publisher=Uproxx | date=March 2, 2015 | url=https://uproxx.com/movies/did-the-parks-and-recreation-writers-know-that-chris-pratt-would-become-the-biggest-star-in-the-world/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061256/https://uproxx.com/movies/did-the-parks-and-recreation-writers-know-that-chris-pratt-would-become-the-biggest-star-in-the-world/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/09/parks_and_recreation_interview.html |title=Parks and Recreation: Interviewing Co-Creator Mike Schur |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |date=September 17, 2009 |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |access-date=July 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816043336/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/09/parks_and_recreation_interview.html |archive-date=August 16, 2013}} The role ultimately became his breakthrough.
Pratt played Oakland Athletics first baseman and catcher Scott Hatteberg in the biographical sports drama film Moneyball (2011).{{cite web | last=Perry | first=Kevin E G | title=Chris Pratt Explains Why He Kicked Brad Pitt Out of Audition | website=The Independent | date=March 8, 2025 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/chris-pratt-brad-pitt-moneyball-audition-b2711535.html | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Honeycutt | first=Kirk | title=Moneyball | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=September 13, 2011 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/moneyball-234745/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061256/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/moneyball-234745/ | url-status=live }} Initially, he was told he was too overweight for the role, which he credited to the cooking of his then-girlfriend, actress Anna Faris.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt: 'They Said I Was Too Fat For The Role' | website=HuffPost | date=August 29, 2011 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-i-was-too-fat-moneyball_n_940579 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=September 4, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904184956/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-i-was-too-fat-moneyball_n_940579 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt Says He Intentionally 'Got Fatter' | publisher=E! | date=May 18, 2015 | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/657846/chris-pratt-s-heavy-weight-made-himself-laugh-so-he-purposely-just-got-fatter-to-be-magical-like-chris-farley | access-date=April 15, 2025}} Determined to land the part, Pratt committed to a strict workout routine while keeping tabs on the casting process, eventually shedding {{convert|30|lb}} within three months.{{cite web | last1=Fitz-Gerald | first1=Sean | last2=Weber | first2=Lindsey | title=How Chris Pratt Became the Biggest Star of 2014 | website=Vulture | date=September 26, 2014 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/how-chris-pratt-became-the-biggest-star-of-2014.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061255/https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/how-chris-pratt-became-the-biggest-star-of-2014.html | url-status=live }} Once he felt physically ready, he sent a photo to the casting director and secured the role. In Moneyball, he took on a dramatic role as a downcast baseball player and devoted father, grappling with the fear that his career was over while facing the challenging transition to a new defensive position.{{Cite news |url=http://movieline.com/2011/08/29/the-very-busy-chris-pratt-on-preparing-for-moneyball-goofing-in-whats-your-number-and-ten-year/ |title=The Very Busy Chris Pratt on Preparing for Moneyball, Goofing in What's Your Number? And Ten Year |first=Christopher |last=Rosen |date=August 29, 2011 |work=Movieline |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708020215/http://movieline.com/2011/08/29/the-very-busy-chris-pratt-on-preparing-for-moneyball-goofing-in-whats-your-number-and-ten-year/ |archive-date=July 8, 2012}} He regained the weight he had previously lost for his role in the high school reunion comedy 10 Years (2011), then shed it once more to portray a Navy SEAL in Zero Dark Thirty (2012).
In 2012, Pratt starred in Nicholas Stoller's romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement.{{cite web | last=Fox | first=Jesse David | title=Review Roundup: The Five-Year Engagement Engages But for Too Long | website=Vulture | date=April 27, 2012 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/04/review-roundup-the-five-year-engagement-engages-but-for-too-long.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061256/https://www.vulture.com/2012/04/review-roundup-the-five-year-engagement-engages-but-for-too-long.html | url-status=live }} The film received mixed reviews;{{cite web | title=The Five-Year Engagement | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_five_year_engagement | access-date=April 19, 2025 | archive-date=May 6, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506140948/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_five_year_engagement | url-status=live }} critic David Edelstein from Vulture stated that he had enough "sweetness to compensate for his character's adolescent japes".{{cite web | last=Edelstein | first=David | title=Movie Review: The Five-Year Engagement Is a Reactionary Rom-Com | website=Vulture | date=April 27, 2012 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/04/five-year-engagement-a-reactionary-rom-com.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415061255/https://www.vulture.com/2012/04/five-year-engagement-a-reactionary-rom-com.html | url-status=live }} He later played the minor roles of Brett and Paul in the 2013 films Delivery Man and Her, respectively.{{cite web | last=Lowman | first=Rob | title=Chris Pratt on Being Googled and New Movie Delivery Man | website=Los Angeles Daily News | date=November 7, 2013 | url=https://www.dailynews.com/2013/11/07/chris-pratt-on-being-googled-and-new-movie-delivery-man/ | access-date=April 24, 2025 | archive-date=March 6, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306230006/https://www.dailynews.com/2013/11/07/chris-pratt-on-being-googled-and-new-movie-delivery-man/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Her | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/her | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319101835/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/her | url-status=live }}
=2014–2018: Worldwide recognition and blockbuster films =
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After previously being known primarily for supporting roles, in 2014, Pratt took on leading roles in two major studio films. In June 2012, he was cast as Emmet Brickowski in the animated adventure comedy The Lego Movie (2014). He portrayed a construction worker who must stop a tyrannical businessman from gluing the Lego universe into his own rigid vision of perfection.{{cite web | last=Stevens | first=Dana | title=The Lego Movie: A Clever, Vivid, Oddly Profound Movie … About Plastic Bricks. | website=Slate | date=February 7, 2014 | url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/02/the-lego-movie-reviewed.html | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Walters | first=Ben | title=The Lego Movie – a Toy Story Every Adult Needs to See | website=The Guardian | date=February 11, 2014 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/11/lego-film-subversive-countercultural | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Ebiri | first=Bilge | title=The Lego Movie is Practically Communist | website=Vulture | date=February 7, 2014 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/02/lego-movies-antidote-to-kids-movie-clichs.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415073105/https://www.vulture.com/2014/02/lego-movies-antidote-to-kids-movie-clichs.html | url-status=live }} The film was both a critical and commercial success, receiving predominantly positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and earning $470.7 million at the global box office.{{cite web | title=The Lego Movie | website=Box Office Mojo | date=February 6, 2014 | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1490017/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=May 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501144937/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1490017/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=The Lego Movie | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | date=February 7, 2014 | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lego_movie | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=October 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006190011/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lego_movie | url-status=live }}
His other major role in 2014 was portraying Peter Quill—also known as Star-Lord, a spacefaring mercenary who was abducted from Earth as a child and raised by a group of alien thieves and smugglers called the Ravagers—in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy.{{cite web | last=Fleming Jr | first=Mike | title=Chris Pratt Getting Guardians Of The Galaxy Lead | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=February 5, 2013 | url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/chris-pratt-getting-guardians-of-the-galaxy-lead-422253/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=February 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206140911/http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/chris-pratt-getting-guardians-of-the-galaxy-lead/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Woerner | first=Meredith | title=Q&A: Guardians of the Galaxy's Chris Pratt on the Perils of Improving on a $200-Million Novie | website=Los Angeles Times | url-access=subscription | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-20170503-htmlstory.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=September 30, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930001031/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-20170503-htmlstory.html | url-status=live }} Pratt initially declined the role of Star-Lord, expressing concern about experiencing "another Captain Kirk or Avatar moment," referencing previous humbling audition experiences for those roles.{{cite web | last=Miller | first=Mike | title=How Chris Pratt Went From Homeless Stripper to King of the Summer Box Office | website=People | date=June 22, 2018 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-went-from-homeless-stripper-king-summer-box-office/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} However, casting director Sarah Finn recommended him to director James Gunn, who had been struggling to cast the part and initially dismissed the idea. Finn arranged a meeting between the two, during which Gunn became convinced that Pratt was the ideal choice for the role.{{cite web | last=Aaron Couch | first=Borys Kit | title=James Gunn's Guardians: How Chris Pratt and His Marvel Castmates Rescued Their Director's Career | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=April 26, 2023 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/guardians-of-the-galaxy-chris-pratt-cast-saved-james-gunn-1235401687/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414041732/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/guardians-of-the-galaxy-chris-pratt-cast-saved-james-gunn-1235401687/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Fernández | first=Alexia | title=Chris Pratt Initially 'Refused' to Audition for Guardians of the Galaxy, Says Casting Director | website=People | date=April 24, 2019 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-refused-guardians-galaxy-audition/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} Guardians of the Galaxy ranked as the third-highest-grossing film of 2014, with a total revenue of $773.3 million.{{cite web | last=Whitten | first=Sarah | title=Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 Had Best Second Weekend Box Office Hold for MCU in 5 Years | publisher=CNBC | date=May 15, 2023 | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office-second-week.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=May 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515215816/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/15/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office-second-week.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=2014 Worldwide Box Office | website=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2014/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200313035859/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2014/ | url-status=live }} The role was included in a multi-film contract that Pratt signed with Marvel Studios.{{cite web | last=Ryan | first=Mike | title=Marvel Owns Parks & Rec Star Chris Pratt Now | website=HuffPost | date=November 18, 2013 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy_n_4284398 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=August 29, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829225115/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy_n_4284398.html | url-status=live }} Bruce Diones of The New Yorker liked his charisma and his "love for seventies music [which] is so full of good will that he buoys the film".{{cite magazine | title=Guardians of the Galaxy | magazine=The New Yorker | date=September 29, 2014 | url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/guardians-galaxy-2 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=October 12, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225441/http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/guardians-galaxy-2 | url-status=live }}
