Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Christopher Mintz-Plasse (/mɪnts ˈplæs/; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor, comedian and musician who has performed roles such as McLovin in Superbad (2007), Augie Farcques in Role Models (2008), Fishlegs Ingerman in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019) and as Chris D\'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel Kick-Ass 2 (2013).\n', ' Mintz-Plasse was born in Woodland Hills, California, where he attended El Camino Real High School, performing on its improv comedy team. He is the son of Ellen Mintz, a school counselor, and Ray Plasse, a postal worker. He is Jewish on his mother\'s side.\n', ' When auditioning for the part of Fogell (a.k.a. "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.\n', '