Christopher Mintz-Plasse

At 34 years old, Christopher Mintz-Plasse has this physical status:

Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse (born June 20, 1989) is an American actor, comedian, and singer who has appeared in films including McLovin in Superbad (2007), Augie Farcques in Role Models (2008), Fishlegs Ingerman (2010), and as Chris D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel Kick-Ass 2 (2013).

He is also known for his appearance in Neighbors (2014) and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016).

Early life

Mintz-Plasse was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he served on El Camino Real High School's improv comedy crew. He is the son of Ellen Mintz, a school counselor, and Ray Plasse, a postal employee. He is Jewish on his mother's side, though his father is from a Catholic family.

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Career

He didn't have any professional head shots while shooting for Fogell's debut film Superbad, but rather took one with his camera phone. Since he was 17 years old at the time and still a child, his mother was required to be on camera when he shot his sex scene in the film. Following its release, the film received critical and commercial success, with several commentators quoting Mintz-Plasse's role as a highlight; he also received a nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance at MTV Movie Award.

Mintz-Plasse appeared in David Wain's film Role Models as Augie Farques, a nerdy teenager obsessed with medieval role-playing games. He also appeared on a small guest appearance on an episode of David Wain's internet series Wainy Days. He appeared in Harold Ramis' film Year One as a comedic interpretation of the biblical figure Isaac. He also appeared in a short film titled The Tale of RJ, which later became the basis for RJ Berger's television series The Hard Times.

In the animated film How to Train Your Dragon, he appeared Fishlegs for the first year. He appeared in Kick-Ass as Red Mist, a.k.a. Chris D'Amico, who was supposed to be a minor actor until director Matthew Vaughn noticed Mintz-Plasse's audition and his abilities, which was not intended to be a minor part. Mintz-Plasse was originally auditioned for Kick-Ass, but when the producers discovered that his singing was too loud and obnoxious, they gave him the role of Red Mist instead.

He appeared in an episode of Party Down as Kent, a friend of the character Roman's. As the stylized dog Giuseppe, he did his second voice-over in the film Marmaduke in October. He appeared in two music videos, Kid Cudi's "Erase Me" featuring Kanye West, and The Insan to Yourself's "Answer to Yourself," in the same year.

Mintz-Plasse appeared in Fright Night, a revival of the 1985 film in which Edward Lee, a former best friend of Charley Brewster, was played by Anton Yelchin. He was initially reluctant to accept the role as it was a remake, but after reading the script and seeing the talent involved, he accepted.

In the animated film ParaNorman, he played bullying student Alvin. Tommy, the university's audition launcher, appeared in Pitch Perfect for the second year. He then appeared in "Would You," a short film starring his Fright Night co-star Dave Franco that premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. Mintz-Plasse had intended to appear in the CBS sitcom Friend Me and had also filmed several episodes, but the series was cancelled after series creator Alan Kirschenbaum died by suicide before the series was broadcast. He appeared in The Far Cry Adventure, a series of online videos, as a virtual representation of himself trapped on an island ruled by a psychopathic pirate named Vaas, as a promotion for the video game Far Cry 3.

In the sequel Kick-Ass 2, which was released in August 2013, he reprised his role as Chris D'Amico. Mintz-Plasse found the role to be darker than any other he had played to date, so he recruited an acting coach to assist him with the more challenging scenes. In Unknown Mortal Orchestra's "So Good at Being in Suspicion," he made his third appearance in the Unknown Mortal Orchestra's "So Good at Being In Prison."

Chlo Grace Moretz, a Kick-Ass co-star, appeared in a short segment titled "Middle School Date" in Film 43. He appeared in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's This Is the End, a fictional version of himself, and in Aubrey Plaza's romantic comedy film The To Do List.

Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco began a week-long road trip in September 2013 to promote LG's "It's All Possible" campaign for its flagship smartphone, the LG G2. On Funny or Die, the actors chronicled their process and broadcast it on Funny or Die. Mintz-Plasse appeared in the 2014 hit comedy film Scoonie, as well as in the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. In the DreamWorks Dragons television series, he reprises his role as Fishlegs.

Mintz-Plasse played drums for The Young Rapscallions, a rock band that died after eight years in 2015. He later formed Bear on Fire, which also plays bass guitar.

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