Chris Pratt

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About

Chris Pratt is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Dwyer on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and his role as Star-Lord in the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy.

Acting Career

In 2002 Chris Pratt^[1] was cast as highschooler Bright Abbott in the WB drama Everwood. The show ran for four seasons until 2006. Pratt had a guest starring arc on The OC from 2006-2007, and in 2009 he was cast as Andy Dwyer in the sitcom Parks and Recreation, which will conclude after its seventh season in 2015. Pratt started in several films in the late 2000s including The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Delivery Man (2013). In 2014 he starred in the superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy.

Online History

Braid

On April 21st, 2014, Pratt posted a picture of a french braid he had tied in his wife Anna Farris' hair on Instagram account.^[11] Within four months the picture gained over 11,000 likes.

On July 22nd, 2014, Entertainment Weekly posted^[13] a video to their YouTube channel^[12] which featured Pratt french braiding their intern's hair during an interview. Within a month the video gained over 680,000 views. The video was covered by several sites including The Mary Sue^[14] and io9.^[15]

Hospital Visit

On August 20th, 2014, Pratt visited patients at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles dressed as his Guardians of the Galaxy character, appearing after a screening of the film for the children. His visit was covered by several sites on August 21st, including E! Online^[8], TIME^[9] and New York Daily News.^[10]

Fandom

As of August 2014, Pratt's Twitter account^[2] has gained over 710,000 followers and his Facebook page^[3] has gained over 460,000 likes. Deviant Art ^[4] has over 400 pieces of fan art tagged Chris Pratt. There are also several fan run Tumblrs dedicated to Pratt including fuckyeahchrispratt^[5], chrisprattdelicious^[6] and fyeahchrispratt.^[7]