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Christopher Robert Evans was born in 1981 and raised in Boston, the son of a dentist and a dancer. Chris decided early in High School that he wanted to pursue acting. He landed a few parts in theatre, starring in regional Masachesetts productions of "A Midsummer Nights Dream", "A Wrinkle in Time" as well as a few other plays. His professional acting career started in plays at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre.
After completing his junior year in high school, he traveled to New York where he interned at a casting agency and took a summer acting program. That same summer, he met an agent that helped him get his start in acting, after completing high school. Chris had small parts on television series such as Boston Public and The Fugitive, before landing his very first film role as Jake Wyler in Not Another Teen Movie. Chris loves his craft and had this to say after he found out he had scored a lead role in Not Another Teen Movie. "You jump up and down and you call everyone you know. I didn't realize - you think you are doing a movie but then you realize it's a Columbia Pictures movie so it's probably going to have some publicity. Then you see a billboard and it's like, 'God! I'm on a billboard!' It doesn't hit all at once, it kind of unravels itself and it's still unraveling. It's a great trip and I love it to death!" Once filming wrapped on NATM, Chris landed several more lead roles in the films The Perfect Score and Cellular. He also starred in a few independent films in which we got to see a different side to Chris. In London, Chris played a strung out coke head, and in Fierce People, he played a character with a few dark secrets. Shortly after filming those, Chris had gotten his biggest break yet, he was chosen to play Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in The Fantastic Four film. That movie also spawned a sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Chris has gone on to do several more films, including the highly praised film Sunshine. He teamed up with Scarlett Johansson once again for the comedy/drama film, The Nanny Diaries and played a cop in Street Kings, opposite Keanu Reeves and played a man with 'special abilities' in the supernatural film, Push. Chris is certainly making a name for himself today. He has many more feature films in the pipeline, including The Losers, Satisfaction - opposite Sharon Stone, and will star in the romantic comedy, What's Your Number? alongside Anna Faris. But most notably, Chris has landed a movie role that many of today's young leading men were vying for, superhero Captain America for the upcoming film franchise, The Avengers! Chris has worked opposite some of the biggest names in Hollywood, such as Kim Basinger, Diane Lane, Scarlett Johansson, William H. Macy, Keanu Reeves, Jessica Alba and Donald Sutherland, just to name a few. He was named 'Male Superstar of Tomorrow' at the 2005 Young Hollywood Awards. He's wowing directors and co-stars with his acting abilities and landing movie roles left and right. Indeed, Chris's future looks very promising. When you look back at where he started, acting in high school plays, to now making feature films, you can say that Chris has achieved one of his lifetime goals, a goal that one can only hope to achieve. |
