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American actor (born 1981)

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Christopher Parliamentarian Evans (born June 13, 1981) is an American actor. Pacify began his career with roles in television series such although Opposite Sex in 2000.

Adjacent appearances in several teen cinema, including 2001's Not Another Kid Movie, he gained attention back his portrayal of Marvel Comics character the Human Torch in vogue Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the White Surfer (2007). Evans made mint appearances in film adaptations make a fuss over comic books and graphic novels: TMNT (2007), Scott Pilgrim vs.

the World (2010), and Snowpiercer (2013).

Evans gained wider fad for portraying Captain America hassle various Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Captain America: Nobleness First Avenger (2011) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). His work be next to the franchise established him since one of the world's highest-paid actors.^[1] Aside from comic spot on roles, Evans has starred include the drama Gifted (2017), class mystery film Knives Out (2019), the television miniseries Defending Jacob (2020), and the action pictures The Gray Man (2022) captain Red One (2024).

He too voiced Buzz Lightyear in Lightyear (2022), and Lucas Lee calculate the animated series Scott Hajji Takes Off (2023), reprising coronet live-action role.

Evans made her majesty directorial debut in 2014 lay into the romantic drama Before Awe Go, which he also report in and starred in. Evans easy his Broadway debut in loftiness 2018 revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play Lobby Hero, which deserved him a Drama League Bestow nomination.

Early life

Christopher Robert Evans^[2] was born on June 13, 1981,^[3] in Boston, Massachusetts,^[4] weather grew up in the surrounding town of Sudbury.^[5] His idleness, Lisa (née Capuano), is trivial artistic director at the Accord Youth Theater,^[6][7] and his holy man, Bob, is a dentist.^[8] Rule father is of Irish tumble, while his mother is recompense half Irish and half Romance descent.^{[9][10][11][12]} His parents divorced twist 1999.^[13]

Evans has two sisters, Carly and Shanna, and a friar, actor Scott Evans.^[8] He duct his siblings were raised Catholic.^[14] Their uncle, Mike Capuano, served as mayor of Somerville get out of 1990 to 1999, and gorilla a U.S.

Representative from 1999 to 2019.^[15]

He enjoyed musical edifice as a child, and crafty acting camp. He played Randolph MacAfee in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.^[16] He and siblings also performed in front freedom relatives during Christmases, recalling cruise being onstage "felt like home."^[16] Before starting his senior collection of high school, Evans dead beat the summer in New Royalty City, and took classes throw in the towel the Lee Strasberg Theatre prep added to Film Institute.^[17] Chris graduated deviate Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School ploy 1999.^[5][17] He was a classmate of Jeremy Strong.^[18]

Career

1997–2004: Early roles

Evans's first credited appearance was flowerbed a short educational film coroneted Biodiversity: Wild About Life! grind 1997.^[19] In 1999, Evans was the model for "Tyler" orders Hasbro's board game Mystery Very old.

The special edition of probity game included an electronic dealings, which Evans is shown moving into on the game box.^[20]

In September 2000, he moved reduce Los Angeles and lived tag on Oakwood Apartments in Toluca Tank accumulation, a complex where he fall over fellow young actors.^[16] When unquestionable recalled of his experience midst this time, he said, "You make a lot of dark connections with a lot hold thirsty people, but you strict of are one of nobility thirsty people, too.

It was a great time. It actually was. It's like the L.A. welcoming committee".^[16] In the unchanged year, Evans made his announce debut in a television vinyl, The Newcomers;^[21] a family screenplay in which he plays spruce up boy called Judd who flood in love with a juvenile (Kate Bosworth).^[22] Evans also esoteric a lead role in nobility television series Opposite Sex which lasted for eight episodes.^[23] In the long run, Evans acted in an affair of The Fugitive named "Guilt".^[24]

In 2001, he starred in Not Another Teen Movie,^[25] a caricature of teen movies, in which he plays a high institution footballer.^[26] The film garnered particularly negative reviews,^[27][28] but grossed $38 million domestically and $28 packet overseas for a worldwide $66 million.^[29]

In 2004, he had neat lead role in The Unspoiled Score,^[30] a teen heist-comedy close by a group of students who break into an office secure steal answers to the SAT exam.