In November 2013, Pratt—an enthusiastic fan of Jurassic Park (1993), which he has described as "my Star Wars"—was cast as Owen Grady in the science fiction film Jurassic World (2015), the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park film franchise.{{sfn|Allan|2015|p=264}}{{cite web | last=Kit | first=Borys | title=Chris Pratt in Early Talks to Star in Jurassic World | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=November 13, 2013 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/chris-pratt-early-talks-star-655928/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=August 7, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807043556/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/chris-pratt-early-talks-star-655928/ | url-status=live }} In preparation for the role, Pratt engaged in various workouts—P90X, running, swimming, boxing, and kickboxing—and increased his caloric intake to 4,000 calories daily.{{cite web | last=Zinczenko | first=David | title=How Chris Pratt Dropped 60 Pounds in Six Months | website=HuffPost | date=July 16, 2014 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ho-chris-pratt-dropped-60_b_5587392 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415091430/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ho-chris-pratt-dropped-60_b_5587392 | url-status=live }} Jurassic World was a commercial success, grossing $1.67 billion worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of all time upon release and the second-highest-grossing film of 2015.{{cite web | last=Babbage | first=Rachel | title=Jurassic World: 3rd-Highest Grossing Movie Ever | publisher=Digital Spy | date=July 22, 2015 | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a659703/jurassic-world-devours-the-avengers-and-becomes-third-highest-grossing-movie-of-all-time/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 27, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427103148/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a659703/jurassic-world-devours-the-avengers-and-becomes-third-highest-grossing-movie-of-all-time/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=D'Alessandro | first=Anthony | title=Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom{{'}}s Raptor-ous Revenue Results: No. 8 In 2018 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=March 27, 2019 | url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-raptorous-revenue-results-2018-most-valuable-blockbuster-tournament-1202583316/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327164958/https://deadline.com/2019/03/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-raptorous-revenue-results-2018-most-valuable-blockbuster-tournament-1202583316/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Rainey | first=James | title=Legendary's Thomas Tull to Get Monster Bite of Jurassic World | website=Variety | date=June 11, 2015 | url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/thomas-tull-takes-jurassic-world-share-1201516695/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=October 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009110405/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/thomas-tull-takes-jurassic-world-share-1201516695/ | url-status=live }} Alongside Denzel Washington, Pratt starred as Josh Faraday, a gambler and cowboy, in the action film The Magnificent Seven (2016), a remake of the 1960 Western of the same name.{{cite web | last=Bunbury | first=Stephanie | title=From Parks and Rec to the Magnificent Seven, Chris Pratt Shoots and Scores | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=September 20, 2016 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/from-parks-and-rec-to-the-magnificent-seven-chris-pratt-shoots-and-scores-20160919-grjhpk.html | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Mandell | first=Andrea | title=Here's Your Cast of Magnificent Characters | website=USA Today | date=September 22, 2016 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/09/22/magnificent-seven-characters-denzel-washington-chris-pratt/90807636/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=December 9, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209060249/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/09/22/magnificent-seven-characters-denzel-washington-chris-pratt/90807636/ | url-status=live }} He later appeared in Passengers (2016), a science fiction film released in December, co-starring Jennifer Lawrence.{{cite web | last=Pulver | first=Andrew | title=Passengers Review – Spaceship Romcom Scuppered by Cosmic Creep | website=The Guardian | date=December 15, 2016 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/15/passengers-review-spaceship-romcom-scuppered-chris-pratt-jennifer-lawrence | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=January 6, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106203530/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/15/passengers-review-spaceship-romcom-scuppered-chris-pratt-jennifer-lawrence | url-status=live }} He portrayed Jim Preston, a mechanic seeking to leave a world that no longer appears to value traditional, hands-on labor.{{cite web | last=McDonald | first=John | title=Movie review: Passengers (2016) promises more than it can deliver | website=Australian Financial Review | url-access=subscription | date=January 13, 2017 | url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/movie-review-passengers-2016-promises-more-than-it-can-deliver-20170111-gtpsde | access-date=April 15, 2025}} Passengers was a critical success, grossing $304 million worldwide.{{cite web | title=Passengers | website=Box Office Mojo | date=December 21, 2016 | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1132299777/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 8, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408015816/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=passengers2016.htm | url-status=live }}
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Pratt reprised his role as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).{{cite news | last=Betancourt | first=David | title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 sets up Chris Pratt's team to be just as big as the Avengers | newspaper=The Washington Post | url-access=subscription | date=April 24, 2017 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/04/24/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-sets-up-chris-pratts-team-to-be-just-as-big-as-the-avengers/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} It became the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2017, having grossed $869 million on a $200 million budget.{{cite web | title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | website=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3896198/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 8, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708184851/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel17a.htm | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Lussier | first=Germain | title=Chris Pratt Had a Very Bad Idea for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | website=Gizmodo | date=May 2, 2017 | url=https://gizmodo.com/chris-pratt-had-a-very-bad-idea-for-guardians-of-the-ga-1794818393 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=February 4, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204213517/https://gizmodo.com/chris-pratt-had-a-very-bad-idea-for-guardians-of-the-ga-1794818393 | url-status=live }} He reprised his role again as Star-Lord as part of the ensemble cast in the Russo brothers' Avengers: Infinity War (2018).{{cite magazine | last=Collis | first=Clark | title=Chris Pratt Says Working on Avengers: Infinity War Is 'Like a Dream' | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=April 21, 2017 | url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/21/chris-pratt-infinity-war-avengers/ | access-date=April 24, 2025 | archive-date=November 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117180213/https://ew.com/movies/2017/04/21/chris-pratt-infinity-war-avengers/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=McNary | first=Dave | title='Avengers: Infinity War' First Trailer Smashes Competition on Social Media | website=Variety | date=December 4, 2017 | url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-trailer-social-media-1202629860/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=May 27, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527131859/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-trailer-social-media-1202629860/ | url-status=live }} Pratt described his role in the film as a "guest star" appearance and said "you get to be a little more vibrant; a little more irreverent; a little bit more colorful if you want it to be".{{Cite news |last=Daniell |first=Mark |date=March 15, 2018 |title='It's Going to Be Messy': Avengers: Infinity War Stars Promise Crying in the Theatre |url=http://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/its-going-to-be-messy-avengers-infinity-war-stars-promise-crying-in-the-theatre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316221136/http://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/its-going-to-be-messy-avengers-infinity-war-stars-promise-crying-in-the-theatre |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |newspaper=Toronto Sun}} Several social media users referred to Star-Lord as the character responsible for sabotaging events in Infinity War. Pratt himself acknowledged the criticism, admitting as much in response to the widespread sentiment.{{cite web | last=Ricci | first=Kimberly | title=It's Time Stop Hating Star-Lord As 'Avengers: Endgame' Arrives | publisher=Uproxx | date=April 25, 2019 | url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/star-lord-hate-avengers-endgame/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=October 19, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019234501/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/star-lord-hate-avengers-endgame/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Kurp | first=Josh | title=Chris Pratt Defends Star-Lord's Actions In Avengers: Infinity War | publisher=Uproxx | date=May 31, 2018 | url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/starlord-avengers-infinity-war-chris-pratt/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 12, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712101714/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/starlord-avengers-infinity-war-chris-pratt/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Ricci | first=Kimberly | title=Chris Pratt Admits Star-Lord Royally Screwed Up In 'Infinity War' | publisher=Uproxx | date=February 5, 2019 | url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/chris-pratt-star-lord-screw-up-infinity-war/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=June 20, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620054302/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/chris-pratt-star-lord-screw-up-infinity-war/ | url-status=live }} It grossed $2.052 billion, making it the highest-grossing film of 2018 and the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time from release until it was surpassed in January 2023 by Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).{{cite web | last=Lang | first=Brent | title=Avatar 2 Passes Avengers: Infinity War as Fifth-Biggest Movie Ever With $2.05 Billion | website=Variety | date=January 26, 2023 | url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/avatar-2-fifth-highest-grossing-movie-infinity-war-1235503362/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{sfn|Garrett|2020|p=17}} He then reprised his role as Owen Grady in J. A. Bayona's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).{{cite web | title=Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | website=Empire | date=June 5, 2018 | url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom-review/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} One of the most expensive films ever made, it became the third-highest-grossing film of 2018, grossing $1.31{{nbsp}}billion on a budget of $432 million, but received generally negative reception.
