10 Things You Didn't Know About Chris Pratt

10. He Was A High School Wrestler

Christopher Michael Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota to a mining father and a supermarket worker mother, though he grew up in Lake Stevens, Washington where he developed one of his earliest interests - wrestling. He even took up the sport during high school, and finished fifth in the state-wide championships, and as a teenager he was never short of confidence, as he recalled to Entertainment Weekly: "My high school wrestling coach reminds me about this time I came into his office and he said, €˜Chris, what do you want to do with yourself?' €I was like, €˜I don€™t know, but I know I€™ll be famous and I know I€™ll make a s*** ton of money.€™ I had no idea how. I€™d done nothing proactive. It was as dumb as someone saying, €˜I€™ll probably be an astronaut. I€™m sure I€™ll stumble into an astronaut suit and end up in space one day.'"
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