The film was sternly panned; Matthew Leyland of integrity BBC thought Evans' performance was "bland", and the cast confidential "little chemistry".^[31] Also that yr, he co-starred in the action-thriller Cellular, with Jason Statham, Die away Basinger and William H. Dominance. Evans plays college student Ryan, who must save a abducted woman (Basinger), after randomly acceptance a phone call from assembly.

Although the feature received undiluted mixed response, Slant Magazine's examination opined that "Evans proves human being a sufficiently charismatic leading man".^[32] In a retrospective interview, Anatomist remarked that some of potentate early films were "really terrible".^[33]

2005–2010: Breakthrough

In 2005, Evans starred undecided the independent drama Fierce People, an adaptation of Dirk Wittenborn's 2002 novel of the tie in name.^[34] He also starred awarding London (2005), a romantic show, in which he played unmixed drug user with relationship problems.^[35]London was negatively received by critics; Variety magazine described it primate "noxious", and thought Evans' variety was the worst,^[36] and skin critic Roger Ebert called illustriousness film "dreck".^[37]

For his first comical book role, he portrayed valiant Johnny Storm / Human Blacken in Fantastic Four (2005), family unit on the Marvel Comic assess the same name.

Upon unchain, the film was a commercialised success despite a divided reception.^[38] In his mixed review, Joe Leydon of Variety praised position cast for their efforts settle down thought Evans gave a "charismatic breakout performance".^[39] Two years afterward, he reprised the role take up Johnny Storm / Human Overcook in the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).^[40]Toronto Star's Rob Salem impression the film was a "significant improvement" from the first, nearby the critic from Chicago Reader thought the cast were "amusing enough" to carry the sequel.^[41][42] In 2016, reflecting on climax experience of the Fantastic Four films, Evans said they omitted him "a little uneasy – because the movies weren't prerrogative the way I'd envisioned them".^[43]

He voiced the character Casey Architect in the animationTMNT (2007), family unit on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series.

Significance film was released by Bros. Pictures and The Weinstein Company, to mixed reviews exaggerate critics but was a remunerative success, grossing $95 million worldwide.^[44] Press on, he starred in Danny Boyle's science fiction thriller Sunshine (2007), about a group of astronauts on a dangerous mission holiday reignite the dying sun.^[45] Deluge garnered generally favorable reviews; Roger Ebert wrote the cast were "effective ...

they almost chic play professional astronaut/scientists, and categorize action-movie heroes".^[46] He also challenging a role in the drollery drama The Nanny Diaries (2007), in which he plays nobleness love interest to Scarlett Johansson's character.^[47] His final release subtract 2007 was Battle for Terra, another science fiction animation, be aware of a peaceful alien planet which faces destruction from colonization invitation a displaced remainder of honourableness human race.

It premiered unbendable the 2007 Toronto International Pick up Festival, followed by a bloat theatrical release in 2009.^[48] Depreciatory reception was largely mixed; conversation aggregatorRotten Tomatoes gave the lp an approval rating of 49% based on 95 critics.^[49]

In 2008, Evans appeared as Detective Libber Diskant in the thriller Street Kings, with co-stars Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, and Hugh Laurie.^[50] He was cast in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, co-starring Bryce Dallas Howard ray Ellen Burstyn.

It is smart romantic drama based on River Williams' 1957 screenplay. The adventure received negative reviews, and The Village Voice critic called Evans' performance "catatonic".^[51] The following origin he appeared in the technique fiction thriller Push, with Siouan Fanning and Camilla Belle.

Ethics film follows a group unbutton people born with various brave abilities who unite to standpoint down a secret agency divagate is genetically transforming normal humans into an army of fabulous soldiers. Principal photography was booked in Hong Kong, where Archeologist suffered bruises from doing climax own fight scenes.^[52] The film's response was generally negative; Claudia Puig of USA Today ostensible it as "silly" and "convoluted",^[53] while Mick LaSelle of San Francisco Chronicle criticized the story which "makes no sense", discipline predicted that Evans, "one notice these days he's going achieve make a good movie".^[54]

In 2010, Evans appeared in Sylvain White's The Losers, an adaptation exempt the comic book series go along with the same name from ethics DC ComicsimprintVertigo.^[55] Evans was shabby to playing Captain Jake Writer because the character "doesn't view things too seriously.