- {{cite web | last=Mendelson | first=Scott | title=Box Office: Captain Marvel tops Suicide Squad and Deadpool 2 | website=Forbes | date=March 27, 2019 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/03/27/captain-marvel-brie-larson-box-office-disney-avengers-suicide-squad-deadpool-wonder-woman/ | access-date=April 22, 2025 }}
- {{cite web | title=Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_world_fallen_kingdom | access-date=April 19, 2025 | archive-date=July 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707205810/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jurassic_world_fallen_kingdom | url-status=live }}
- {{cite web | last=Sheppard | first=Connor | title=The 12 Most Expensive Movies Ever Made | website=IGN | date=January 5, 2024 | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/most-expensive-movies | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 25, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425133551/https://www.ign.com/articles/most-expensive-movies | url-status=live }}
- {{cite web | last=Fuster | first=Jeremy | title=Why Jurassic World: Dominion Could Be the Next COVID-Era $1 Billion Box Office Hit | website=TheWrap | date=June 7, 2022 | url=https://www.thewrap.com/jurassic-world-dominion-box-office-preview/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 }}
- {{cite web | last=Mendelson | first=Scott | title=Box Office: Jurassic World Dominion Nabs Dino-Mite $143 Million Weekend | website=Forbes | date=June 12, 2022 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/06/12/jurassic-world-dominion-nabs-145-million-weekend-to-top-389-million-at-worldwide-box-office/ | access-date=April 19, 2025 | archive-date=June 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621165742/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/06/12/jurassic-world-dominion-nabs-145-million-weekend-to-top-389-million-at-worldwide-box-office/ | url-status=live }}
=2019–present: Continued success and versatility =
Pratt reprised his role as Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)—the sequel to The Lego Movie (2014).{{cite web | last=Bradshaw | first=Peter | title=The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Review – Even More Awesome | website=The Guardian | date=February 7, 2019 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/28/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part-review-chris-pratt | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Debruge | first=Peter | title=Film Review: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | website=Variety | date=January 26, 2019 | url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part-review-1203116453/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=May 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515031434/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part-review-1203116453/ | url-status=live }} The film received generally positive reviews from critics, although the Rotten Tomatoes consensus noted that it "isn't quite as much fun as its predecessor".{{cite web | title=The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | date=February 8, 2019 | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lego_movie_2_the_second_part | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=January 25, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125164058/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lego_movie_2_the_second_part | url-status=live }} Despite the somewhat favorable critical reception, it underperformed at the box office.{{cite web | last=Rubin | first=Rebecca | title=Why Lego Movie 2 Stumbled at the Box Office | website=Variety | date=February 11, 2019 | url=https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/lego-movie-2-box-office-fell-short-1203134695/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 1, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250301171329/https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/lego-movie-2-box-office-fell-short-1203134695/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Mendelson | first=Scott | title=Why The Lego Movie 2 Was Such A Huge Box Office Disappointment | website=Forbes | date=February 11, 2019 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/02/11/why-the-lego-movie-2-was-such-a-huge-box-office-disappointment/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=February 11, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211194433/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/02/11/why-the-lego-movie-2-was-such-a-huge-box-office-disappointment/ | url-status=live }} In the Western The Kid (2019), Pratt plays Grant Cutler, the villainous uncle of protagonist Rio Cutler.{{cite web | last=Ebiri | first=Bilge | title=The Kid Is an Old West Adventure Refashioned As a Grotesque Nightmare | website=Vulture | date=March 8, 2019 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/the-kid-movie-review.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314120037/https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/the-kid-movie-review.html | url-status=live }} Pratt subsequently reprised his role as Star-Lord in Avengers: Endgame (2019), although he was not featured as part of the main ensemble cast.{{cite web | last=Lincoln | first=Ross A. | title=Marvel's Avengers 3 Gets Official Title With Temp Name Hung On Avengers 4 | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=July 29, 2016 | url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/avengers-infinity-war-avengers-3-marvel-studios-1201795344/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 31, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731183651/http://deadline.com/2016/07/avengers-infinity-war-avengers-3-marvel-studios-1201795344/ | url-status=live }} Endgame was the highest-grossing film of all time until it was surpassed by Avatar (2009) due to its 2021 re-release in China.{{cite web | last=Whitten | first=Sarah | title=Avatar Retakes Box Office Crown From Avengers: Endgame After China Rerelease | publisher=CNBC | date=March 13, 2021 | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/13/avatar-once-again-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time-at-the-box-office.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724021338/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/13/avatar-once-again-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time-at-the-box-office.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Tartaglione | first=Nancy | title=Avatar Overtakes Avengers: Endgame As All-Time Highest-Grossing Film Worldwide; Rises To $2.8B Amid China Reissue – Update | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=March 13, 2021 | url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/avatar-overtakes-avengers-endgame-highest-grossing-film-all-time-worldwide-box-office-china-james-cameron-disney-1234713788/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 13, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313180044/https://deadline.com/2021/03/avatar-overtakes-avengers-endgame-highest-grossing-film-all-time-worldwide-box-office-china-james-cameron-disney-1234713788/ | url-status=live }}
In February 2020, Pratt established his own production company, Indivisible Productions.{{cite web | last=Otterson | first=Joe | title=Chris Pratt, Antoine Fuqua Team for Thriller Series Terminal List at MRC Television | website=Variety | date=February 4, 2020 | url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/chris-pratt-tv-series-terminal-list-antoine-fuqua-1203491448/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 16, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316005253/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/chris-pratt-tv-series-terminal-list-antoine-fuqua-1203491448/ | url-status=live }} Its first project, The Terminal List—which stars Pratt and lists him as an executive producer—premiered on Amazon Prime Video in July 2022.{{cite web | last=D'Addario | first=Daniel | title=The Terminal List Is a Military Vanity Project for a Charisma-Free Chris Pratt: TV Review | website=Variety | date=June 30, 2022 | url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/terminal-list-chris-pratt-review-1235306315/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706212046/https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/terminal-list-chris-pratt-review-1235306315/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Lee | first=Benjamin | title=The Terminal List review – Chris Pratt's Amazon action series is terminally dull | website=The Guardian | date=July 1, 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/01/the-terminal-list-review-chris-pratts-amazon-action-series-is-terminally-dull | access-date=April 15, 2025}} In March 2020, Pratt voiced one of the lead characters in the Disney and Pixar animated film Onward, alongside his Avengers co-star Tom Holland.{{cite web | last=Piña | first=Christy | title=Onward: Meet the Voices Behind the Animated Characters | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 7, 2020 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/onward-cast-meet-famous-voice-actors-1262379/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=December 25, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225195828/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/onward-cast-meet-famous-voice-actors-1262379/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Rottenberg | first=Josh | title=Chris Pratt and Tom Holland on Their Brotherly Bond in Pixar's Onward and Navigating Marvel Stardom | website=Los Angeles Times | url-access=subscription | date=March 6, 2020 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-03-06/chris-pratt-tom-holland-onward-pixar | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=February 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213075402/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-03-06/chris-pratt-tom-holland-onward-pixar | url-status=live }} Pratt and Parks and Recreation announced the upcoming release of a new album based on Pratt's character Andy Dwyer in May 2021.{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Dory |title=Chris Pratt's Band from Parks and Recreation Is Releasing a Real Album This Summer |url=https://people.com/tv/chris-pratt-band-from-parks-and-recreation-is-releasing-a-real-album/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=People |date=May 20, 2021 |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521140238/https://people.com/tv/chris-pratt-band-from-parks-and-recreation-is-releasing-a-real-album/ |url-status=live}} In June that same year, they officially released a pair of singles, "The Pit" and "Two Birds Holding Hands", before releasing the album Mouse Rat: The Awesome Album in August.{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title=Chris Pratt's Fictional 'Parks and Recreation' Band Mouse Rat Drops Official Singles |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mouse-rat-parks-and-recreation-chris-pratt-the-pit-1177308/ |access-date=July 27, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727193705/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mouse-rat-parks-and-recreation-chris-pratt-the-pit-1177308/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2021 |title='Parks and Recreation's Mouse Rat Release Long-Awaited 'The Awesome Album' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/parks-and-recreation-mouse-rat-the-awesome-album-3030080 |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=NME|archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316201324/https://www.nme.com/news/music/parks-and-recreation-mouse-rat-the-awesome-album-3030080 |url-status=live}} In The Tomorrow War (2021), Pratt played the lead role of Dan Forester, a science teacher who travels into the future to help humanity fight against an alien invasion.{{cite web | last=Ebiri | first=Bilge | title=The Tomorrow War Is Just As Stupid As It Needs to Be | website=Vulture | date=July 2, 2021 | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/movie-review-the-tomorrow-war-starring-chris-pratt.