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As of April 2025, Chris Pratt's films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.1 billion worldwide, making him the fifth-highest-grossing box office film star and the third-highest-grossing male actor of all time. Including all roles such as cameos and voice acting, the total reaches $15.8 billion.
Chris Pratt was discovered by actress and director Rae Dawn Chong while working as a waiter at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui, Hawaii. Chong cast him in her directorial debut, a short horror film called Cursed Part 3, released in 2000, in which he played a character named Devon.
Chris Pratt's breakthrough role was Andy Dwyer on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, which he played from 2009 to 2015. The part was initially intended as temporary, but his performance impressed producers enough that they made him a series regular.
Casting director Sarah Finn recommended Pratt to director James Gunn after Pratt had initially declined the role. Gunn had been struggling to cast the part and had dismissed the idea, but Finn arranged a meeting and Gunn became convinced Pratt was the right choice. Guardians of the Galaxy went on to gross $773.3 million worldwide in 2014.
Pratt founded Indivisible Productions in February 2020. Its first project was The Terminal List, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in July 2022 and made Pratt one of the highest-paid television actors, earning $1.4 million per episode.
Pratt grew up in Lake Stevens, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, where his family settled when he was six or seven years old. He graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1997 before dropping out of community college and eventually living homeless in Maui, Hawaii.