Chris Pratt Says His Platform Is a Tool to Point Others to Jesus: ‘I Want to Be a Light’
Actor Chris Pratt says in a new interview that he speaks openly about his belief in Christ in part because he wants to help point others to faith.
The Jurassic World and Lego Movie actor is one of Hollywood’s most well-known Christians, often sharing his faith on social media and even partnering with the Hallow prayer and meditation app. He told Relevant in a new podcast that he has no hesitation talking about his faith in public.
“I'm trying to be a light like Matthew 5:14 – ‘I am a light in this world, and you can't hide it,’” Pratt said, adding he feels called to use his “platform periodically to express my faith.”
“I can tell you it has had an impact on people who've come up to me in the street and said, ‘Hey, that's really cool you say that.’ Maybe I'm affirming some of the 99, but I'm also really hoping that there's the one out there who's been praying for a sign, and they see an Instagram video and they're like, ‘Maybe that's the sign,’” Pratt added, referencing Jesus’ illustration about the shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep to find the one that is lost.
“I love the idea that this whole thing was orchestrated so that I could help bring God into people's lives,” he said. “I think that would be the greatest outcome – even if I never worked again, that I was known for. That would make me feel good. I feel really good about that.”
Pratt has been the lead in some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, not only Jurassic World and The Lego Movie but also Marvel’s blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy series. His other animated films include Onward, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Garfield.
Pratt’s interview with the Relevant podcast is part of a larger interview that will be in Relevant Magazine.
Meanwhile, Pratt said he typically brushes off criticism on social media and within mainstream media, leaning on wisdom from Scripture.
“I kind of rely on this biblical wisdom, Proverbs 26:20 – ‘For lack of wood, the fire will go out; where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.’ So I give it time … [if] I see something about myself that's not true. I understand why it's out there, because this algorithm-driven passive entertainment is really meant to just capture our attention. Nothing captures our attention more than being morally righteous,p where we are not the person that we're judging. It's very easy to have a very strong moral opinion about somebody else, and you can be presented with a narrative that puts you into that posture – that makes you a very lucrative target for these big businesses to kind of mine your attention and keep you focused.”
He added that it's “kind of America's pastime now” to judge “things from a point of view of righteousness.”
“And so for me, I give it 36 hours. That's kind of the new news cycle. And then if it doesn't go away, I give it another 36 hours, and I can do that 36 times. And if it's still not gone away, it's only been six weeks, and then usually things go away by six weeks, and if not, I may address it. There's been instances where I've had to address it, but otherwise you have to kind of divorce yourself from it and understand – like that Proverbs – that wisdom, you can't really put out fire with gasoline.”
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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Originally published January 29, 2026.
