Chris Evans (actor)

Christopher Robert Evans[1] (born June 13, 1981)[2] is an American actor. Evans is known for his superhero roles as the Marvel Comics characters Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Human Torch in Fantastic Four (2005) and its 2007 sequel.
Evans began his career on the 2000 television series Opposite Sex, and in addition to his work in superhero films, he has featured in such films as Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Sunshine (2007), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Snowpiercer (2013), and Gifted (2017). In 2014, he made his directorial debutwith the drama film Before We Go, in which he also starred.[3] Evans made his Broadway debut in a 2018 production of Lobby Hero.
== Early life ==
Evans was born in Boston, Massachusetts,[4] and raised in the town of Sudbury.[5] His mother, Lisa (née Capuano), is an artistic director at the Concord Youth Theater,[6][7] and his father, G. Robert Evans III, is a dentist.[8]
He has two sisters, Carly and Shanna, and a younger brother, Scott.[8][9] Carly is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a high school drama and English teacher at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School,[6][10] while Scott is an actor who was featured on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Their uncle, Mike Capuano, represented the same Massachusetts Congressional district formerly represented by Tip O'Neill.[11] His mother is of half Italian and half Irish descent, while his father is of half British and half Germandescent.[11][12][13] He and his siblings were raised Catholic.[12][13]
Evans graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.[5] He moved to New York City and took classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.[14]
== Career ==
Evans's first credited appearance was in a short educational video titled Biodiversity: Wild About Life! in 1997.[15] In 1999, Evans was the model for "Tyler" in Hasbro's board game Mystery Date. The special edition of the game included an electronic phone, which Evans is shown speaking into on the game box.[16]
After filming wrapped on Not Another Teen Movie,[17] Evans landed lead roles in The Perfect Score and Cellular, and then starred in two independent films in Chicago: Dirk Wittenborn's Fierce People, playing the sinister Bryce, and London, playing a drug user with relationship problems.[18] He then played the superherothe Human Torch in the 2005 comic book adaptation Fantastic Four. Evans reprised the role in the 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.[19]That year, he starred as engineer-turned-astronaut Mace in Danny Boyle's science-fiction film Sunshine.[20]
In 2008, Evans appeared in Street Kings, co-starring Keanu Reeves, and the Tennessee Williams screenplay adaptation The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, co-starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Ellen Burstyn. The following year he appeared in the science-fiction thriller Push, with Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle. Evans performed his own fight scenes, which took weeks to film, and was bruised during filming.[21] In 2010, he completed filming on co-directors Mark Kassenand Adam Kassen's Puncture in Houston, Texas. The film was selected to debut at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival as one of the Spotlight projects for the 10th anniversary of the festival.[22] Also that year, Evans appeared in Sylvain White's The Losers, an adaptation of the comic-book series from the DC Comics imprintVertigo.[23] Evans then appeared in another comic-book adaptation, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, where he portrayed Lucas Lee, one of Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes.[24]
In 2011, Evans played the Marvel Comics character Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger, and starred in the film What's Your Number?, a romantic comedy co-starring Anna Faris.[25][26] There were initially scheduling conflicts, as both films were set to film in mid-2010.[27] Evans had signed on to appear in multiple films as Captain America, and first reprised the role in the 2012 film The Avengers.[25]
He next starred opposite Michael Shannon in The Iceman, replacing James Franco, who had dropped out.[28] Evans wore a long wig and grew out a beard for the role.[29] He starred in South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's English-language film Snowpiercer.[30]
In 2014, Evans starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[31] He starred opposite Michelle Monaghan in the romantic comedy Playing It Cool.[32] His directorial debut, Before We Go,[33] debuted at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] In 2015, he played Captain America again in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and reprised the role in the 2016 sequel Captain America: Civil War,[34][35]as well as in 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, and its upcoming 2019 sequel, Avengers: Endgame.[36]
Evans said in March 2014 that once his contract with Marvel is up, he might consider doing less acting so he could work more on directing.[37][33] In September 2015, he said that he would be willing to sign on for more films as Captain America after Infinity War if Marvel wanted to extend his contract.[38]However, he has since stated that he will leave the role after the fourth Avengers film.[39]
Evans starred in the family drama Gifted in 2017. He made his Broadway debut in Lobby Hero, directed by Trip Cullman, which opened in March 2018 at the Helen Hayes Theatre as a part of Second Stage Theatre's first Broadway season.[40][41]
In 2018, he will star as an Israeli Mossad agent in the thriller film The Red Sea Diving Resort.
