
Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1997, and has two older siblings, Cully and Angie.
Chris came to prominence for his small-screen roles, including Bright Abbott in Everwood: Uma Segunda Chance (2002), Ché in O.C.: Um Estranho no Paraíso (2003), and Andy Dwyer and Parks and Recreation (2009), and notable film roles in O Homem Que Mudou o Jogo (2011), Cinco Anos de Noivado (2012), A Hora Mais Escura (2012), De Repente Pai (2013), and Ela (2013). In 2014, he broke out as a leading man after headlining two of the year's biggest films: he voiced Emmet Brickowski in Uma Aventura Lego (2014) & starred as Peter Quill/Star-Lord in Guardiões da Galáxia (2014). In 2015, he headlined the sci-fi thriller Jurassic World - O Mundo dos Dinossauros (2015), the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and his most financially successful film. In 2016, he co-starred in the remake Sete Homens e um Destino (2016), with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, and appeared with Jennifer Lawrence in the sci-fi drama Passageiros (2016). In the near future, he returns as Star-Lord for Guardiões da Galáxia Vol. 2 (2017), with Jurassic World: Reino Ameaçado (2018) not far behind.