Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Mintz-Plasse at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1989-06-20) June 20, 1989 (age 27) Woodland Hills, California
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	2007–present

Christopher Mintz-Plasse (/mɪnts ˈplæs/; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor who has performed roles such as Fogell (better known as "McLovin") in Superbad, Augie Farcques in Role Models, and as Chris D'Amico in Kick-Ass and its sequel Kick-Ass 2.

Mintz-Plasse was born and raised in Woodland Hills, California, where he attended El Camino Real High School, performing on its improv comedy team. His mother was a school counselor and his father a postal worker.

When auditioning for the part of Fogell (aka "McLovin") in his film debut Superbad, he had no professional head shots and instead took one with his camera phone. Because he was 17 at the time and still a minor, his mother was required by law to be on set while he filmed his sex scene in the movie. Upon release, the film earned critical and commercial success, with many critics citing Mintz-Plasse's performance as a highlight; he received a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.

In 2008, 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. He also made a small guest appearance on an episode of David Wain's internet series, Wainy Days. He then starred in Harold Ramis's film Year One, as a comedic version of the biblical figure Isaac. He also appeared in a short film titled The Tale of RJ which ended up becoming the basis for the television series The Hard Times of RJ Berger.