Christopher Michael Pratt is an American film and television actor. He came to prominence for his small-screen roles, including Bright Abbott in Everwood (2002), Ché in The O.C. (2003), and Andy Dwyer and Parks and Recreation (2009), and notable film roles in Moneyball (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Delivery Man (2013), and Her (2013).He was born in Minnesota to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. His mother is of Norwegian descent and his father had English, German, Swiss, and French-Canadian ancestry. He grew up in Lake Stevens, Washington, where he graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1997. He has two older siblings, Cully and Angie.In 2014, he broke out as a leading man after headlining two of the year's biggest films: he voiced Emmet Brickowski, in The Lego Movie (2014), and starred as Peter Quill / Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). In 2015, he headlined the sci-fi thriller Jurassic World (2015), the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and his most financially successful film. In 2016, he co-starred in the remake The Magnificent Seven (2016), with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, and appeared with Jennifer Lawrence in the sci-fi drama Passengers (2016). In the near future, he returns as Star-Lord for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) not far behind.Pratt married Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, in 2019. Has two children: son, Jack Pratt (b. August 25, 2012) with ex-wife, Anna Faris & daughter, Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt (b. August 10, 2020) with wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger.