Daniel Clifton Pratt was the father of American actor Chris Pratt. Daniel Clifton Pratt’s son is an A-list Hollywood actor. He rose to prominence for playing Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. He is well-known in the industry for playing Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy.

Daniel Clifton Pratt: Bio Summary

Who is Chris Pratt’s father?

Daniel Clifton Pratt was born on October 01, 1953, in Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. He passed away at the age of 60 on June 30, 2014, in Lake Stevens, Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Aside from Chris Pratt, Daniel Pratt is also the father of Cully Pratt and Angie Pratt. He was married to Kathy Pratt. When the actor was seven years old, the family moved to Lake Stevens, Washington. He placed fifth in a high school state wrestling tournament. He also was a shot putter for his high school’s track team.

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Chris Pratt’s father worked as a contractor

The Guardian of the Galaxy actor’s father worked in mining and later remodeling houses. In the good years, Dan Pratt mostly worked as a contractor. “He was a hard worker,” The actor told GQ Magazine during their cover story for June 2015 edition.

“He was a good problem solver—like, physical problems. He was good at building things with his hands. He could kind of fake it till you make it in terms of machinery and equipment—like, they would ask ’Anyone at this site know how to run a Caterpillar?’ and he’d be like ’Yeah, I do’, and then he’d get in there and figure out the controls, confident in his ability to figure shit out as he went along.”

What happened to Chris Pratt’s father Daniel Clifton Pratt?

Daniel Clifton Pratt was ill with multiple sclerosis for many years and died in 2014 while his son was filming Jurassic World. The Jurassic world actor was in New Orleans when he received the sad news. “I knew being the lead in the movie that I was really responsible for everybody’s attitude and so I compartmentalized it all and dealt with it in my own way, but not openly for people to see. I got pretty angry and got drunk and almost got in a fight with a drug dealer outside of my hotel room.“

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Chris Pratt’s father Daniel Clifton Pratt died on June 30, 2014 in Lake Stevens, Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The “Star Lord” was in his twenties when his father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The actor admitted they were not prepared for such Diagnose especially his father who was the kind of old school man who had little time for weakness. But the sad sad aspect is that was that their father Daniel Clifton Pratt was unable to tolerate the fading of his own toughness.

“He was pretty ornery to begin with and so that just made him more ornery,” The Guadian of the Galaxy actor recalled. “He had lost interest in life: ’Well, I’ve got this disease now, I’m gonna die’. He refused to take any medication or do anything like physical therapy.“

However, the actor admitted that his father was very instrumental in his life-“My brother and I talk about it, Part of us appreciate that he made us tough, you know, through sort of emotional scarification. Just an old school kind of dad. Which in a way is actually a good thing.” Chris’s brother Cully is a retired Law Enforcement agent.

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He continued to tell GQ magazine– “Like, if you have weak hands and you go try to do something, it’ll rip your hands up, but if you condition them to be strong you’ll get callused and tough. I think we became that way because, in his day and age, that’s what men were. I think we both benefit from it now.”

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Before his death, Chris Pratt’s father divorced his mother and moved into assisted living. Daniel Clifton Pratt watched TV for his last 10 years after he lost the ability to walk, the actor revealed. Pratt also to the magazine that he has a compass that his father gave him-“It’s really like a symbol for who he was in my life,“- he actor said “It was just part of his hunting pack that I inherited, It doesn’t even work.“

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