Chris Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King (1937-2010), was an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E. Biro, was once photographed for Playboy and worked as a model in London. His father was from a Jewish family that had emigrated from Iraq and Poland, while his mother, a native of Budapest, Hungary, is a Buddhist. His stepfather was a Buddhist therapist and monk. Kattan was raised on a Zen retreat on Mount Baldy, outside Los Angeles.