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 6, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706183118/https://www.vulture.com/article/movie-review-the-tomorrow-war-starring-chris-pratt.html | url-status=live }} The film received generally mixed reviews from critics,{{cite web | title=The Tomorrow War | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | date=June 15, 2021 | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_tomorrow_war | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=September 29, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929070647/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_tomorrow_war | url-status=live }} as did Pratt's performance in the film.{{cite web | last=Puchko | first=Kristy | title=The Tomorrow War Review | website=IGN | date=July 1, 2021 | url=https://sea.ign.com/the-tomorrow-war-1/173830/review/the-tomorrow-war-review | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704090838/https://sea.ign.com/the-tomorrow-war-1/173830/review/the-tomorrow-war-review | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=DeFore | first=John | title=Chris Pratt in The Tomorrow War: Film Review | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=July 1, 2021 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/chris-pratt-in-the-tomorrow-war-film-1234976637/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=September 23, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923025908/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/chris-pratt-in-the-tomorrow-war-film-1234976637/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Daniels | first=Robert | title=Review: Chris Pratt lacks the charismatic star power to carry The Tomorrow War | website=Los Angeles Times | url-access=subscription | date=July 1, 2021 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-07-01/review-tomorrow-war-chris-pratt | access-date=April 15, 2025}} He reprised his role as Owen Grady in Jurassic World Dominion (2022), which became the third-highest-grossing film of the year, making just over $1{{nbsp}}billion.{{cite web | title=2022 Worldwide Box Office | website=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2022/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=January 3, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103214111/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2022/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Clark | first=Anne Victoria | title=Jurassic World's Raptor Hands Make Sense | website=Vulture | date=June 14, 2022 | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/jurassic-world-dominion-chris-pratt-raptor-hands-good.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=December 1, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201022020/https://www.vulture.com/article/jurassic-world-dominion-chris-pratt-raptor-hands-good.html | url-status=live }} That same year, Pratt played Star-Lord in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) in a non-starring role.{{cite web | last=D'Alessandro | first=Anthony | title=Chris Pratt's Star Lord Part of Thor: Love And Thunder | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=November 14, 2020 | url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/chris-pratt-thor-love-and-thunder-star-lord-1234615689/ | access-date=April 24, 2025 | archive-date=October 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008001558/https://deadline.com/2020/11/chris-pratt-thor-love-and-thunder-star-lord-1234615689/ | url-status=live }}
Pratt voiced the main character Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).{{cite web | last=Schaffstall | first=Katherine | title=The Super Mario Bros. Movie: See Who Voices the Beloved Characters | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=April 10, 2023 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/super-mario-bros-movie-cast-voice-actors-guide/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=December 11, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211200109/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/super-mario-bros-movie-cast-voice-actors-guide/ | url-status=live }} Having grossed over $1.36{{nbsp}}billion, it became the highest-grossing film based on a video game of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2023.{{cite web | last=Kemp | first=Ellie | title=Netflix to Add One This Year's Biggest Films with Near-Perfect Ratings | website=Manchester Evening News | date=December 1, 2023 | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/netflix-add-second-highest-grossing-28211535 | access-date=April 24, 2025 | archive-date=April 28, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428002624/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/netflix-add-second-highest-grossing-28211535 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Hall | first=Kevin | title=Should You, a Grown-Up, See The Super Mario Bros. Movie in the Theater? | website=GQ | date=April 20, 2023 | url=https://www.gq.com/story/super-mario-bros-movie-chris-pratt-for-adults-or-kids | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=December 9, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209100501/https://www.gq.com/story/super-mario-bros-movie-chris-pratt-for-adults-or-kids | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=D'Alessandro | first=Anthony | title=The Super Mario Bros Movie Levels All The Way Up To Win Deadline's 2023 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=May 6, 2024 | url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-super-mario-bros-movie-profits-1235902894/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=February 6, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206165223/https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-super-mario-bros-movie-profits-1235902894/ | url-status=live }} He reprised the lead role of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), which grossed $845.6 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2023.{{cite web | title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | website=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6791350/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=June 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629134549/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6791350/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | title=The Marvels Tracking for $75M-$80M Domestic Debut in Latest Test of Box Office Superhero Fatigue | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=October 19, 2023 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-marvels-box-office-tracking-1235622799/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=March 20, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320095258/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-marvels-box-office-tracking-1235622799/ | url-status=live }} Pratt voiced the titular cat in the animated comedy film The Garfield Movie (2024)—his only role of the year.{{cite web | last=Chuba | first=Kirsten | title=Chris Pratt Explains How 'Garfield' Voice is Different From His Past Animated Characters: 'Going Back to Andy Dwyer From Parks and Rec{{'}} | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=May 20, 2024 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chris-pratt-garfield-voice-different-andy-dwyer-parks-and-rec-1235904222/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} Despite unfavorable critical response,{{cite web | title=The Garfield Movie | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_garfield_movie | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 2, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402212841/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_garfield_movie | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Scheck | first=Frank | title='The Garfield Movie' Review: Chris Pratt Voices the Tubby Tabby in a Toon That Fails Both Kids and Their Parents | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=May 20, 2024 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-garfield-movie-review-chris-pratt-1235903867/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=July 11, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711080052/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-garfield-movie-review-chris-pratt-1235903867/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Yu | first=Brandon | title=The Garfield Movie Review: This Feels Like Too Much Effort | website=The New York Times | date=May 23, 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/movies/the-garfield-movie-review.html | access-date=April 15, 2025}} the film performed well at the box office.{{cite web | title=The Garfield Movie | website=Box Office Mojo | date=May 1, 2024 | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5779228/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=May 13, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513181106/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5779228/ | url-status=live }} In 2025, he starred in The Electric State alongside Millie Bobby Brown.{{cite magazine | last=Bucksbaum | first=Sydney | title=Chris Pratt Explains How His 'Electric State' Character Is Like Star-Lord If He Never Left Earth | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=March 15, 2025 | url=https://ew.com/chris-pratt-electric-state-character-similar-star-lord-11697666 | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 11, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411065918/https://ew.com/chris-pratt-electric-state-character-similar-star-lord-11697666 | url-status=live }} Made on a budget of $320{{nbsp}}million, it is one of the most expensive films ever produced and Netflix's most expensive film of all time.{{cite web | last=Youngs | first=Ian | title=The Electric State: Savage reviews but Netflix's $320m blockbuster is a hit | publisher=BBC News | date=March 15, 2025 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdelxr18pzlo | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=May 27, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527184402/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdelxr18pzlo | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Vary | first=Adam B. | title=From The Electric State to Citadel, the Russo brothers' Projects Can Break the Bank. But Do They Pay Off? | website=Variety | date=March 27, 2025 | url=https://variety.com/lists/russo-brothers-budgets/ | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=April 14, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414195205/https://variety.com/lists/russo-brothers-budgets/ | url-status=live }} However, it was panned by critics;{{cite web | title=The Electric State | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_electric_state | access-date=May 24, 2025}} some thought that the budget was wasted,{{cite web | last=Ebiri | first=Bilge | title=Netflix's The Electric State is a $320 Million Piece of Junk | website=Vulture | date=March 14, 2025 | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/review-netflixs-electric-state-an-expensive-piece-of-junk.html | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=May 4, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504002238/https://www.vulture.com/article/review-netflixs-electric-state-an-expensive-piece-of-junk.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Adams | first=Sam | title=Netflix's Most Expensive Movie Ever Is Here, and It's a Monumental Disaster | website=Slate | date=March 14, 2025 | url=https://slate.com/culture/2025/03/electric-state-netflix-movie-millie-bobby-brown-chris-pratt.html | access-date=May 24, 2025}} while others were disappointed by the performances of the actors and direction of the Russo brothers.{{cite web | last=Sominder | first=Aadrika | title=The Electric State X Reviews: Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt Starrer Leaves Netizens Dismayed; 'like AI Slop' | website=Hindustan Times | date=March 19, 2025 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/x-reviews-millie-bobby-brown-and-chris-pratt-starrer-the-electric-state-reviews-the-electric-state-trailer-101742372438268.html | access-date=May 24, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Ramsburg | first=C. M. | title=The Electric State Is a Shockingly Bad Netflix Movie That Ruins Its Own Message | publisher=Comic Book Resources | date=March 14, 2025 | url=https://www.cbr.com/the-electric-state-review/ | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=May 23, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523091144/https://www.cbr.com/the-electric-state-review/ | url-status=live }}
