The Garfield Movie’s Voice Cast & Character Guide: Who Stars In Chris Pratt’s 2024 Movie

The first animated theatrical release based on the iconic lasagna-loving cat, The Garfield Movie, features a cast full of well-known names, including Chris Pratt, who voices the eponymous character, Garfield. The 2024 animated adventure comedy film, directed by Mark Dindal and written by Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove, and David Reynolds, tells the origin story of how Jon Arbuckle found and adopted the orange tabby cat when he was a kitten. However, the central plot of The Garfield Movie revolves around Garfield’s reunion with his biological father and the dangerous heist the older street cat gets his son (and Odie) into.

Of course, The Garfield Movie is the latest installment in the decades-old franchise and is based on Jim Davis’ famous comic strip series (and the Garfield creator even gave Pratt’s voice in the film a perfect score). There have been different adaptions of Garfield over the years, but the 2024 film will surprisingly be the franchise’s first animated theatrical release. Even though critics haven’t been giving The Garfield Movie great reviews ahead of its May 24 release, it’s expected to be a box office hit (in part due to its family themes, but also because of its stacked cast).

Chris Pratt As Garfield

Date Of Birth: June 21, 1979

Actor: Chris Pratt was born in Virginia, Minnesota, but when he was seven, Pratt and his family later moved to Lake Stevens, Washington, where he primarily grew up. After high school, Pratt was working as a waiter in Hawaii when he was discovered by Rae Dawn Chong, who cast him in her short film, and Pratt traveled to Los Angeles for the job. Pratt then starred in Everwood, but even though he was a series regular on the WB drama show, Pratt’s breakout role came in 2009 when he got cast as Andy Dwyer in Parks and Recreation.

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Character:Chris Pratt’s string of voice roles continues with The Garfield Movie, which features him as the famous lasagna-loving orange tabby cat. In the 2024 film, Garfield reunites with his long-lost father, Vic, after he abandoned him as a kitten (which led to Garfield finding Jon inside an Italian restaurant). Unfortunately, the reunion is anything but sweet, seeing as Garfield resents his dad for leaving him, and Vic also gets Garfield and his son’s dog friend/brother Odie into some trouble.

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Samuel L. Jackson As Vic

Date Of Birth: December 21, 1948

Actor: Samuel L. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., but he was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. While Jackson was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, he joined an acting group for one of his classes and fell in love with it, so, he switched gears and started pursuing an acting career. Jackson made his feature film debut in Together for Days in 1972. While Jackson starred in many movies over the years, his breakout role was as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction in 1994 (which Quentin Tarantino wrote specifically for him).

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Character: Samuel L. Jackson voices Vic, Garfield’s biological father, in the 2024 animated adventure comedy film. As mentioned above, Vic abandoned Garfield when he was a kitten, and ever since, he has been living on the streets. Vic is mixed up with some bad cats, though, and he pulls Garfield into his mess in The Garfield Movie.

Hannah Waddingham As Jinx

Date Of Birth: July 28, 1974

Actress: Hannah Waddingham was born in London, England, where she grew up since her mother was a theater actress. Waddingham graduated from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and followed in her mother’s footsteps by performing on the stage. However, the actress started auditioning for screen roles in the 2010s, and Waddingham’s breakthrough came when she was cast as Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.

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Character: Hannah Waddingham stars as The Garfield Movie‘s main antagonist, Jinx. Jinx is a Persian cat trying to track down Garfield’s father, Vic, and consequently, she gets Garfield involved in the entire ordeal. Waddingham’s villainous character sends her henchmen after Garfield (and Odie), reuniting him with his long-lost dad.

Ving Rhames As Otto

Date Of Birth: May 12, 1959

Actor: Ving Rhames was born in Harlem, New York City, which is where he was raised. He studied at the High School of Performing Arts in the city, where Rhames developed his love for acting. The actor later graduated from Julliard, and similar to his The Garfield Movie co-star Samuel L. Jackson, Rhames’ breakthrough came in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, which featured him playing Marsellus Wallace.

