Chris Pratt Is A Lovable Goofball On Screen, But His Off-Screen Life Gets Pretty Dark

In September 2015, Pratt and then-wife Anna Faris donated $1 million to charity. According to Life & Style Magazine, the donation to a charity that provides eyeglasses to underprivileged kids was inspired by their son, Jack, who was born premature and is visually impaired.

Pratt took time to honor veterans on the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2015. He also posted a video to his Facebook wall thanking veteran and former Navy Seal Mike Day. He encouraged fans to thank someone they know who has served, as well as post their messages to social media with the hashtag #‎ThankAVeteran‬.

Chris Evans and Chris Pratt bet on who would win the 2015 Super Bowl. Depending on which team one, they would either visit the children of Christopher’s Haven in Boston (Evans’s charity of choice), or children at the Christopher’s Haven in Seattle. In the end, just like true superheroes, the actors actually visited both hospitals. 

Chris Pratt showed off his photobombing skills along with Jimmy Fallon and Chris Evans during the NBC Super Bowl Red Carpet event in Phoenix. Luckily for fans who couldn't be there in person, there's video proof in this clip from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 

During the the March of Dimes Celebration of Babies Hollywood Luncheon at the end of 2014, Pratt took the stage and shared inspiration from his own experience with the premature birth of his son Jack. As reported by US Weekly, Pratt told the audience:

My little boy was laying across my neck and chest feeling my heartbeat and feeling my love, and I played him country music and I sang to him and I made him promises… in that moment… you know, about… just about what kind of dad I wanted to be, and I just prayed that he'd be here long enough and he was going to let me keep him.

In 2014, Pratt tweeted a link to a GiveForward campaign that was started to help pay for twelve-year-old Joe Henson's medical bills. Henson was diagnosed with medulloblastoma (a type of brain tumor) in June 2014. As a result of Pratt's tweet, according to The Hollywood Reporter, donations "exploded." Pratt also made a significant donation himself. 

Pratt partnered with Omaze to give fans an on-set experience for a small donation. For donations of just $10 or more, fans were able to enter a contest to visit the set of Guardians of the Galaxy 2. All the proceeds benefited the Boys & Girls Club in Pratt's hometown of Lake Stevens, Washington. 

Pratt posted a pic of a “glorious French braid” he did on then-wife Anna Faris. As Pratt told Redbook Magazine in July 2014:

I'd always braid Anna's hair, but I was doing it too tight and it broke in some places. Then I got a French braid lesson from her mom, and it turns out I'm a pro. I must have been a hairstylist in a previous life.

Along with Josh Gad and J.J. Abrams, Pratt appeared in a Twitter video begging Star Wars star Daisy Ridley to spill some secrets about The Last Jedi. She refused to share anything, despite Pratt's repeated plugs for Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy.