Chris Pratt has gone to space in three of his movies, wrangled dinosaurs in two, and been an all around hero in many of them. He’s never, however, played a character that has gone to Hogwarts. If all of his characters had the chance to exist in the Harry Potter universe, and if it turned out that they had some magical lineage, then they’d get their chance. Since they didn’t, the imaginary sorting hat has been placed on their heads to find out just where ten of his characters would end up. Interestingly, Pratt has played a variety of characters that are evenly split amongst most of the Hogwarts houses.
Updated on August 10th, 2022 by Amanda Bruce: Chris Pratt is racking up the new voiceover roles in movies like those inspired by Garfield comics and Mario Brothers video games, but he’s got a large body of work outside of those animated projects. He might be best known for blockbuster movies like those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Pratt has a background in television and romantic comedies as well. He’s a versatile actor who has appeared in a variety of projects.
James Reece (The Terminal List): Hufflepuff
James Reece is the hero of The Terminal List, on a mission of his own design, and that might make a lot of audience members automatically place him in Gryffindor. The truth is, however, that Reece’s motivating force is his loyalty to his lost team. That loyalty makes him lean much closer to Hufflepuff.
Also making him a fit for Hufflepuff is the work he puts in to unravel the mystery surrounding his conflicting memories. He puts his all into finding the truth at great personal cost to his own life.
Dan Forester (The Tomorrow War): Gryffindor
A former soldier, Dan Forester finds himself drafted for a war set in the future, caused by an alien threat, in The Tomorrow War. While initially Dan attempts to find his way out of the draft, he changes his mind because he doesn’t want his family to face repercussions. Once in the future, he follows his instincts to combat the threats presented to him, and he follows his heart when he comes back home to save the world. Dan’s tendency to only trust his own instincts and his need to follow his heart are both Gryffindor traits. Gryffindors are all emotions. That often translates to moments of heroic sacrifice, but it can also mean making selfish decisions, like Dan’s initial desire to run with his family.
Donald (What’s Your Number): Hufflepuff
Before several of the MCU stars were superheroes, they appeared in the romantic comedy What’s Your Number with Anna Farris. Chris Pratt, Anthony Mackie, and Chris Evans appear in roles in the film as love interests for Farris’ character. Pratt’s character, Donald, is one of the people the main character attempts to revisit in the search for her soulmate. Donald is someone who just wants to live his life. He’s left the past behind, and he’s worked hard to move on from his failed relationships. That hard work, and the loyalty he has to his new bride, make it easy to see him fitting into Hufflepuff house.
Barley Lightfoot (Onward): Ravenclaw
One of Pratt’s most recent animated roles is in the Pixar feature Onward. A big brother who loves to get lost in a fantasy world, Barley has a lot of Hufflepuff traits, but he’s a dreamer at his core, like a lot of Ravenclaws. Barley has near encyclopedic knowledge of the world as it was before magic began to vanish. He’s able to translate that knowledge, contained in a role playing game, to the real world. That knowledge helps to save his and his brother’s life more than once.
Bright Abbott (Everwood): Hufflepuff
Everwood is the project that brought Chris Pratt into the lives of most TV fans. The series originally sees Bright Abbott as a bit of a bully towards the new kid in town, but it’s not entirely intentional.
Over the course of the series, Bright is revealed as protective and grief-stricken. With his best friend in a coma and his little sister getting close to the new kid, Bright lashes out. He’s incredibly loyal, and ultimately, proves himself to be accepting when he’s able to move beyond the emotions clouding his judgment.
Josh Faraday (The Magnificent Seven): Gryffindor
In this remake of a classic, The Magnificent Seven sees seven very different people band together to bring down a corrupt man in the days of the wild west. Josh Faraday isn’t just a gunslinger, however. Driven by emotion, his fondness for theatrics, and his enjoyment of life’s simple pleasures, like gambling, Joshua Faraday isn’t exactly the typical white hat. He is, however, very much a heroic Gryffindor who wants to go out in a blaze of glory.
Ché Cook (The OC): Ravenclaw
He only appears in the fourth season of The OC, but he certainly makes an impression. Ché is a late addition to the series as a friend of Summer’s that she meets at Brown. He’s the one who helps Summer turn her interests into activism.
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Ché has some Slytherin tendencies – like when he allows Summer to take the fall for both of them breaking into a research lab. Ultimately, however, he’s a Ravenclaw, more content with reading “signs” around him than he is with tricking people. He would have been right at home in a Divination or Ancient Ruins class.
Fletcher (Bride Wars): Slytherin
Though Pratt’s action roles are usually the ones fans rank as his best, Pratt has a lot of supporting roles in rom-coms early in his movie career, so it would be remiss not to sort at least one of those characters. Fletcher has the honor of being the only Slytherin on the list. While he begins the movie as a love interest without a whole lot of personality, he is eventually revealed as controlling and threatened by his girlfriend’s emerging assertive side. He wants to hold all of the cards and the power in the relationship.
Jim Preston (Passengers): Hufflepuff
In Passengers, Jim does a few very Slytherin things, like releasing a passenger from sleep, but lying to her about why. Jim doesn’t intend to deceive her, however, like a Slytherin would. Instead, he’s afraid of upsetting her. Jim is a Hufflepuff because he longs for connection. Despite wanting to do the most good for the most people, he can’t bear living out the rest of his life alone on a spaceship. He ends up working tirelessly to save the rest of the sleeping passengers, and gets to spend the rest of his life with a woman he loves.
Owen Grady (Jurassic World): Ravenclaw
A guy who runs with dinosaurs should be the stereotypical hero type and hang out in Gryffindor, right? Usually, yes. Owen, however, is definitely a Ravenclaw.
Owen trains the raptors in the first movie because he is both fascinated by them, but has a respect for predatory species. He wants to understand and learn from animals, not use them as his employers do. Owen is in his element when tracking animals and able to come up with creative solutions to problems that other people wouldn’t think of.
Emmet Brickowski (The Lego Movie): Gryffindor
Given that Emmet kind of goes along for the ride in the first installment of The Lego Movie, some fans might have thought him a non-confrontational Hufflepuff. Emmet, however, rises to the occasion when he discovers that the fate of his world is in his hand. He embraces adventure and risks his own life to save his world repeatedly. In the second installment, he even sees the kind of hero he could become under different circumstances. Emmet belongs in Gryffindor.
Andy Dwyer (Parks And Recreation): Ravenclaw
When a character seems completely devoid of common sense, like Andy Dwyer, Ravenclaw might seem like an odd fit. Andy might not be the stereotypical Ravenclaw, but he certainly has a creative mind. His love for music and his thinking outside of the box already make him a likely fit. When Andy is interested in something in Parks And Recreation, the audience also sees him learn all he can about it. This occurs when he commits to his Women’s Studies class, when he takes the written test to become a police officer, and even when he successfully sets his friends up on dates.
Peter Quill (MCU): Gryffindor
If any character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe embodies the Gryffindor blueprint, it’s Peter Quill, one of Pratt’s most iconic roles in his career. He thinks of himself as a roguish hero, and he’s definitely got very specific moral lines he won’t cross. Peter also, however, is prone to only believing things can be done his way. He’s got a tendency to allow his own emotions to get in the way of achieving his goals, like his reaction to Thanos sacrificing Gamora in Avengers: Infinity War.
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