Acting style and public image
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Called one of "Hollywood's biggest stars" in 2018 by CNBC,{{cite web | last=Huddleston | first=Tom Jr. | title=How Chris Pratt Went From Homeless Waiter at Bubba Gump Shrimp to $10 Million Jurassic World star | publisher=CNBC | date=June 22, 2018 | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/22/chris-pratt-went-from-homeless-waiter-to-jurassic-world-star.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413182616/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/22/chris-pratt-went-from-homeless-waiter-to-jurassic-world-star.html | url-status=live }} Pratt is best known for his roles in action films,{{cite web | last=Pallotta | first=Frank | title=How Chris Pratt Went From Parks and Recreation to Jurassic World | publisher=CNN | date=June 9, 2022 | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/09/media/jurassic-world-chris-pratt/index.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=June 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608053917/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/09/media/jurassic-world-chris-pratt/index.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt's 10 Best Movies Ranked | website=Empire | date=May 5, 2023 | url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/chris-pratt-10-best-movies-ranked/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 20, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420014238/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/chris-pratt-10-best-movies-ranked/ | url-status=live }} though he is also well known for his roles in comedies{{cite web | last=Vo | first=Alex | title=All Chris Pratt movies ranked | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | date=May 14, 2023 | url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-chris-pratt-movies-ranked/ | access-date=April 24, 2025 | archive-date=February 19, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219084035/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-chris-pratt-movies-ranked/ | url-status=live }} and dramas.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt Is Not a Movie Star | website=The Ringer | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://www.theringer.com/2017/05/04/pop-culture/chris-pratt-movie-star-leading-man-guardians-of-the-galaxy-99a6cb775e8c | access-date=April 15, 2025}} An A-list actor,{{sfn|Carr|2022|p=22}}{{cite web | last=Ford | first=Rebecca | title=Hollywood's New A-List: Lupita Nyong'o, Chris Pratt and the 15 Stars Getting All the Offers | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 25, 2015 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/hollywoods-new-a-list-lupita-784138/ | access-date=April 16, 2025}} he has become one of the world's most bankable stars{{sfn|Booker|2021|p=392}}{{cite magazine | last=Sperling | first=Nicole | title=How Chris Pratt became one of Hollywood's most bankable leading men | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=June 17, 2015 | url=https://ew.com/article/2015/06/17/chris-pratt-jurassic-world-stardom/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} through playing in big-budget, commercially successful films, often portraying charming and adventurous characters.{{cite web | last=Dunn | first=Jack | title=Chris Pratt Says He Plays a 'Sliding Doors' Version of the Same Character When Making 'Big Commercial' Movies: 'I'm Realizing That There Are Similarities' | website=Variety | date=March 16, 2025 | url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/chris-pratt-sliding-doors-version-same-character-big-movies-1236338913/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Cook | first=Meghan | title=Every single Chris Pratt movie, ranked by critics | website=Business Insider | date=June 21, 2022 | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-pratt-best-and-worst-movies-ranked-photos | access-date=April 15, 2025}} However, some critics have taken issue with him for repeatedly playing similar characters across multiple films.{{cite web | last=Bradshaw | first=Peter | title=The Electric State review – Millie Bobby Brown's Bot War Yarn Is Soulless Digital Content | website=The Guardian | date=March 7, 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/07/the-electric-state-review-millie-bobby-brown-chris-pratt-simon-stalenhag | quote=Chris Pratt{{nbsp}}[...] basically reprises every performance he has ever given. | access-date=May 24, 2025}}{{cite web | title=17 Actors That Play The Same Character In Every Movie | publisher=Yahoo! News | date=November 26, 2021 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/17-actors-were-typecast-delivering-024602044.html | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524071113/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/17-actors-were-typecast-delivering-024602044.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Ma | first=Wenlei | title='Chris Pratt Keeps Making Terrible Career Choices' | website=The New Zealand Herald | date=July 4, 2022 | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-terminal-list-and-the-tomorrow-war-chris-pratts-continued-journey-of-safe-boring-choices/UEYXPZM2Y323UIBPYGCLVUGWBA/ | access-date=May 24, 2025 | quote=He's risk averse, choosing only 'safe' roles in 'safe' projects that demand nothing of him that he hasn't done before. | archive-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524071114/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-terminal-list-and-the-tomorrow-war-chris-pratts-continued-journey-of-safe-boring-choices/UEYXPZM2Y323UIBPYGCLVUGWBA/ | url-status=live }} One such critic, Paste writer Brianna Zigler, thought that, in a 2023 review, Pratt "lacks versatility, the skill to transition from comedy to drama, and any modicum of gravitas".{{cite web | first=Brianna | last=Zigler | title=Jurassic World Dominion and the Curious Case of Chris Pratt | website=Paste Magazine | date=April 19, 2023 | url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/chris-pratt/chris-pratt-movie-star-jurassic-world | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=February 7, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207081658/https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/chris-pratt/chris-pratt-movie-star-jurassic-world | url-status=live }} In 2017, Amy Nicholson of Slate dubbed him "America's new sweetheart", criticizing his "safe" screen presence that lacked the depth and complexity necessary for his cinematic roles.{{cite web | last=Nicholson | first=Amy | title=I'll Come Out and Say It: I’m Over Chris Pratt | website=Slate | date=January 5, 2017 | url=https://slate.com/culture/2017/01/chris-pratt-is-americas-new-sweetheart-ugh.html | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524071114/https://slate.com/culture/2017/01/chris-pratt-is-americas-new-sweetheart-ugh.html | url-status=live }}
Some critics have thought otherwise; Screen Rant{{'}}s Ben Gibbons praised Pratt for demonstrating his acting range across a variety of roles, "from action heroes to lovable goofballs", noting that he consistently stands out and resonates with audiences.{{cite web | last=Gibbons | first=Ben | title=Chris Pratt's 10 Best Movies & TV Shows, Ranked | website=Screen Rant | date=November 24, 2023 | url=https://screenrant.com/chris-pratt-best-movies-shows-ranked/ | access-date=April 15, 2025}} The Guardian critic Alex Godfrey thought that with his "mixture of brawn and earthy charm, Pratt is increasingly coming to resemble a more contemporary Hollywood star, Harrison Ford".{{cite web | last=Godfrey | first=Alex | title=Chris Pratt: 'I Have Great Respect for the Animals That I Kill' | website=The Guardian | date=June 6, 2015 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/06/chris-pratt-jurassic-world | access-date=April 15, 2025}} Having grown up with a strong appreciation for music,{{sfn|Allan|2015|pp=5–6}} Pratt often uses it as a tool to help him get into character.{{cite web | last=Heath | first=Chris | title=Chris Pratt Cover Story: From Dadbod Sidekick to Rock-Hard Hero | website=GQ | date=May 18, 2015 | url=https://www.gq.com/story/chris-pratt-cover-story | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415034422/https://www.gq.com/story/chris-pratt-cover-story | url-status=live }} He also uses physical transformations, like gaining or losing significant weight and working out intensely, to match the character's needs.{{cite web | title=Perpetually Shredded Chris Pratt Challenges You To This CrossFit Workout | website=GQ | date=May 17, 2019 | url=https://www.gq.com.au/health/fitness/perpetually-shredded-chris-pratt-challenges-you-to-this-crossfit-workout/news-story/aac8337f519b999f3b08932f7e3c5bb8 | access-date=May 24, 2025}}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt on Gaining Weight for Future Roles, Living in a Van and Being Insecure as An Actor | publisher=ABC News | date=May 5, 2017 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/chris-pratt-gaining-weight-future-roles-living-van/story?id=47215966 | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=January 14, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114090935/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/chris-pratt-gaining-weight-future-roles-living-van/story?id=47215966 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Falcone | first=Dana Rose | title=Chris Pratt on His Weight Struggles: 'I Had Real Health Issues' | website=Entertainment Weekly | date=June 5, 2015 | url=https://ew.com/article/2015/06/05/chris-pratt-weight-health-issues/ | access-date=May 24, 2025 | archive-date=February 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208150405/https://ew.com/article/2015/06/05/chris-pratt-weight-health-issues/ | url-status=live }}