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Character: Ving Rhames voices Otto in The Garfield Movie. Otto is a (purple) Scottish Highland bull who helps Garfield in his fight against Jinx in the 2024 animated comedy. So, Rhames’ character is one of the good guys in the film.

Nicholas Hoult As Jon Arbuckle

Date Of Birth: December 7, 1989

Actor: Nicholas Hoult was born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, where he grew up. Hoult wanted to be an actor from a young age (after watching his older siblings dabble in the profession), and at the age of five, he landed his first feature film role when he got cast in Intimate Relations. But Hoult’s breakout came when he was 11 and starred in the 2002 comedy-drama film About a Boy alongside Hugh Grant.

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Character: Nicholas Hoult plays one of the only human characters in The Garfield Movie, and he’s undoubtedly the most important one — Jon Arbuckle. Jon adopts Garfield when the kitten comes up to the window of the Italian restaurant where Jon is eating alone. The two immediately connect, and Jon takes Garfield home with him. Years later, when Garfield and Odie go missing, Jon is understandably frantic and trying to find his pets.

Harvey Guillén As Odie

Date Of Birth: May 3, 1990

Actor: Harvey Guillén was born in Orange County, California, and began acting when he was 18 years old. His first professional job came as a guest starring role in Miss Guided, a short-lived ABC sitcom in 2008. However, while the actor starred in several television shows over the years, Guillén rose to prominence when he was cast as Guillermo in What We Do in the Shadows, a comedy horror mockumentary series on FX.

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Character: Harvey Guillén voices Garfield’s best friend (and adopted brother) Odie, a yellow beagle. When Jinx’s henchmen kidnap Garfield, Odie happens to be by his side, so he gets taken too (unfortunately for Jon). Odie continues to stick with Garfield throughout The Garfield Movie as he reunites with his father and tries to clean up his mess.

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The Garfield Movie Supporting Cast & Characters

Cecily Strong as Marge – Cecily Strong voices the other human character in The Garfield Movie — Marge, an Animal Control officer. Audiences may recognize Strong from her run as a main cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022 (making her the longest-tenured female SNL cast member). For her work on SNL, Strong was nominated twice for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the Emmys.

Brett Goldstein as Roland – Roland, a Shar Pei and one of Jinx’s henchmen, is voiced by Brett Goldstein in the 2024 animated adventure comedy film. Goldstein reunites with his former Ted Lasso co-star Hannah Waddingham in the movie, as fans will recall that Goldstein played Roy Kent in the award-winning Apple TV+ series.

Bowen Yang as Nolan – Bowen Yang stars as Jinx’s other henchman, Nolan, a whippet, in The Garfield Movie. Yang is most known for his role as a cast member on SNL since 2019, which earned him two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Janelle James as Olivia – Janelle James voices Olivia, a green cat, in the animated movie. Most will recognize James from her role as Principal Ava Coleman in Abbott Elementary. Like many of her co-stars, James was nominated for two Emmys for her performance on the popular ABC mockumentary sitcom.

Snoop Dogg as a blue Maine Coon – The final member of the voice cast in The Garfield Movie is Snoop Dog, who plays an unnamed blue Maine Coon in the film. Snoop Dog is known as a world-famous, award-winning rapper, but he has also acted quite a bit over the years, most notably starring in Training Day and The L Word.

The Garfield Movie

Based on Jim Davis’s comic series, Garfield is a new imagining of the lasagna-loving cat and his friends, opting for a fully computer-animated approach. Chris Pratt voices the titular cat, with the film aiming to explore his early days and new misadventures for him, his friends, and his family.

Director

Mark Dindal

Release Date

May 24, 2024

Distributor(s)

Sony Pictures Releasing

Writers

David Reynolds

Runtime

101 minutes

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