HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 02: Actor Chris Evans attends the premiere of Radius and G4 Productions' 'Before We Go' at ArcLight Cinemas on September 2, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images)
Christopher Robert “Chris” Evans is an American actor whose most famous roles include Steve Rogers/Captain America in the Marvel films and another superhero, Johnny Storm/Human Torch in Fantastic Four (2005) and its sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).
Evans was born in Boston on June 13, 1981 (age 37) and grew up in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
His mother, Lisa is an artistic director who worked at a local theater and his father, Robert Evans, is a dentist.
Evans has two sisters, Shanna and Carly, as well as a little brother, Scott, who appeared on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. He grew up Catholic.
Evans started appearing in the 2000 comedy-drama television series Opposite Sex, and also went on to star in teen films like Not Another Teen Movie (2001) and The Perfect Score (2004),and the crime thriller Cellular.
Evans enrolled in classes at New York City’s Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan.
Evans first became famous by portraying Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the 2005 superhero movie Fantastic Four based on the Marvel Comics, and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
He then went on to star in films like The Nanny Diaries (2007), Street Kings (2008), Push (2009), and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) but ultimately became world famous by playing another Marvel superhero: Captain America/Steve Rogers, whom he played in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). He will also play the part in Avengers: Infinity War Part I in 2018 and Infinity War: Part 2 in 2019. Evans said he will stop playing the famous superhero after Infinity War: Part 2 so as to switch from acting to directing.
In 2009, uInterview sat down with Evans for an exclusive interview about his roles in Fantastic Four and Push.
Very little green screen was used for the shooting of Push, so one fan asked Evans about how this affected the filming.
“It was great,” he said. “I mean, that was part of the appeal of doing the film. Paul said he just didn’t want to rely heavily on CGI. Paul — our director — didn’t want to use green screen as a crutch, so for the most part he had to really be creative with the camera. The use of these special abilities in this film were done live in front of our faces, so as an actor it just gives you a tangible world to play off of,” Evans told uInterview exclusively.
Evans also starred in the English-language South Korean/Czech post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer in 2013, and made his directorial debut with the 2014 independent romantic drama Before We Go, which he also produced and starred in alongside Alice Eve.
He also starred in the 2017 Marc Webb-directed drama film Gifted opposite Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer, about a little girl who is a genius.
Evans is also set to play a Mossad agent from Israel in the upcoming thriller movie The Red Sea Diving Resort, which will also star Haley Bennett, Michael K. Williams, Alessandro Nivola, Greg Kinnear and Ben Kingsley.
In 2018, Evans made his first major appearance in an off-broadway play by starring in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero alongside Michael Cera, Bel Powley and Brian Tyree Henry.
“The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it’s so great, because for a little bit I’m out of my brain, and it’s got nothing to do with me. I’m not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.”
“If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Up until now, I made movies – and I have a nice house, a nice car. I’m fortunate, happy and grateful. Life is good.”
“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.”
Evans has dated several Hollywood actresses including Slate, Jessica Biel, Amy Smart and Minka Kelly.
He was rumored to be dating Lilly Collins after the two met at a Vanity Fair Oscars party in February 2015.
He most recently dated Slate while filming Gifted but broke up shortly afterwards. The couple were on-again/off-again according to some reports.
Evans is a supporter of the New England Patriots, and narrated the documentary America’s Game: The Story of the 2014 New England Patriots.
He is a supporter of LGBT rights, and though raised Catholic, has voiced great admiration for the teachings of Buddhism.
In February 2017, he engaged in a Twitter feud with former KKK leader David Duke after President Trump nominated Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General.
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