Pratt has been labeled as a sex symbol by the media;{{cite web | last=Nianias | first=Helen | title=Chris Pratt Says Equality Means Men Being Objectified Just as Much as Women | website=The Independent | date=June 18, 2015 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chris-pratt-jurassic-world-actor-says-equality-should-mean-objectifying-men-more-10327894.html | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=October 17, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017105229/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chris-pratt-jurassic-world-actor-says-equality-should-mean-objectifying-men-more-10327894.html | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine | last=Stack | first=Tim | title=Chris Pratt on Being a Sex Symbol: 'Before, I Was the Sweaty Guy Who Didn't Give a S---' | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=May 23, 2015 | url=https://ew.com/article/2015/05/23/chris-pratt-sex-symbol-jurassic-world/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=October 11, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013900/https://ew.com/article/2015/05/23/chris-pratt-sex-symbol-jurassic-world/ | url-status=live }}{{sfn|Helgeson|2020|p=179}} People magazine placed him at number two on its list of the Sexiest Men Alive in 2014.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt | website=People | url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20315920_20873264_30252347,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927090339/http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20315920_20873264_30252347,00.html | archive-date=September 27, 2016 | url-status=dead | access-date=April 15, 2025}}{{cite web | title=TV Trends: Jurassic World, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Parks And Recreation Have Made Chris Pratt One Of Hollywood's Hottest Properties | website=HuffPost | date=November 26, 2014 | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/26/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy-jurassic-world_n_6225458.html | access-date=April 15, 2025}} In 2017, Variety's Jenelle Riley described Pratt as "one of the nicest guys in the business", a reputation the actor attributes to "[having] good parents that raised me right".{{cite web | last=Riley | first=Jenelle | title=Chris Pratt Proves Nice Guys Finish First as He Receives Walk of Fame Star | website=Variety | date=April 21, 2017 | url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/chris-pratt-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1202032521/ | access-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-date=April 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410025620/https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/chris-pratt-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1202032521/ | url-status=live }} However, some members of the public began referring to him as "the worst Chris" around 2020, a label that emerged online as he was deemed the least likable among the group of Hollywood actors commonly known as the "Hollywood Chrises"—Evans, Hemsworth, Pine, and himself.{{cite web | last=Chilton | first=Louis | title=Who Are the Four Hollywood Chrises? | website=The Independent | date=October 21, 2020 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/worst-hollywood-chris-pratt-evans-hemsworth-chrises-actors-movies-b1204064.html | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=November 21, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121164938/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/worst-hollywood-chris-pratt-evans-hemsworth-chrises-actors-movies-b1204064.html | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine | last=Wang | first=Jessica | title=Chris Pratt Reveals His Theory on How He Became the 'Worst Hollywood Chris' | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=June 28, 2022 | url=https://ew.com/movies/chris-pratt-worst-hollywood-chris-theory/ | access-date=April 16, 2025}} Pratt himself linked the backlash to his Generation Award acceptance speech at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, in which he stated, "God is real. God loves you. God wants the best for you". TV Guide writer Kaitlin Thomas described his public persona as a combination of his on-screen charisma and a degree of candor, which at times can be seen as controversial or problematic.{{cite web | last=Thomas | first=Kaitlin | title=Chris Pratt Is the Most Problematic of the Chrises | publisher=TV Guide | date=December 21, 2018 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/chris-pratt-problematic/ | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=October 6, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006062712/https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/chris-pratt-problematic/ | url-status=live }}
In 2015, Pratt appeared in the Time 100, a compilation of the 100 most influential people in the world, as selected annually by Time magazine.{{cite web | last=Mackie | first=Drew | title=Time 100 2015 Includes Kanye, Kim and Bradley Cooper | website=People | date=April 16, 2015 | url=https://people.com/celebrity/time-100-2015-includes-kanye-kim-and-bradley-cooper/ | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=May 21, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521072915/https://people.com/celebrity/time-100-2015-includes-kanye-kim-and-bradley-cooper/ | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine | last=Daley | first=Megan | title=Kanye West, Emma Watson, Chris Pratt make Time 100 Most Influential People | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=April 16, 2015 | url=https://ew.com/article/2015/04/16/kanye-west-emma-watson-chris-pratt-time-releases-100-most-influential-people-list/ | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=May 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511034616/https://ew.com/article/2015/04/16/kanye-west-emma-watson-chris-pratt-time-releases-100-most-influential-people-list/ | url-status=live }} That same year, Forbes ranked him as the 33rd-highest-paid actor globally, with earnings of $13 million.{{cite web | last=Mendelson | first=Scott | title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2015 | website=Forbes | url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fimi45ggeki/33-chris-pratt/ | access-date=April 16, 2025}} In 2016, he appeared in the Celebrity 100 list, a compilation of the 100 most powerful public figures in the world, as selected annually by Forbes.{{cite web | last=Berg | first=Madeline | title=Celebrity 100 2016: Ones To Watch | website=Forbes | date=August 9, 2024 | url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gjdm45efik/chris-pratt/ | access-date=April 16, 2025}} Also in 2016, the magazine again listed him as the sixteenth-highest-paid actor in the world, with earnings of $26 million.{{cite web | last=Robehmed | first=Natalie | title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2016 | website=Forbes | date=July 11, 2016 | url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efhje/16-chris-pratt/ | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=October 2, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002153224/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efhje/16-chris-pratt/ | url-status=live }} In 2017, Pratt was ranked the nineteenth-highest-paid actor, with earnings of $17 million.{{cite web | last=Robehmed | first=Natalie | title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2017 | website=Forbes | date=July 11, 2016 | url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/599b0ba431358e60d7768f66/19-chris-pratt/ | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=May 19, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519203208/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/599b0ba431358e60d7768f66/19-chris-pratt/ | url-status=live }} According to The Numbers, as of April 2025, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.1{{nbsp}}billion worldwide, making him the fifth-highest-grossing box office film star and third-highest-grossing male actor of all time. Including all roles—leading performances, cameos, and voice acting—his films have grossed a total of $15.8 billion worldwide.{{cite web | title=Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office | website=The Numbers | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-acting/top-grossing-leading-stars | access-date=April 16, 2025 | archive-date=November 4, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125958/https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-acting/top-grossing-leading-stars | url-status=live }}
Personal life
File:Chris Pratt and Anna Faris.jpg at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival]]
In February 2007, while filming Take Me Home Tonight (2011), Pratt met actress Anna Faris, who portrayed his love interest in the film.{{cite web | last=Dodd | first=Sophie | title=Chris Pratt and Anna Faris' Relationship: A Look Back | website=People | date=June 24, 2022 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-anna-faris-relationship-timeline/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Brisco | first=Elise | title=Chris Pratt, Anna Faris: The Former Couple's Relationship Timeline | website=USA Today | date=May 4, 2021 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/04/chris-pratt-and-anna-faris-relationship-timeline/4934989001/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}} The couple became engaged in late 2008 and married on July 9, 2009, in Bali, Indonesia, choosing to elope spontaneously following a friend's wedding.{{cite web | last=Garcia | first=Jennifer | title=Anna Faris Is Married! | website=People | date=August 12, 2009 | url=https://people.com/celebrity/anna-faris-is-married/ | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=March 28, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110328073244/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20297610%2C00.html | url-status=live }} Pratt and Faris resided in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles.{{cite web | last=Leitereg | first=Neal J. | title=Chris Pratt and Anna Faris' Marital Home in L.A. Sells for $4.75 million | website=Los Angeles Times | url-access=subscription | date=September 8, 2020 | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-09-08/chris-pratt-anna-faris-marital-home-los-angeles-sells-4-75-million | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=January 25, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125003316/https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-09-08/chris-pratt-anna-faris-marital-home-los-angeles-sells-4-75-million | url-status=live }} Faris gave birth to their son in 2012, who was born nine weeks premature, weighing just {{convert|3|lb|12|oz|kg}}.{{cite web | last=Lew | first=Janine | title=Chris Pratt Shares His Son's Premature Birth Story at March of Dimes Celebration of Babies | website=Variety | date=December 6, 2014 | url=https://variety.com/2014/scene/vpage/chris-pratt-shares-his-sons-premature-birth-story-at-march-of-dimes-celebration-of-babies-1201372276/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Nordyke | first=Kimberly | title=Chris Pratt and Anna Faris Announce Separation | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=August 6, 2017 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/chris-pratt-anna-faris-announce-separation-1027181/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}} Pratt later shared that the experience had a profound impact on his faith, stating that he and Faris "prayed a lot" during the uncertain early days of their son's life.{{cite web | last=Fisher | first=Luchina | title=Chris Pratt Says Premature Son 'Restored My Faith in God' | publisher=ABC News | date=April 14, 2020 | url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/07/chris-pratt-says-premature-son-restored-my-faith-in-god | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=April 20, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420144716/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/07/chris-pratt-says-premature-son-restored-my-faith-in-god/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt: my premature son 'restored my faith in God' | website=People | date=July 30, 2014 | url=https://people.com/parents/chris-pratt-premature-son-restored-faith-guardians-of-the-galaxy/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}} Pratt and Faris announced their separation in August 2017.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt and Anna Faris Split Up After Eight Years Together | publisher=BBC News | date=August 7, 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40847491 | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=May 27, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527003723/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40847491 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Weaver | first=Hilary | title=Anna Faris and Chris Pratt to Separate | website=Vanity Fair | date=August 7, 2017 | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/anna-faris-and-chris-pratt-are-separating?srsltid=AfmBOoqL9O4Dr01Ll_D5RxjfNBukVBBqwUFq1V6HzemDv30RBxkkbHqD | access-date=April 17, 2025}} He filed for divorce on December 1, 2017, citing irreconcilable differences and requesting joint custody of their son.{{cite web | last=Miller | first=Mike | title=Chris Pratt Files for Divorce from Anna Faris | website=People | date=December 1, 2017 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-files-for-divorce-from-anna-faris/ | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=December 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219013643/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-files-for-divorce-from-anna-faris/ | url-status=live }} The divorce was finalized on October 31, 2018.