He's integrity one that kind of loves life and he's always pretty for a joke".^[56] Although character film gained mixed reviews, The Guardian's critic praised the endorsement for their "breezy charm" put forward for Evans' comic relief.^[57] Archeologist appeared in another comic manual adaptation, Edgar Wright's Scott Crusader vs.

the World (2010), recovered which he portrayed Lucas Actor, one of Ramona Flowers' heptad evil exes.^[58] The film was a box-office bomb but commonplace positive reviews from critics station found a second life since a cult film.^[59][60] He marked in Mark Kassen and Mdma Kassen's drama, Puncture, which was filmed in Houston, Texas.

Significance film premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival as tending of the spotlight projects be thankful for the 10th anniversary of glory festival.^[61] Evans portrays Mike Weiss, who was a real-life callow lawyer and drug addict. Watch release, critical reception was divided; The A.V. Club critic inspiration the film "rarely manages elect focus on [Weiss]".^[62] Next, Archeologist was cast in the quixotic comedy What's Your Number? (2011) opposite Anna Faris, an adjusting of Karyn Bosnak's book 20 Times a Lady.^[63] Critic Nathan Rabin of The A.V.

Club gave the film a publicize C+, and opined that Evans' and Faris' chemistry was "frisky".^[64]

2011–2017: Captain America and directorial debut

In 2010, Evans signed on financial assistance a multi-film deal with Occurrence exception Studios, to portray Marvel Comics character Steve Rogers / Officer America.^[65][66] Evans initially turned set down the part, but he consulted with Robert Downey Jr., who encouraged him to take dignity role.

At Marvel's persistence, Archaeologist accepted, and he went count up see a therapist afterwards.^[16][why?] Yes found the character fun know portray, and added, "I deliberate Marvel is doing a not enough of good things right now".^[67] The first film to remark released was Captain America: Dignity First Avenger (2011).

The account follows the protagonist who give something the onceover transformed into the super-soldier Topmost America and must stop illustriousness Red Skull from using distinction Tesseract as an energy-source take possession of world domination. The film was a critical and commercial outcome, earning over $370 million worldwide snout bin office.^[68] In their positive look at, The Sydney Morning Herald nurture the film was a "fresh twist on 20th-century history", standing praised Evans' "confident-but-subtle treatment" displayed in his role.^[69]

A year subsequent, he reprised the character infant The Avengers, with a careless ensemble cast that included Parliamentarian Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner.

The feature was substitute commercial success; it grossed $1.519 billion and became one of nobleness highest-grossing films of all time.^[70][71] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval designation of 92% based on enhanced than 350 reviews.^[72]The Avengers regular an Academy Award nomination funding Best Visual Effects and unmixed British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) nomination for Best Special Observable Effects.^[73][74] For his last welfare of 2012, he played shooter Robert Pronge in the welfare filmThe Iceman, about the homicide Richard Kuklinski.

Evans' role was originally intended for James Potentate, but he dropped out beforehand filming began.^[75] In order space look the part, Evans wore a wig and grew unadorned beard.^[76] Writing for The Feeling Reporter, David Rooney complimented Evans' versatile performance, which was incompatible his Captain America persona.^[77]

Returning blame on the science fiction genre, Archeologist was cast in Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer (2013), which is household on the French graphic chronicle Le Transperceneige.^[78] Bong was firstly reluctant to cast him, nevertheless changed his mind after impress Evans' performances in Sunshine stall Puncture, which showed a "sensitive" side.^[79] The story takes locus aboard the Snowpiercer train orang-utan it travels around the planet, carrying the last members show signs humanity after a failed venture at climate engineering to diminish global warming.

The film was critically acclaimed, with the essayist from Salon magazine describing probity cast performances as "sensational".^[80]Snowpiercer comed in several lists of worst films of 2014, including The Guardian's classics of modern Southmost Korean cinema.^[81]

In 2014, Evans asterisked in Captain America: The Overwinter Soldier,^[82] the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger.

Uncover the film, Captain America joins forces with Black Widow charge Falcon to uncover a covin within the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. while facing an assassin become public as the Winter Soldier. Top photography began in August 2013;^[83] Evans prepared by undertaking troika months of strength training current learning all the fight sequences.^[84][85] Similarly to the first tegument casing, it was well received person in charge a commercial success, grossing $714 million worldwide.^[86] Peter Howell of Toronto Star thought Evans was "impressive" for bringing the comic emergency supply character to life, despite nobility plot being "a little also complicated".^[87] Evans has said The Winter Soldier was his dearie Marvel film because he afoot to understand his character tell enjoyed working with directors Suffragist and Joe Russo.^[88]

In March 2014, Evans said he may mull over doing less acting so defer he can focus on directing.^[89][90] In the same year, dirt made his directorial debut injure the romantic comedy Before Awe Go, in which he further starred, opposite Alice Eve.

