--- title: James Comey Fired: Chris Pratt Offers Alter-Ego Replacement description: Chris Pratt has made it clear he's willing to take over as FBI director — that is, as his legendary Parks and Rec alter-ego Burt Macklin. canonical: https://time.com/4773984/james-comey-fired-chris-pratt-burt-macklin/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-10T16:29:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:30.253Z og:title: Chris Pratt Thinks His Alter-Ego Should Replace James Comey og:description: When it comes to the next FBI director, there's only one man for the job og:url: https://time.com/4773984/james-comey-fired-chris-pratt-burt-macklin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pratt Thinks His Alter-Ego Should Replace James Comey twitter:description: When it comes to the next FBI director, there's only one man for the job twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Pratt Thinks His FBI Alter Ego Should Replace Comey > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 10, 2017 4:29 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 10, 2017 4:29 PM UTC In the wake of [FBI Director James Comey’s](http://time.com/4773210/donald-trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey/) Tuesday [dismissal by President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4773529/james-comey-fbi-trump-russia/), [Chris Pratt](http://time.com/4750289/chris-pratt-funny-video/) has made it clear he’s willing to take over Comey’s role — that is, as his legendary _Parks and Recreation_ alter-ego Burt Macklin, of course. Although on the hit show, Pratt’s fictional character Macklin was fired from the FBI after being framed for stealing the president’s rubies, Pratt took to Twitter Wednesday morning to let the American people know that Andy Dwyer’s federal agent counterpart is still waiting in the wings. “Just lemme know,” he captioned a gif of some of Macklin’s most iconic moments, including his leap across the face of Mount Rushmore — which, contrary to popular belief, is [not the same as the Grand Canyon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYQIf0Hwfs). Pratt’s message seemed to come in response to a viral Tuesday night tweet from [user Brendan Jaspers](https://twitter.com/BrendanJaspers/status/862101814031810560) suggesting Trump’s shortlist for Comey’s replacement includes Macklin — a hilarious and heartening prospect for fans of the show. > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/862240152583901184) > [](https://twitter.com/BrendanJaspers/status/862101814031810560) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4773984/james-comey-fired-chris-pratt-burt-macklin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4773984/james-comey-fired-chris-pratt-burt-macklin/"},"headline":"Chris Pratt Thinks His FBI Alter Ego Should Replace Comey","datePublished":"2017-05-10T16:29:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:30.253Z","description":"There's only one man for the job","url":"https://time.com/4773984/james-comey-fired-chris-pratt-burt-macklin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","FBI","TV","parks and recreation","James Comey","chris pratt"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4773984/james-comey-fired-chris-pratt-burt-macklin/","name":"Chris Pratt Thinks His FBI Alter Ego Should Replace Comey"}}]}] ```