kids encyclopedia robot

Christopher Mintz-Plasse facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Christopher Mintz-Plasse by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Christopher Mintz-Plasse in 2013
Born
Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse

(1989-06-20) June 20, 1989 (age 36)
Education El Camino Real Charter High School, University of California, Riverside
Occupation Actor/Comedian
Years active 2006–present

Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse (born June 20, 1989) is an American actor. He is best known for his funny roles in movies. You might know him as Fogell, also called McLovin, from Superbad (2007). He also played Augie Farcques in Role Models (2008) and Chris D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel Kick-Ass 2 (2013). He was also "Evil" Ed Lee in the 2011 remake of Fright Night.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse has also used his voice for many animated characters. He was the voice of Fishlegs Ingerman in the How to Train Your Dragon movies (2010–2019). He also voiced King Gristle Jr. in the Trolls movies (2016–present).

Early Life

Christopher Mintz-Plasse was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He went to El Camino Real High School where he was part of the school's improv comedy team. His mom, Ellen Mintz, was a school counselor, and his dad, Ray Plasse, worked for the postal service.

Acting Career

Christopher Mintz-Plasse - 001
Christopher Mintz-Plasse in 2007

Christopher Mintz-Plasse started his acting career in the movie Superbad. This movie was a big hit and many people loved his performance. He even got nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.

In 2008, he acted with Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott in the movie Role Models. He played Augie Farques, a shy teenager who loved medieval role-playing games. He also appeared in a short online show called Wainy Days. Later, he was in the movie Year One, playing a funny version of the character Isaac from the Bible.

The next year, he lent his voice to Fishlegs in the animated movie How to Train Your Dragon. In 2010, he appeared in Kick-Ass as the superhero Red Mist, whose real name was Chris D'Amico. He first tried out for the main role of Kick-Ass, but the director, Matthew Vaughn, thought he was perfect for Red Mist instead.

In May 2010, he was a guest star in an episode of Party Down. That same month, he did another voice-over for the movie Marmaduke, playing a dog named Giuseppe. He also appeared in music videos for Kid Cudi and The Soft Pack.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anton Yelchin 2011 (cropped)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse at a screening of Fright Night in 2011

In 2011, Christopher Mintz-Plasse was in Fright Night, which was a remake of an older movie. He played Edward Lee, the former best friend of Charley Brewster. He wasn't sure about taking the role at first because it was a remake, but he liked the script and the other actors involved.

In 2012, he voiced Alvin, a bullying student, in the animated movie ParaNorman. He also had a small part in Pitch Perfect as Tommy, who helped with auditions. He was supposed to be in a TV show called Friend Me, but it was canceled before it aired. He also starred in a series of online videos called The Far Cry Experience to promote a video game. In these videos, he played a funny version of himself stuck on an island.

He played Chris D'Amico again in Kick-Ass 2, which came out in 2013. He found this role to be more serious than his past ones and worked with an acting coach to prepare. He also appeared in a music video for Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

He and his Kick-Ass co-star Chloë Grace Moretz were in a short part of the movie Movie 43. He also had small roles in This Is the End, where he played a fictional version of himself, and in the romantic comedy The To Do List.

In 2014, Christopher Mintz-Plasse had a supporting role as Scoonie in the comedy movie Neighbors. He also voiced Fishlegs again in How to Train Your Dragon 2 and in the DreamWorks Dragons TV series.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse played drums in a rock band called The Young Rapscallions for eight years. After that, he started a new band called Bear on Fire, where he plays bass guitar. He has also played bass for the musician Ben Kweller.

What He's Been In

Movies

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Superbad Fogell / McLovin
2008 Role Models Augie
2009 The Tale of RJ RJ Short film
2010 Kick-Ass Chris D'Amico/Red Mist
How to Train Your Dragon Fishlegs Ingerman Voice
Marmaduke Giuseppe
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon Fishlegs Ingerman Voice, short film
2011 Fright Night "Evil" Ed Lee
Gift of the Night Fury Fishlegs Ingerman Voice, short film
Book of Dragons
2012 ParaNorman Alvin Voice
Would You Himself Short film
Pitch Perfect Tommy
2013 Movie 43 Mikey Segment: "Middleschool Date"
This Is the End Himself
The To Do List Duffy
Kick-Ass 2 Chris D'Amico
2014 Neighbors Scoonie Schofield
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fishlegs Ingerman Voice
2015 Tag Jacob
2016 Get a Job Ethan
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Scoonie Schofield
Trolls King Gristle Jr. Voice
2017 The Disaster Artist Sid Scene deleted
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Fishlegs Ingerman Voice
2020 Promising Young Woman Neil
Trolls World Tour King Gristle Jr. Voice cameo
2022 Honor Society Mr. Calvin
2023 Trolls Band Together King Gristle Jr. Voice

TV Shows

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Wainy Days Sketchy laborer #2 Episode: "Tough Guy"
2010 Party Down Kent Episode: "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday"
2012 Friend Me Evan Unaired series
The Far Cry Experience Himself Web shorts
2012–2018 DreamWorks Dragons Fishlegs Ingerman Voice, 102 episodes
2015 Sharing Grant Pilot
2016 Sanjay and Craig Randy Noodman Voice, episode: "Dude Snake Nood"
Flaked Topher 3 episodes
2016–2017 The Great Indoors Clark 22 episodes
2017 Trolls Holiday King Gristle Voice, television special
2018 The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale Various roles 3 episodes
Stan Against Evil Zach Episode: "Vampire Creek"
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming Fishlegs Ingerman Voice, television special
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Westley Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Pit of Despair"
2021 When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren Additional voices 3 episodes
2023 Stars on Mars Himself 1 episode
2024 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pigeon Pete Voice

Online Videos

Year Title Role Notes
2018–2021 Blark and Son Son 32 episodes

Music Videos

Year Song Artist Notes
2010 "Erase Me" Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West
"Answer to Yourself" The Soft Pack
2013 "So Good At Being In Trouble" Unknown Mortal Orchestra
2015 "U Don't Know" Alison Wonderland featuring Wayne Coyne
"Ready" Kodaline
2020 "CVS" Winnetka Bowling League featuring Hilary Duff

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 MTV Movie Award Best Breakthrough Performance Superbad Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor Nominated
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Villain Kick-Ass Nominated
Scream Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2014 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Screen Combo (with the entire cast) Movie 43 Nominated
Young Hollywood Awards Best Cast Chemistry (with the entire cast) Neighbors Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Fight (shared with Aaron Taylor-Johnson) Kick-Ass 2 Nominated

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Christopher Mintz-Plasse para niños

kids search engine
Christopher Mintz-Plasse Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.