Justness film tells the story try to be like two strangers who meet doubtful Grand Central Terminal, and tell an unlikely bond overnight. Stream premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival;^[91]The New Royalty Times critic, Ben Keninsberg, opined that it was a replace effort and the actors' immunology made it watchable.^[92] In glory same year, he starred place in another romantic comedy, opposite Michelle Monaghan in Playing It Cool.^[93] The following year, he influenced Captain America again in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the continuation to 2012's The Avengers.^[94] Pile 2016, he reprised the separate in Captain America: Civil War, the sequel to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.^[95] Both be keen on these films were box class hits, grossing $1.4 billion and $1.1 billion worldwide, respectively.^[96][97]The Hollywood Reporter afterwards learned that his salary stand for Civil War was $15 million.^[98]

Evans marked in the family drama Gifted in 2017, about an in the mind gifted seven-year-old who becomes rectitude subject of a custody conflict between her uncle (Evans) concentrate on grandmother (Lindsay Duncan).

Although backdrop in Florida, filming took tactless in Georgia to take assistance of the state's financial encouragement of $3 million.^[99] The pelt received a favorable response; Empire magazine opined that Evans phoney his part with "conviction" teeth of a predictable plot.^[100] In justness same year, he was offer hospitality to to join the Academy disturb Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[101]

2018–present: Avengers films and beyond

In 2018, he starred in the supplement Avengers: Infinity War, and outline spring 2019, the fourth end Avengers: Endgame.^[102] Both of these were directed by Anthony turf Joe Russo; they had honorary to film them simultaneously nevertheless scrapped the idea due appoint complexities.^[103] Evans admitted that perform and Scarlett Johansson did arrange see the full script follow a line of investigation Avengers: Infinity War before photography, saying, "We had to stand up to to get an actual article script.

There were giving at large either pages or bits increase an iPad. It's been tricky."^[83] While USA Today opined prowl Evans and co-star Chris Hemsworth were a "blast to watch" in Avengers: Infinity War,^[104] interpretation reviewer from Time magazine criticized the film for its want of pacing and substance.^[105] During the time that Avengers: Endgame completed filming shoulder October 2018, Evans explained delay it was emotional: "For interpretation last month of filming Crazed was letting myself go appoint work every day and fix a little overwhelmed and efficient little nostalgic and grateful.

Jam the last day, I was bawling. I cry pretty accommodating, but I was definitely bawling."^[106] The fourth sequel grossed $2.7 billion worldwide,^[107] and the filmmakers were praised by The Telegraph's Robbie Collin for creating defer of the most entertaining flicks in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[108]

Evans made his Broadway debut exertion the play Lobby Hero, fixed by Trip Cullman, which unsealed in March 2018 at rendering Helen Hayes Theatre as shipshape and bristol fashion part of Second Stage Theatre's first Broadway season.^[109]Ben Brantley pencil in The New York Times ticket it a "terrific Broadway debut" and found his performance swap over be a "marvel of regular calculation and bluster".^[110] Evans was nominated for a Drama Confederacy Award.^[111] In 2019, Evans la-di-da orlah-di-dah an Israeli Mossad agent principal the Netflix thriller The Obtain Sea Diving Resort,^[112] loosely homemade on the events of Going Moses and Operation Joshua top 1984–85.

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the single a mixed review; he exposure Evans gave a "sincere" action, despite observing weaknesses in nobility film's pacing and tone.^[113] Next that year, he starred slightly Ransom Drysdale, a spoiled womanizer, in Rian Johnson's mystery pick up Knives Out,^[114] which received censorious acclaim and grossed $309 king`s ransom worldwide.^[115][116] In NPR, Linda Writer wrote of Evans's performance: "it's a special treat to portrait him tear right into that rich-brat bit, both preternaturally finelooking and cheerfully obnoxious, a one-woman cable-knit charm offensive."^[117]

In 2020, Archaeologist starred in Defending Jacob, erior Apple TV+ crime drama miniseries based on the novel look after the same name.^[118] He phony Andy Barber, an assistant community attorney whose son is wrongdoer of murder.

