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Chris Evans` Biography

Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor best known for his superhero roles in blockbuster movies such as «The Avengers» (the Captain America) and «Fantastic Four« (the Human Torch). Also, he won the sympathy of the vast audience all over the world due to his appearance in such movies as «Sunshine», «Cellular», «Before We Go».

Early life

Chris Evans was born on June 13, 1981. He spent his childhood and youth living in the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. In his interviews, he repeatedly mentioned, that after the exhausting filming he loved to return to his family home in Boston and that his hometown Sudbury was the best place for him to relax. His mother used to be a professional dancer and his father - a dentist. Apart from Chris, his parents raised three other kids: two daughters – Carly, Shanna, and a son – Scott which, as his elder brother, decided to dedicate his life to acting. Chris is of Italian, Irish, German, and English descent.

As a child, Chris couldn’t even expect, that he was destined to become a superhero himself

As a child, Chris used to devour comics like many other kids of his age. Among his favorites were «The Adventures of Spiderman« and symbolically «Captain America». At that time, he couldn’t even expect, that he was destined to become a superhero himself.

Career start

From an early age, Chris cherished a dream of becoming an actor and demonstrated a remarkable talent in the school drama classes, for which reason the choice of profession was an obvious thing. Having graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in 1999, he went to take over New York City.

Taking part in the castings for the role in the TV series was the first step to pursue his dream. Evans' first TV character was a young boy named Judd in the TV series «The Newcomers», in the same year he conquered women`s hearts by playing in the TV series «Opposite sex»

Evans's first TV character - a young boy named Judd in the TV series «The Newcomers»

The attractive actor was noticed by the movie makers and in the year 2001 he played in the movie «Not Another Teen Movie». Later, the actor portrayed the character of a brave stranger in the detective movie «The cellular» (2004) where he co-starred with charming Kim Basinger and masculine Jason Statham.

Chris Evans – superhero

Next year, the handsome actor co-starred with Jessica Alba and Ioan Gruffudd in a fantasy action movie «Fantastic Four«, having proved his extraordinary talent for the superhero movies. Evans has featured the character of Johnny Storm, who gained the superpowers of controlling fire.

Young Chris Evans in the movie «Fantastic Four»

Chris Evans fully established himself as a superhero by playing Steven Rogers in the film series «The Avengers». The decision to play in the adventure sequel movie, the story of which takes place in the Marvel universe, was influenced by the will of the father who, according to Chris, wanted to have a superhero in the family. The actor himself had his doubts, as the contract was for 10 years, and initially, he didn`t want to attach himself to the film company for such a long time. But in the end, he took into account the parents` view and agreed to sign a contract.

«The Avengers» - trailer

The first chapter of the sequel was «Captain America: The First Avenger» (2011), where Evans appeared for the first time as Captain America. His superhero is an alter-ego of Steven Rogers, who during the Second World War was subjected to the treatment with the special serum of a Super-soldier.

This is one of the most propagandistic comics of the Marvel studio. However, the launch of the first chapter turned out to be commercially successful grossing over $700 million. In 2011 the actor was rewarded with the «Spike TV-Scream Award» as «The best superhero».

Chris Evans on «The Nanny Diaries»

Later, the character of Evans appeared in several other chapters about the Avengers and in 2016 his story was continued in the chapter «Captain America: The Winter Soldier». In 2015 Chris Evans was named by Forbes the most profitable actor of the year, though for his first work as Captain America he was paid only $300 000. With his co-stars in «the Avengers» – Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson – Chris has not only working relations, but also friendship. He revealed that Robert was always a welcome guest in his house and jokingly pointed out the talent of Downey Jr as the best wedding master of ceremonies. By the way, except for «the Avengers», Chris Evans co-starred with Scarlett Johansson in such movies as «The Perfect Score» (2004) and «The Nanny Diaries» (2007).

Other projects

Apart from the fruitful cooperation with The Marvel Studio, Chris continues to play in other movies with a lower budget, but of high quality among which are: a drama movie about the cosmic mission «The Sunshine» (2007) directed by Danny Boyle and co-starring Cillian Murphy and Rose Byrne, a crime thriller movie «Street Kings» (2008) with Keanu Reeves and Hugh Laurie, South Korean post-apocalyptic action movie «Snowpiercer» (2013) with Tilda Swinton and Ed Harris.

In 2014 the famous actor rebranded himself and made his own first movie «Before we go», where he played the lead. As to its light-hearted romantic movie atmosphere, the film reminded the best world pieces of the genre as «My Blueberry Nights» by Wong Kar-Wai, and «Before Sunrise» by Richard Linklater.

Having made a movie about the short, but such a meaningful encounter for two strangers, Evans has shown himself as a sensitive man. Another revelation for the actor`s fans was his role in the family drama movie «Gifted» (2017).

In 2017 one more dream of Chris Evans came true as he starred in a movie about his second most-liked superhero The Spiderman. In May 2018 the long-awaited continuation of the story about the battle of superheroes against vicious Thanos was released. This time, to the delight of the fans of the bright and ironic style of the Marvel production, one stage was shared by the Avengers and The Spiderman (Tom Holland), and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) with Thor (Christopher Hemsworth) and Guardians of the Galaxy.

In 2017 one more dream of Chris Evans came true as he starred in a movie about his second most-liked superhero The Spiderman

Private life of Chris Evans

The attractive appearance of the actor and his success naturally increased his popularity among women. Among the achievements of a «romantic adventurer», as the actor referred to himself in one of the interviews, were the affairs with the famous beauties - Jessica Biel, Gisele Bündchen, Ashley Greene, Lily Collins, Christina Ricci and Jennifer Lawrence. But the superhero doesn’t rush to tie the knot, giving hope to his numerous groupies.

The fans and paparazzi never tire of following up with the latest developments of the alleged affairs between Chris Evans and his co-star in «The Avengers» Scarlett Johansson, whereas the fans have even made up a nickname «Evansson», that is similar to «Brangelina», however, no proof was given by the actors to confirm the rumors.

Until 2017, Evans met with actress Jenny Slate, and then broke up with her for a while and met again. However, in March 2018, Evans confirmed that they had finally parted.

Chris Evans nowadays

In addition, Chris starred in the historical drama about the rescue of Jewish refugees by Mossad called "The Red Sea Diving Resort", which was released on Netflix in 2019. In the same year, the next Avengers chapter was released with Bree Larson, who played in Captain Marvelous. Also in 2020, the premiere of the film "Defending Jacob" is planned, in which Evans will play Andy Barber.

In the spring of 2020, during self-isolation, Chris Evans appeared on Instagram. His account immediately gained several million subscribers, and fans are eagerly awaiting new publications.