Chris (V) Evans filmography and biography
Date of birth: 13 June 1981, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chris (V) Evans biography
Chris Evans - not to be confused with the British DJ and wild man of the
same name - began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in
school productions and community theater. But it was his rapid rise to
stardom that was unusual. Bitten by the acting bug in the first grade
because his older sister, Carly, started performing, Evans followed
suit and began appearing in school plays. From there, it was a quick
jump to theater camp and later an internship for a casting office - a
position he held one summer while living in a hole-in-the-wall in
Brooklyn, New York. Once Evans made friends with a few agents on the
job, it was a straight shot to television and blockbuster features.
Originally from Framingham, Massachusetts, the Evans family moved to
suburban Sudbury when he was 11 years-old. While at Lincoln-Sudbury
Regional High School, his obvious talent led others to lavish praise
and encouragement on him, particularly his drama teacher, who cited his
performance as "Leontes" in "The Winter's Tale" as exemplary of his
skill. After more school plays and regional theater, he moved to New
York and attended the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. On the
advice of friends, he landed an internship at a casting office and
befriended a couple of the agents he regularly communicated with - one
of whom later took him on as a client. The screen - not the stage -
then became his focus; Evans soon began auditioning for feature films
and series television.
Evans made one of his first appearances on The Fugitive
(CBS, 2000-2001), a remake of the 1960s series and feature film
starring Harrison Ford (I). In the episode "Guilt", Evans played
the son of a small-town sheriff who tries to exact revenge after Dr.
Kimble - incognito as a liquor store owner - refuses to sell him and
his friends alcohol. After small roles in Cherry Falls
and The Newcomers - two unknown low-budget features -
Evans appeared in Boston Public (Fox, 2000-2004) as a
murder suspect. He then appeared in his first major feature,
Not Another Teen Movie, a tiresome spoof on teen comedies
wherein he played a jock who makes a bet that he can turn an unpopular
and unkempt girl (Chyler Leigh) into prom queen.
After filming a couple of television pilots he was confident would be
successful - Just Married and Eastwick (2002) (TV)
- he appeared in another listless teen comedy,
The Perfect Score, playing an average, ho-hum student who
takes part in a plot to steal the SAT test. Hijinks naturally ensue.
Then, Evans broke through to the Big Time, grabbing the lead in the
kidnapping thriller, Cellular, a suspenseful B movie with
a cheesy gimmick - a random wrong number on his cell phone forces him
into a high-stakes race to save an unknown woman's life. Despite an
unassuming performance from Evans and Kim Basinger as the damsel
in distress, Cellular failed to break any box office
records or please a wide majority of critics. Evans then prepared
himself for super stardom when he signed on to play "Johnny Storm"
(a.k.a. The Human Torch)in Fantastic Four, 20th Century
Fox's long-awaited adaptation of the Marvel comic. Although the film
was wildly uneven and disappointing, Evans nearly stole the show with
his energetic, unfettered performance.
Christopher Robert Evans was born on June 13th, 1981 in Sudbury,
Massachusetts to a father who works as a dentist and a mother who is a
dancer. Chris Evans, as he is known to the showbiz industry also has
three other siblings, an older sister named Carly, and two younger
siblings, a brother named Scott and a sister named Shana. Chris also
comes from an Irish-Italian descent.
The strong Catholic believer attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High
School and it was there that he decided to be a professional actor.
After that, Chris decided to tell his parents about it and he ended up
interning at a casting office in New York City. While interning, Chris
attended acting classes to improve his acting skills. With help from
one of the casting agent he had met earlier, he got the opportunity to
start auditioning for a couple of roles after he had graduated from
high school.
After auditioning, he finally got a role in the TV series,
Opposite Sex. But his real taste of fame did not start
there. Chris was soon discovered and it was his role as "Jake Wyler" in
Not Another Teen Movie that brought the camera's lens to
focus more on him. Not too long later, Chris co-starred together with
Scarlett Johansson and Bryan Greenberg (II) in
The Perfect Score, a movie which basically tells about
how a group of students find a way to get perfect scores for their
SAT's. It didn't take too long, either, for Chris to get another movie
role in Cellular co-starring Kim Basinger and
William H. Macy, a story about a woman who gets kidnapped but is
saved after getting help from a young man who answers a "wrong-number"
call.
The year 2005 was the year for Chris Evans as it was then that he
seriously got a shot at stardom. Chris played the role of "Johnny
Storm" in Fantastic Four, a remake of the Marvel comic
book which tells the life of four superheroes. In that year, itself,
Chris was noticed by critics and he even made it into magazine and
Internet countdowns, scoring himself a third position of the hot body
countdown from Gay.com and #18 on E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest
Celebrity Bodies.
The year 2007 also proved to be one successful year for Chris as he's
got two movies released around the world that same year. The second
installment of the Marvel remake, Fantastic Four came out. Critics say
that Chris played his role pretty well and claims that he is improving
a lot. The Nanny Diaries also came out and that movie actually proved
to fans worldwide that Chris was a great guy. He's portrayal as Harvard
Hottie showed fans that he also had a sensitive side to himself.
The year 2008 sees Chris Evans being part of the movie Street Kings
playing the character Detective Paul Diskant. Street Kings is a movie
about a bunch of cops trying to cover up their wrong doings and
audiences got to see a serious side of Chris. In the same year, Chris
also worked on releasing the movie, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.
In the love line, Chris had spent two years with actress
Jessica Biel. Both of them started being together from the year
2004-2006. It was the month of June when the duo decided to go separate
ways. Chris is said to be a romantic as he once surprised Jessica on
one of her birthdays with roses and lighted candles in her room.
Even though Chris has been successful most of his life, there were also
some downs for him. He auditioned for a role in
Elizabethtown opposite Kirsten Dunst but
unfortunately, he lost the role to Orlando Bloom. Chris Evans is
also popularly mistaken for the British DJ, Chris Evans.
Chris Evans has definitely been pretty successful in Hollywood, making
it big than any of your average stars. With a whole lot of movies under
his belt, Chris is definitely hoping for an Oscar one day but with or
without an Oscar, critics will definitely know what to expect from this
talented star.
Chris (V) Evans trivia
- Read for a role in Cameron Crowe (I)'s
Elizabethtown but lost out to Orlando Bloom.
- He has a dog named East, that is half American bulldog and half English
bulldog
- Former vegetarian.
- Is of Irish and Italian descent.
- Scored 1180 on his SATs.
- Has a younger sister named Shanna, a younger brother named Scott, and an
older sister named Carly.
- Has signed on to do three Fantastic Four films.
- Ranked #18 on E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
- Has played the role of boyfriend/ex-boyfriend of real-life girlfriend
Jessica Biel twice: once in Cellular and again in
London (2005/I).
- Split with Jessica Biel, his girlfriend of two years [June 2006].
- Named one of People Magazine's "Hottest Bachelors" in 2006.
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film
history (#99). [2007].
- Brother of Scott Evans (XIX).
- Son of Lisa Evans (VII).
Chris (V) Evans quotes
- When I found out I had to take off my shirt in Teen movie, I panicked
and hit the gym. I was like, "It's going to be on film, documented, for
my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little
bit of muscle.
- Anyone who's had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you're
walking out the door, you're planning the next.
- "I'm reminded of who I am, who I was, and who I'm supposed to be." (On
what it's like being home in Boston with his family)
- If you want to be around in 10 years you've got to do something to
differentiate yourself from the pack.
- "I'd love to be Tom Cruise.
- For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each
birthday passes.
- I really wanted to be a part of Milk, but I lost out to James Franco. I
guess if you've got to lose, he's the guy to lose to.