== Personal life ==
Evans is a fan of the New England Patriots and narrated America's Game: The Story of the 2014 New England Patriots[42] and America's Game: 2016 Patriots.[43]
Although raised Catholic, he has expressed pantheistic views[13] and a great interest in the philosophies of Buddhism.[44]
Evans is a supporter of gay marriage. In 2012, he said “Are you kidding me? It’s insane that civil rights are being denied people in this day and age. It’s embarrassing, and it’s heartbreaking. It goes without saying that I’m completely in support of gay marriage. In 10 years we’ll be ashamed that this was an issue.”[45]
In 2017, Evans was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[46]
While filming Gifted in 2015, Evans adopted a dog named Dodger from a local animal shelter the movie filmed at.[47]
Evans dated actress Jenny Slate for nine months until they broke up in early 2017.[48] They got back together in the fall of 2017, but Evans confirmed in March 2018 that they had separated once more.[49]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1997	Biodiversity: Wild About Life! 	Rick 	Short film
2000	The Newcomers 	Judd 	
2001	Not Another Teen Movie 	Jake Wyler 	
2003	The Paper Boy 	Ben Harris 	Short film
2004	The Perfect Score 	Kyle 	
2004	Cellular 	Ryan 	
2005	Fierce People 	Bryce Langley 	
2005	Fantastic Four 	Johnny Storm / Human Torch 	
2005	London 	Syd 	
2007	TMNT 	Casey Jones 	Voice role
2007	Sunshine 	James Mace 	
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Johnny Storm / Human Torch 	
2007	The Nanny Diaries 	Hayden "Harvard Hottie" 	
2007	Battle for Terra 	Stewart Stanton 	Voice role
2008	Street Kings 	Detective Paul Diskant 	
2008	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond 	Jimmy Dobyne 	
2009	Push 	Nick Gant 	
2010	The Losers 	Jake Jensen 	
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 	Lucas Lee 	
2011	Puncture 	Michael David "Mike" Weiss 	
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	
2011	What's Your Number? 	Colin Shea 	
2012	The Avengers 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	
2012	The Iceman 	Robert "Mr. Freezy" Pronge 	
2013	Snowpiercer 	Curtis Everett 	
2013	Thor: The Dark World 	Loki masquerading as Steve Rogers / Captain America	Uncredited cameo[50]
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	
2014	Before We Go 	Nick Vaughan 	Also director and producer
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	
2015	Ant-Man 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	Uncredited post-credits scene cameo[51]
2015	Playing It Cool 	Me 	
2016	Captain America: Civil War 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	
2017	Gifted 	Frank Adler 	
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	Cameo[52]
2018	Avengers: Infinity War 	Steve Rogers / Captain America 	
2021	Disney Continental Drift 	Octopus (voice) 	
2022	Disney Infinity 	Lone Ranger (voice) 	Replacing Armie Hammer
2022	The Gray Man 	Lloyd Hansen 	Post-production
=== Television ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2000	Opposite Sex 	Cary Baston 	8 episodes
2000	The Fugitive 	Zack Lardner 	Episode: "Guilt"
2001	Boston Public	Neil Mavromates	Episode: "Chapter Nine"
2002	Eastwick 	Adam 	Pilot
2003	Skin 	Brian 	Episode: "Pilot"
2008	Robot Chicken	Various voices 	Episode: "Monstourage"
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Nominated work 	Result 	Ref.
2005	MTV Movie Awards 	Best On-Screen Team 	Fantastic Four 	Nominated	
2007	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure 	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Nominated	
2007	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Rumble 	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Nominated	
2011	Scream Awards 	Best Superhero 	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Won 	
2011	Saturn Awards 	Best Actor 	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Nominated	
2011	People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Superhero 	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Nominated	
2011	MTV Movie Awards 	MTV Movie Award for Best Hero 	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Nominated	
2011	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Summer Movie Star: Male 	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Nominated	
2012	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Fight 	Captain America: The First Avenger 	Nominated	
2012	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer 	The Avengers 	Nominated	
2013	People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Action Movie Star 	The Avengers 	Nominated	
2013	People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Superhero 	The Avengers 	Nominated	
2013	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Fight (shared with cast) 	The Avengers 	Won 	
2014	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[56]
2014	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared withAnthony Mackie) 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[56]
2014	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Scarlett Johansson)	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[56]
2014	Young Hollywood Awards 	Super Superhero 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[57]
2015	People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Duo (shared with Scarlett Johansson) 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[58]
2015	People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Action Movie Actor 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Won 	[58]
2015	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Actor in an Action Movie 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[59]
2015	Saturn Awards 	Best Actor 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[60]
2015	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Fight (Evans vs.Sebastian Stan) 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[61]
2015	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Kiss (shared withScarlett Johansson) 	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	Nominated	[61]
2015	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer 	Avengers: Age of Ultron 	Won 	[62]
2016	Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Actor 	Avengers: Age of Ultron 	Nominated	[63]
2016	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Hero 	Avengers: Age of Ultron 	Nominated	[64]
2016	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy 	Captain America: Civil War 	Won 	[65]
2016	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Chemistry
(shared with Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie,Elizabeth Olsen, andJeremy Renner)	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[65]
2016	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Emily VanCamp) 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[65]
2016	Critics' Choice Awards 	Best Actor in an Action Movie 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[66]
2017	People's Choice Awards 	Favorite Action Movie Actor 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[67]
2017	Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Actor 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[68]
2017	Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Butt-Kicker 	Captain America: Civil War 	Won 	[68]
2017	Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Frenemies (shared with Robert Downey Jr.) 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[68]
2017	Kids' Choice Awards 	#SQUAD (shared with cast) 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[68]
2017	Saturn Awards 	Best Actor 	Captain America: Civil War 	Nominated	[69]
2017	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie Actor: Drama 	Gifted 	Nominated	[70]
2018	Drama League Awards 	Distinguished Performance 	Lobby Hero 	Nominated	[71]
2018	Broadway.com Audience Awards	Favorite Featured Actor in a Play 	Lobby Hero 	Won 	[72]
Category:American male film actors