About Evans
Christopher Robert Evans(born June 13, 1981) is an American actor.
He is Inspirational and extraordinarily artistic, Chris Evans is deeply passionate regarding work and he is a spiritual person.
Evans made his film debut in a wildlife educational film. And this followed by television appearances, such as in the series Opposite Sex in 2000.
Evans made further film appearances, which were adaptations from comic books and graphic novels, playing Casey Jones in TMNT (2007).
Jake Jensen in The Losers (2010), Lucas Lee in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and Curtis Everett in Snowpiercer (2013).
In addition to comic book films, Evans starred in Sunshine (2007), Gifted (2017), and Knives Out (2019).
Early life and education
Evans was born in in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in the nearby town of Sudbury.
His mother, Lisa (née Capuano), is an artistic director at the Concord Youth Theater, and his father, G. Robert Evans III, is a dentist.
His mother is of half Italian and half Irish descent, while his father is of half British and half German ancestry. His parents divorced in 1999.
Evans has three siblings: an older sister, Carly, a younger brother, Scott, and a younger sister, Shanna.
Carly is a high school drama and English teacher at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, while Scott is an actor.
He also has three younger half-siblings from his father’s second marriage.
Evans graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. He later moved to New York City and took classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career
Early roles
As he is Deeply Passionate Regarding his work, that’s why he did every work with proper perfection.
Evans made his screen debut in the family drama The Newcomers in 2000. A year later, he appeared in Not Another Teen Movie (2001), a parody film where Evans plays high school footballer Jake Wyler.
In 2004, he had a lead role in The Perfect Score (2004), a teen comedy-heist about a group of students who break into an office to steal answers to the SAT exam.
Also that year, he co-starred in the action-thriller Cellular, with Jason Statham, Kim Basinger and William H. Macy.
Evans plays college student Ryan, who must save a kidnapped woman (Basinger), after randomly receiving a phone call from her.
Although the feature received a mixed response; Slant Magazine’s review opined that “Evans proves himself a sufficiently charismatic leading man”. Evans later recalled that some of his early films were “really terrible”.
Captain America and directorial debut
As he is Deeply Passionate Regarding his work, that’s why he did every work with proper perfection.
In 2010, Evans signed on for a multi-film deal with Marvel Studios, to portray Marvel Comics character Steve Rogers / Captain America.
He found the character fun to portray, and added, “I think Marvel is doing a lot of good things right now”. The first film to be released was Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
A year later, he reprised the character in The Avengers, with a large ensemble cast that included Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner.
The film was another commercial success; it grossed $1.519 billion and became one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
In 2014, Evans starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger.
In the film, Captain America joins forces with Black Widow and Falcon to uncover a conspiracy within the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. while facing an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Evans once said Captain America: The Winter Soldier was his favorite Marvel film because he started to understand his character, and enjoyed working with directors Anthony and Joe Russo.
In 2015, he played Captain America again in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the sequel to 2012’s The Avengers.
A year later, he reprised the role in Captain America: Civil War, the sequel to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Both of these films were box office hits, grossing $1.4 billion and $1.1 billion worldwide, respectively.
In 2018, he starred in the sequel Avengers: Infinity War, and in 2019, the fourth sequel Avengers : Endgame.
In 2018, Evans announced that he would retire from portraying Captain America after Avengers : Endgame.
Personal life
Although raised Catholic, he has expressed pantheistic views and is a student of Buddhism.
Evans is a fan of the New England Patriots and narrated America’s Game: The Story of the 2014 New England Patriots and America’s Game: 2016 Patriots.
While filming Gifted in 2015, Evans adopted a dog named Dodger from a local animal shelter.
Awards won by Evans
As he is Deeply Passionate Regarding his work, that’s why he did every work with proper perfection. He was awarded with the following awards:
- Scream Awards as Best Superhero for Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011.
- MTV Movie Awards as Best Fight (shared with cast) for The Avengers in 2013.
- People’s Choice Awards as Favorite Action Movie Actor for Captain America: The Winter Soldier in 2015.
- Teen Choice Awards as Choice Movie: Scene Stealer for Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015.
- Teen Choice Awards as Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Captain America: Civil War in 2016.
- Kid’s Choice Awards as Favorite Butt-Kicker for Captain America: Civil War in 2017.
- Broadway.com Audience Awards as Favorite Featured Actor in a Play for Lobby Hero in 2018.
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