Pratt began dating author Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2018, after being introduced by her mother, Maria Shriver.{{cite web | last=Mizoguchi | first=Karen | title=Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Were 'Set Up' By Her Mom Maria Shriver, Source Says | website=People | date=June 22, 2018 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-multiple-dates-maria-shriver-set-up-source/ | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=April 29, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429232945/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-multiple-dates-maria-shriver-set-up-source/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Revisit Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt's Love Story | publisher=E! | date=August 10, 2020 | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1177675/katherine-schwarzenegger-and-chris-pratt-welcome-first-child-together-revisit-their-love-story | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=June 5, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605144537/https://www.eonline.com/news/1177675/katherine-schwarzenegger-and-chris-pratt-welcome-first-child-together-revisit-their-love-story | url-status=live }} On January 14, 2019, Pratt announced their engagement,{{cite web | last=Hohman | first=Maura | title=Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt Became Friends Years Before Pratt's Proposal to Katherine | website=People | date=January 18, 2019 | url=https://people.com/movies/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-chris-pratt-friendship-before-engagement-katherine-schwarzenegger/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Gavilanes | first=Grace | title=Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger's Relationship Timeline | website=People | date=April 24, 2019 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-relationship-timeline/ | access-date=April 17, 2025}} and the couple married on June 8, 2019, in Montecito, California.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are married! | publisher=E! | date=June 9, 2019 | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1048020/chris-pratt-and-katherine-schwarzenegger-marry-in-romantic-california-wedding | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415064359/https://www.eonline.com/news/1048020/chris-pratt-and-katherine-schwarzenegger-marry-in-romantic-california-wedding | url-status=live }} They spent their honeymoon on the island of Lanai, Hawaii, staying at a luxury resort.{{cite web | last=Quinn | first=Dave | title=Chris Pratt says massive sunburn put a damper on his honeymoon: 'I don't know what I was thinking' | website=People | date=February 19, 2020 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-massive-sunburn-put-damper-on-honeymoon/ | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=December 18, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218041746/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-massive-sunburn-put-damper-on-honeymoon/ | url-status=live }} The couple welcomed their first daughter in 2020, followed by their second daughter in 2022 and a son in 2024.{{cite web | last=Rosenbloom | first=Alli | title=Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Welcome Baby Boy | publisher=CNN | date=November 11, 2024 | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/11/entertainment/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-baby-boy/index.html | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=November 12, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112031616/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/11/entertainment/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-baby-boy/index.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Dodd | first=Sophie | title=Arnold Schwarzenegger's 5 Kids: All About His Sons and Daughters | website=People | date=September 26, 2022 | url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-arnold-schwarzenegger-children/ | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213183215/https://people.com/parents/all-about-arnold-schwarzenegger-children/ | url-status=live }} Through his marriage to Schwarzenegger, Pratt became part of the extended Kennedy family.{{cite web | last=Harmata | first=Claudia | title=Chris Pratt Joins in Giant Kennedy Family Photo | website=People | date=July 5, 2019 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-joins-kennedy-family-photo/ | access-date=April 17, 2025 | archive-date=May 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529064826/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-joins-kennedy-family-photo/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Bryant | first=Kenzie | title=Chris Pratt to Marry Into the Kennedy Family | website=Vanity Fair | date=January 14, 2019 | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/01/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-engaged?srsltid=AfmBOopMoWQb_crFg8LhOVx6o1vvpZTyxGzBBGOCwHX5ToancuVaFI_D | access-date=April 17, 2025}} In 2023, Pratt and Schwarzenegger acquired the Ellwood Zimmerman House, an architecturally significant property located in Brentwood, California. The original structure was later demolished to make way for the construction of a larger residence.{{cite web | last=Anguiano | first=Dani | title=Chris Pratt Draws Ire for Razing Historic 1950 LA Home for Sprawling Mansion | website=The Guardian | date=April 19, 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/19/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-zimmerman-destroy-historic-house-los-angeles | access-date=April 17, 2025}}
Pratt was raised in the Lutheran faith and later worked with the organization Jews for Jesus{{cite web | last=Graham | first=Ruth | title=Newly engaged Chris Pratt has been getting super evangelical and maybe you didn't even notice | website=Slate | date=January 14, 2019 | url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/chris-pratt-engaged-evangelical-christian-katherine-schwarzenegger.html | access-date=April 18, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Turner | first=Laura | title=The rise of the star-studded, Instagram-friendly evangelical church | website=Vox | date=February 6, 2019 | url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/2/6/18205355/church-chris-pratt-justin-bieber-zoe-hillsong | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=April 29, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429072206/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/2/6/18205355/church-chris-pratt-justin-bieber-zoe-hillsong | url-status=live }} before identifying as a non-denominational Christian.{{cite web | last=Peele | first=Anna | title=Chris Pratt Esquire Interview | website=Esquire | date=August 6, 2014 | url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a32814/chris-pratt-interview-0914/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=January 8, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108093851/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/interviews/amp32814/chris-pratt-interview-0914/ | url-status=live }} He attends Zoe Church in Los Angeles, which came under public scrutiny after actor Elliot Page criticized it for allegedly being anti-LGBTQ, citing the church's connection to a pastor formerly affiliated with Hillsong Church.{{cite web | last=Yang | first=Rachel | title=Ellen Page Calls Out Chris Pratt for Attending 'Infamously Anti-LGBTQ' church | website=Variety | date=February 8, 2019 | url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ellen-page-chris-pratt-hillsong-church-1203132886/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=May 27, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527072343/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ellen-page-chris-pratt-hillsong-church-1203132886/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Tapp | first=Tom | title=Chris Pratt says he never went to controversial church, reveals where he does worship | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=June 29, 2022 | url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/chris-pratt-church-controversy-hillsong-1235053819/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=April 13, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413171047/https://deadline.com/2022/06/chris-pratt-church-controversy-hillsong-1235053819/ | url-status=live }} In response to the accusation, Pratt stated, "It has recently been suggested that I belong to a church which 'hates a certain group of people' and is 'infamously anti-LGBTQ.' Nothing could be further from the truth. I go to a church that opens its doors to absolutely everyone".{{cite web | last=Fernández | first=Alexia | title=Chris Pratt Defends Hillsong Church Amid Claims It's Anti-LGBTQ: 'Nothing could be further from the truth' | website=People | date=February 11, 2019 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-defends-hillsong-church-lgbtq/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=April 9, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409000055/https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-defends-hillsong-church-lgbtq/ | url-status=live }} Brian Houston, the founder of Hillsong Church, later clarified that Pratt had never been a member of their congregation.{{cite web | last=Graham | first=Jennifer | title=Perspective: No, Twitter Haters, You Can't Cancel Chris Pratt. Please Stop Trying | website=Deseret News | date=April 25, 2022 | url=https://www.deseret.com/2022/4/25/23041543/no-twitter-you-cant-cancel-chris-pratt-all-on-your-own-james-gunn-marvel-chris-hemsworth-star-lord/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=March 22, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322084518/https://www.deseret.com/2022/4/25/23041543/no-twitter-you-cant-cancel-chris-pratt-all-on-your-own-james-gunn-marvel-chris-hemsworth-star-lord/ | url-status=live }} Director James Gunn, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), also publicly defended Pratt, affirming that he was familiar with the church Pratt currently attends and criticizing those calling for the actor to be recast as Star-Lord.