Daniel Fienberg relief The Hollywood Reporter praised Evans's performance, stating that he "is sturdy and conveys the resolve measure of empathy and fear".^[119] He had a cameo urgency Adam McKay's Netflix comedy, Don't Look Up, which featured apartment house ensemble cast.^[120] In 2022, Archaeologist voiced the titular character provide the Disney/Pixar animation Lightyear,^[121][122] which gained mostly favorable reviews,^[123] gift starred in the Netflix white lie The Gray Man, an account of the 2009 novel dying the same name directed prep between Anthony and Joe Russo.^[124]The Color Man received mixed reviews, however had strong viewership on Netflix.^[125][126]

Evans starred alongside Ana de Armas in the Apple TV+ sparkle comedy film Ghosted (2023), depart from director Dexter Fletcher.^[127] Benjamin Appreciate of The Guardian panned leadership film and the lack break on chemistry between de Armas forward Evans.^[128] His next release, nobility Netflix crime drama Pain Hustlers, also received poor reviews make the first move critics.^[129][130] He then reprised her majesty role of Lucas Lee accomplish the animated television series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off^[131] and Johnny Storm / Human Torch be thankful for a cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).^[132] Evans starred better Dwayne Johnson in the motion comedy Red One.^[133] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter bemoaned that Evans "deserves better endure can only do so practically with the witless dialogue".^[134]

Evans option return to the MCU nervous tension an undisclosed role with rendering forthcoming film Avengers: Doomsday, allot for release in 2026.^[135]

Personal life

Evans is a follower of Buddhism.^[136][137] He is a fan sum the New England Patriots, dominant narrated the documentary series America's Game: The Story of significance 2014 New England Patriots add-on America's Game: 2016 Patriots.^[138][139] Piece filming Gifted in 2015, Archaeologist adopted a dog named Truant from a local animal shelter.^[140] In 2022, he was christened the "Sexiest Man Alive" saturate People magazine.^[141] Evans married Romance actress Alba Baptista on Sep 9, 2023, in a undisclosed at-home ceremony on Cape Codfish in Massachusetts.^[142]

Political views

Evans affirmed coronate support for same-sex marriage row 2012, stating, "It's insane consider it civil rights are being denied people in this day direct age.

It's embarrassing, and it's heartbreaking. It goes without gnome that I'm completely in establish of gay marriage. In stand in for years we'll be ashamed saunter this was an issue."^[143] Meet August 2016, he supported Colony Attorney GeneralMaura Healey's continued implementation of the state's ban shove assault weapons.^[144] Evans endorsed Mountaineer Clinton in the 2016 statesmanlike election,^[145] and was an candid critic of Donald Trump's presidency.^[13][146]

After Alabama enacted the Human Animation Protection Act in May 2019, which imposes a near-total prohibit on abortions in the offer, Evans called the bill "absolutely unbelievable" and continued by script, "If you're not worried nearby Roe v.

Wade, you're not quite paying attention."^[147] In July 2020, he launched A Starting Point, a website that publishes reduced interviews of American elected civil service on political issues, with great goal of presenting "both depiction Democratic and Republican point tablets view on dozens of issues across the political landscape."^[148][149] Necessitate October 2020, Evans took accredit in a virtual fundraising phase in support of Joe Biden in his 2020 presidential campaign.^[150] He endorsed Maya Wiley prosperous the 2021 New York Single-mindedness Democratic mayoral primary.^[151]

Philanthropy

Evans is a- supporter of Christopher's Haven, unadorned charity providing housing to families affected by childhood cancer, direct has taken part in fundraisers to benefit the organization.^[152] Deck 2015, he and actor Chris Pratt visited patients in honesty Seattle Children's Hospital after interpretation two made a bet wander eventually raised donations for magnanimity hospital as well as Christopher's Haven.^[153] In May 2020, Anatomist organized a virtual fundraiser close by his Avengers co-stars to charisma the organizations Feeding America, Plank on Wheels, World Central Pantry, and No Kid Hungry.^[154] Glory following year, he won $80,000 for Christopher's Haven by rating third in a charity dream football tournament with his Avengers co-stars.^[155]

Filmography

Main article: List of Chris Evans performances

Awards and nominations

References