Chris Evans

Christopher Robert "Chris" Evans, born June 13, 1981 is an American actor. He played Cary Baston on the television series Opposite Sex, and transitioned to a film career, starring in several hits, including Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Fierce People (2005), Fantastic Four, sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).


Early life


Chris Evans was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in the Boston suburb of Sudbury. He is the son of Lisa (née Capuano), an artistic director at the Concord Youth Theater, and Bob Evans, a dentist. He is the nephew of U.S. Congressman Mike Capuano, who is his mother's brother.He has two sisters, Carly, a graduate of New York University's Tisch School and a high-school drama and English teacher and Shanna, and a younger brother, Scott, who was featured on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Evans is of Italian (from his maternal grandfather) and Irish descent, and was raised Catholic. He graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in 1999 and had originally planned to attend New York University.






Career


After filming wrapped on Not Another Teen Movie, 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 strung-out drug user with relationship problems. He then played Johnny Storm, the superhero the Human Torch, in the 2005 comic book adaptation Fantastic Four, leading to his being named a Male Superstar of Tomorrow at the 2005 Young Hollywood Awards. Evans reprised the role of the Human Torch in the 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. That year he also starred as engineer turned astronaut Mace in Danny Boyle's science-fiction film Sunshine.
In 2008, Evans appeared in Street Kings, co-starring Keanu Reeves, and the Tennessee Williams play 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.Also that year, Evans was ranked 474th in Forbes' "Star Currency" rankings, based on films' global box-office performance.

In 2010, he completed filming on co-directors Mark Kassen and 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.[citation needed] Also that year, Evans appeared in Sylvain White's The Losers, an adaptation of the comic-book series from the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. 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 exes. Evans played the Marvel Comics character Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger, and will reprise the role in the film The Avengers and at least two sequels to Captain America.
Evans will star in the film What's Your Number?, a romantic comedy co-starring Anna Faris.
With actress Evan Rachel Wood, he is part of the advertising campaign for the perfume Gucci Guilty, and the cologne Guilty pour Homme. Evans is a supporter of gay rights.




Filmography


Feature Films


2000 The Newcomers Judd Film Debut
2001 Not Another Teen Movie Jake Wyler
2003 The Paper Boy Ben Thomas short film
2004 The Perfect Score Kyle
2004 Cellular Ryan
2005 Fierce People Bryce Langley
2005 Fantastic Four Jonathan "Johnny" Storm / Human Torch
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team
2005 London Syd
2007 TMNT Casey Jones Voice
2007 Sunshine Mace
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Jonathan "Johnny" Storm / Human Torch
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble
2007 The Nanny Diaries Hayden aka "Harvard Hottie"
2007 Battle for Terra Stewart Stanton Voice
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
Detroid Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
2011 Puncture Mike Weiss
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Steven "Steve" Rogers / Captain America Nominated - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Summer: Movie Actor
2011 What's Your Number? Colin Shea
2012 The Avengers Steven "Steve" Rogers / Captain America




Television


2000 Opposite Sex Cary Baston Lead Role
2000 The Fugitive Zack Lander Episode: "Guilt"
2001 Boston Public Neil Mavromates Episode: "Chapter Nine"
2002 Eastwick Adam TV film
2003 Skin Brian Episode: "Pilot"
2008 Robot Chicken Gobo Fraggle / Human Torch / Teacher / Pilot (voice) Episode: "Monstourage"