{{cite web | last=Tapp | first=Tom | title=James Gunn Defends Chris Pratt Against Backlash and Online Trolls' 'Made-Up, Utterly-False Beliefs About Him' | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=April 27, 2022 | url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/james-gunn-chris-pratt-church-1235010635/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=May 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504162106/https://deadline.com/2022/04/james-gunn-chris-pratt-church-1235010635/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Delbyck | first=Cole | title=People Have 'Utterly False Beliefs' About Chris Pratt, Says Guardians Director | website=HuffPost | date=April 27, 2022 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-james-gunn-marvel-utterly-false_n_62699774e4b050c90f3b7ebc | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=June 27, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627214039/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-pratt-james-gunn-marvel-utterly-false_n_62699774e4b050c90f3b7ebc | url-status=live }}
In 2017, Pratt stated that he does not align himself with either side of the political spectrum and expressed a desire to promote unity through finding common ground.{{cite web | last=Russian | first=Ale | title=Chris Pratt Says He Wants to Help 'Bridge' Political Division | website=People | date=April 20, 2017 | url=https://people.com/celebrity/chris-pratt-says-he-wants-to-help-bridge-political-division-i-dont-feel-we-have-to-be-at-war-with-each-other/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=May 18, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518024210/https://people.com/celebrity/chris-pratt-says-he-wants-to-help-bridge-political-division-i-dont-feel-we-have-to-be-at-war-with-each-other/ | url-status=live }} In 2020, he and his wife, Katherine, became Global Ambassadors for the Special Olympics.{{cite web | last=Heching | first=Dan | title=Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger to Be Special Olympics Ambassadors: 'Humbled and Honored' | website=People | date=October 4, 2021 | url=https://people.com/movies/chris-pratt-and-katherine-schwarzenegger-to-be-special-olympics-ambassadors/ | access-date=April 18, 2025}} In 2024, Pratt wrote an op-ed on Maria Shriver's website, Sunday Paper regarding the 2024 United States presidential election. In it, he emphasized unity over political allegiance and avoided endorsing either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.{{cite web | last=Sharf | first=Zack | title=Chris Pratt Says Americans Supporting Each Other After Election Day Is a 'Bigger Civic Duty' Than Voting: 'Accept the Results' and Help 'Anyone in Need' | website=Variety | date=November 5, 2024 | url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/chris-pratt-election-day-essay-criticized-no-endorsement-1236201343/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=May 11, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250511160453/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/chris-pratt-election-day-essay-criticized-no-endorsement-1236201343/ | url-status=live }}
Philanthropy
In 2015, Pratt and Faris donated $1 million to a charity that provided eyeglasses to underprivileged children. The donation was allegedly inspired by Pratt's son who was born premature and visually impaired. They also donated to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and also supported March of Dimes, which works to end premature births, birth defects, and infant mortality.{{cite news |last1=Van de Wall |first1=Virginia |title=Chris Pratt and Anna Faris Donate $1 Million to Charity |url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/chris-pratt-anna-faris-donate-one-million-dollars-charity-71490/ |work=Life & Style |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142456/https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/chris-pratt-anna-faris-donate-one-million-dollars-charity-71490/ |url-status=live }} In December 2016, Pratt donated $500,000 to a teen center in his hometown of Lake Stevens, which was named in memory of his father.{{cite web | last=Verhoeven | first=Beatrice | title=Chris Pratt Donates $500,000 to Teen Center Built to Honor His Late Father | website=TheWrap | date=December 23, 2016 | url=https://www.thewrap.com/chris-pratt-donates-to-teen-center-late-father/ | access-date=April 18, 2025}}{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt Donates $500,000 to Teen Center Built in Honor of His Dad | publisher=E! | date=December 23, 2016 | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/817885/chris-pratt-donates-500-000-to-teen-center-built-in-honor-of-his-late-father | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=January 26, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126100222/https://www.eonline.com/news/817885/chris-pratt-donates-500-000-to-teen-center-built-in-honor-of-his-late-father | url-status=live }}
In February 2021, Pratt donated $20,000 to fight hunger in South Carolina. The donation was part of a fundraiser by Pratt and an organization to raise $650,000 to fight food insecurity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Pratt also helped create the charity Feed Thy Neighbor, to which he donated $100,000.{{cite web | last=Siegler | first=Bonnie | title=Hilarious, handsome & talented: 15 Chris Pratt movies we can't get enough of | publisher=Yahoo! News | date=August 19, 2023 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hilarious-handsome-talented-15-chris-110858954.html | access-date=April 18, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Cline |first1=Andrew |title=Chris Pratt donates $20,000 to Lowcountry Food Bank |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/chris-pratt-donates-20000-to-lowcountry-food-bank |access-date=May 8, 2021 |publisher=ABC News |agency=WCIV |date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508111932/https://abcnews4.com/news/local/chris-pratt-donates-20000-to-lowcountry-food-bank |url-status=live }} Also in February 2021, he donated $10,000 to the Edmonds Food Bank as part of his organization and also donated to the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce and Edmonds Waterfront Center in Washington state.{{cite news |title=Actor Chris Pratt donates $10,000 to Edmonds Food Bank |url=https://www.edmondsbeacon.com/story/2021/02/11/news/actor-chris-pratt-donates-10000-to-edmonds-food-bank/24513.html |access-date=May 8, 2021 |work=Edmonds Beacon |date=February 12, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508111941/https://www.edmondsbeacon.com/story/2021/02/11/news/actor-chris-pratt-donates-10000-to-edmonds-food-bank/24513.html |url-status=live }}
Acting credits and awards
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According to review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Pratt's most acclaimed films include Moneyball (2011), Her (2013), The Lego Movie (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Onward (2020), Alaskan Nets (2021), and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022).{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt Movies & TV Shows List | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chris_pratt | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=August 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200825191751/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chris_pratt | url-status=live }} His accolades include a Saturn Award, an MTV Movie Award, and an MTV Movie & TV Award.{{cite web | title=Chris Pratt Biography | publisher=TV Guide | url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chris-pratt/bio/3000382756/ | access-date=April 18, 2025 | archive-date=December 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206160430/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chris-pratt/bio/3000382756/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Lewis | first=Hilary | title=MTV Movie & TV Awards: Chris Pratt to receive Generation Award | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=May 10, 2018 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mtv-movie-tv-awards-chris-pratt-receive-generation-award-1110683/ | access-date=April 18, 2025}}
References
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- {{cite book | last=Allan | first=Joe | title=Chris Pratt – The Biography | publisher=Bonnier Publishing | date=2015 | isbn=978-1-78418-664-7}}
- {{cite book | last=Booker | first=M. Keith | title=Historical Dictionary of American Cinema | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | date=2021 | isbn=978-1-5381-3012-4}}
- {{cite book | last=Carr | first=Jack | author-link=Jack Carr (writer) | title=The Terminal List | publisher=Simon and Schuster | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-9821-9726-1}}
- {{cite book | last1=Dymond | first1=Erica Joan | last2=Murguía | first2=Salvador Jiménez | title=The Encyclopedia of LGBTQIA+ Portrayals in American Film | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-5381-5391-8}}
- {{cite book | last=Garrett | first=Greg | title=A Long, Long Way | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=2020 | isbn=978-0-19-090626-9}}
- {{cite book | last=Helgeson | first=Vicki S. | title=Psychology of Gender | publisher=Routledge | date=2020 | isbn=978-0-367-33102-3}}
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