Chris Pratt Says Faith Is the Most Important Thing He Will Pass On to His Kids

Chris Pratt has four children, a hit action series, and a fame most actors would trade years for. Asked what he most wants to hand down to his children, the 47-year-old actor did not name money, a career, or a famous surname. He named his faith.

Pratt was speaking to Fox News Digital ahead of the season 2 release of The Terminal List, which premiered on October 21, 2026, on Prime Video. In the interview, he said his faith is how he starts and ends each day, and that it is the most important thing he will be able to pass on to his kids.

Pratt is married to author Katherine Schwarzenegger, 36, the daughter of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver. The couple began dating in 2018, became engaged in January 2019, and married in June of that year.

Pratt also shares a son, Jack, with his former wife, actress Anna Faris. Jack was born in August 2012, and Pratt and Faris married in 2009, announced their separation in 2017, and finalised their divorce in 2018. Pratt is now a father of four, and it was as a father of four that he spoke about what he hopes to get right.

Oh, God, you know, I'm for the most part, I'm always gonna be a man of faith. My faith is how I start my day, it's how I end my day. It's the most important thing that I'll be able to pass on to my kids.

Those were Pratt's words to Fox News Digital, and he followed them with a frank admission about fatherhood. It is an incredible blessing to be a father, he said, and it is also a lot of hard work. He said he wants to get right everything his dad got right and get right everything his dad got wrong, and that he is sure he will screw up both.

Chris Pratt Faith: How He Starts and Ends Each Day

Pratt has long been open about his faith in an industry where many actors keep quiet about it. Earlier in 2026, he was asked directly about it on the TODAY show, where host Craig Melvin quoted his Instagram bio, which reads God first, grateful to be here, and asked how that belief had guided him through Hollywood, a place not always known for its faith.

Pratt answered in his own plain style, saying he has a belief and he goes with it, and that for the most part it has been amazing. He also spoke about fame itself, quoting Christine Caine: if the light that shines upon you is greater than the light that is within you, then the light that shines upon you will kill you.

TheMix, reporting the Fox News Digital interview on October 22, 2026, described Pratt as one of the openly devout Christians in Hollywood. It also noted a Variety report about a new Vatican documentary with Pope Leo, in wich Pratt said IMAX drone cameras were used to explore the tomb of St. Peter, and that encountering the remains of one of Jesus' apostles was profound.

The Terminal List Season 2: Veterans, Constance Wu and a Darker Story

The Terminal List is an action-thriller series starring Pratt as James Reece, a Navy SEAL whose platoon is ambushed during a covert mission. After returning home, Reece discovers conflicting evidence about what happened and begins uncovering a dangerous conspiracy connected to the operation, according to Fox News.

Pratt was joined by his Terminal List co-star, Constance Wu, during the Fox News Digital interview. Wu plays Katie Buranek, a seasoned war correspondent who helps Reece investigate.

Pratt agreed, saying the production has 17 veterans in front of the camera and behind it, working as writers, directors, tech advisers, safety coordinators, stunt performers and actors.

Readers following faith in film and music can see related coverage in for KING + COUNTRY explaining the PG-13 rating for the Drummer Boy movie, in Forrest Frank announcing a new album and a 2027 movie after a sold-out tour, and in nearly 600 students turning to Christ at a worship night in Alabama. Pratt's story belongs with those, because it is about what a public figure does with a platform when the cameras stop rolling.

Chris Pratt Fatherhood: Four Kids and a Faith to Hand Down

Pratt's comments about fatherhood were the most personal part of the interview. He did not present himself as a father with a finished plan, but as a man trying to learn from his own father, keeping what was good and correcting what was not, while expecting to make mistakes on both counts.

That honesty is part of why the interview travelled so widely. In Hollywood, actors are often expected to present a polished version of family life. Pratt presented a messier version: a blessing, hard work, a desire to do his best, and a faith he returns to at the start and the end of each day.

Will his children remember the premieres and the action scenes, or will they remember a father who prayed at the start of the day and talked about faith at home?

Will the documentary about St. Peter's tomb, the TODAY interview, and the Fox News conversation add up to a public witness that outlasts the next season of television? Pratt has already given his own answer.

The most important thing he can pass on, he said, is not a role or a reputation. It is his faith, and his children will be the ones who decide what they do with it.

But the most surprising part of this story is yet to come — keep reading.