Chris Evans

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Chris Evans
OCCUPATION
Theater Actor, Television Actor, Film Actor
BIRTH DATE
June 13, 1981 (age 37)
PLACE OF BIRTH
Boston, Massachusetts
ZODIAC SIGN
Gemini

Biography of Chris Evans
Theater actor, Television actor, Film actor (1981-)
Chris Evans is an American actor known for playing the comic superhero Captain America on the big screen.
Who is Chris Evans?
Chris Evans, born and raised in the Boston area, got his first major role in the movie Not Another Teen Movie. He played the Human Torch in two Fantastic Four movies, but it was his turn as another superhero that propelled him to fame in the blockbuster successes Captain America and The Avengers. Evans was also acclaimed for his performance in the dystopian Snowpiercer, and made a Broadway debut in 2018.

Photo by Chris Evans
Chris Evans arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Captain America, the Winter Soldier', which took place at the El Capitan Theater on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

(Photo: Michael Tran_FilmMagic)

Films
'Captain America' and 'The Avengers'
In July 2011, Evans joined the growing empire of the Marvel film universe with Captain America: The First Avenger. Like Steve Rogers, the emaciated but obedient soldier who undergoes a massive physical transformation to become the titular super soldier, Evans skillfully displayed the central seriousness of his character, along with the striking physique and fighting skills necessary for an action star. modern


The First Avenger was just the beginning of the MCU career for Evans, who joined Iron Man of Robert Downey Jr., Thor of Chris Hemsworth and other renowned actors, both inside and outside the locker room, for the blockbuster superhero The Avengers (2012). Evans went on to lead the sequels of his own Captain America franchise with The Winter Soldier (2014) and Civil War (2016), while also leading the charge of The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and appeared in other Marvel features , such as Ant-Man (2015) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

Initially reluctant to wield the Captain's shield due to the extended engagement, Evans was ready to move on when his contract was closed, with Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and a titled follow-up, scheduled for a launch in 2019, expected that is his final performance as the super soldier of the United States.

First roles: 'No other movie for teenagers' to 'Cellular'
Evans's first major role was in Not Another Teen Movie (2001), a parody of high school dramas like She's All That (1999) and previous predecessors. As football star, Jake Wyler, follows the formula procedure to accept a bet to date with the nerdy girl, who wears glasses, and offers a silly highlight by getting the whipped cream bikini that Ali Larter made famous in Varsity Blues (1999).


He followed up with another high school comedy, The Perfect Score (2004), as part of a group of students who stole answers to an SAT exam, and then to the action thriller Cellular (2004), where he showed his future protagonist. Helping to rescue Kim Basinger from his captors.

'Fantastic Four', 'Scott Pilgrim' and other comic adaptations
Before his turn to make stars in Captain America, Evans was the superhero route for Fantastic Four (2005), as Johnny Storm / Human Torch. The film was a commercial success, but a recession at the box office of Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), along with another round of largely negative reviews, led to the cancellation of a third installment.

Returning to the comic book material, Evans provided voice work for the animated TMNT (2007), as the boyfriend of the Ninja Turtle colleague, April O'Neil. He later co-starred in the action comedy The Losers (2010), which attracted mixed reviews despite a strong cast, and landed a supporting role in the entertaining Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), as an exaggerated version of the Hollywood action hero he had become.

Meanwhile, the actor took advantage of the good looks and charm of all Americans that made him a natural for romantic comedies. He played the "Harvard Hottie" of the past and future co-star Scarlett Johannson in The Nanny Diaries (2007), before becoming the ideal partner for Anna Faris in What is your number? (2011).

Drama and science fiction: 'London' to 'Sunshine'
When leaving his first films for adolescents, Evans showed that he could handle a more important fare with London (2005), as a drug addict struggling to overcome his ex-girlfriend. He later faced Tennessee Williams in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008), with Bryce Dallas Howard, and represented a real-life drug addict who pursues the pharmaceutical industry in Puncture (2010).

On the science fiction front, Evans co-starred in Danny Boyle's little-seen but acclaimed Sunshine (2007), as an engineer on a space mission to push the