1. Christopher Mintz-Plasse was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he attended El Camino Real High School, performing on its improv comedy team.
21 Facts About Christopher Mintz-Plasse
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse is the son of Ellen Mintz, a school counselor, and Ray Plasse, a postal worker.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse is Jewish on his mother's side, whereas his father is from a Catholic family.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse's father was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and raised in Webster, Massachusetts, making Mintz-Plasse a life-long Boston sports fan.
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In 2008, Christopher Mintz-Plasse next appeared with Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott in David Wain's film Role Models as Augie Farques, a nerdy teenager obsessed with medieval live-action role-playing games.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse made a small guest appearance on an episode of David Wain's internet series, Wainy Days.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse then starred in Harold Ramis's film Year One, as a comedic version of the biblical figure Isaac.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse appeared in a short film The Tale of RJ which became the basis for the television series The Hard Times of RJ Berger.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse originally auditioned for the role of Kick-Ass, but when the producers believed that his acting was too loud and obnoxious, they granted him the role of Red Mist instead.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse performed his second voice-over that month in the film Marmaduke, as the stylized dog Giuseppe.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse then starred in a short film, Would You, written by his Fright Night co-star Dave Franco and premiered at the SXSW Film Festival.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse was supposed to play the lead role in the CBS sitcom Friend Me and even filmed several episodes, but before the series could air, it was cancelled after series creator Alan Kirschenbaum died by suicide.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse reprised his role of Chris D'Amico in the sequel Kick-Ass 2, which was released in August 2013.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse found the role to be darker than any other he had portrayed to date, and hired an acting coach to help him with the more intense scenes.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse made his third music video appearance in the Unknown Mortal Orchestra's music video "So Good at Being in Trouble".
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse had small roles in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's This Is the End, playing a fictional version of himself, and in the romantic comedy film The To Do List, with Aubrey Plaza.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse appeared in the 2013 comedy skit investigating the voice behind the "Trap-a-Holics" adlib on WorldStarHipHop.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse had a supporting role as college fraternity student Scoonie in the 2014 hit comedy film Neighbors.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse reprised his role as Fishlegs in the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 and in the DreamWorks Dragons television series, which aired on Cartoon Network and Netflix.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse played drums for the rock band The Young Rapscallions, which split after eight years in 2015.
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Christopher Mintz-Plasse then founded the band Bear on Fire, in which he plays bass guitar.