He has certainly got the looks that has kept women of all ages drooling over him for years and now with his much intense and sincere portrayal of the much beloved comic character Captain America he is adored by everyone- he is none other than the handsome actor and film maker Chris Evans.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on 13 June 1981 Christopher Robert Evans is the third child to a dentist father G. Robert Evans and mother Lisa who is an artistic director at the Concord Youth theatre. He was raised in Sudbury and graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. He later took his acting classes from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York.
Career
Chris was filmed for the first time in a short educational video named Biodiversity: Wild about Life in 1997. He commenced his career as a model for Tyler in Hasbro’s Board game Mystery Date in 1999. After getting much encouragement from his friends he started giving auditions for televisions and films as a result he starred in a TV series Opposite Sex in 2000. Then, he was seen in some episodes of other television series such as The Fugitive (2000), Boston Public (2001), Skin (2003), Robert Chicken (2008) and Agent Carter (2015).
Evans debuted in movies in 2000 from the film The Newcomers. He gained recognition from his 2001 movie Not another Teen Movie. Chris was praised for his acting in the movie and thus landed solo roles in movies such as in an American teen comedy heist movie The Perfect Score (2004), an action crime thriller Cellular (2004), a drama thriller Fierce People (2005) and an independent film London (2005).
Later, in 2005 he landed the role of Johnny Storm/ Human Torch in the movie Fantastic Four and reprised the same role in the 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The performance of Chris was loved both by critics and the audiences and the movie did a good business in the box office. In the subsequent years, Evans did various movies like a science fiction thriller movie Sunshine (2007), an American comedy-drama The Nanny Diaries (2007), a crime thriller movie Street Kings (2008), an action thriller Push (2009), an action comedy The Losers (2010), a comedy film Scott pilgrim vs The World (2010), crime thriller The Iceman (2012) along with a science fiction movie Snowpiecer (2013).
Chris got his much awaited major and breakthrough role as Steve Rogers/ Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011 and reprised the same role in first in the movie The Avengers (2012) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier in 2014. He again reprised the role in Avengers: Age of the Ultron in 2015 and Captain America: Civil War in 2016 alongside Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johanson and many more. Chris has also done a cameo role in Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Spiderman: Homecoming in 2017. All of these are under Marvels Cinematic Universe and all of them have done exceptionally well in the box office being one of the highest grossing movies in their respective year. Moreover, the performance of Chris was immensely praised and loved globally.
In addition, Evans has executively produced and acted in an American independent romantic drama film Before We Go (2014) and featured in a drama film Gifted (2017) from where he got recognition as a drama movie actor as well.
Upcoming projects
Chris Evans is a dedicated actor. He is set to reprise his beloved role of Steve Rogers/Captain America in much anticipated movies Avengers: Infinity war and its untitled sequel which is to be released in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Furthermore, Chris will also be seen in a biographic drama titled The Red Sea Diving Resort in 2018.
Personal Life
Chris owns a mansion in Hollywood hills but loves to spend time in his home town Boston. He has two sisters Carly and Shanna both of them are theatre actors and his younger brother Scott was seen in ABC series One Life to Live. He is a catholic. Chris has been linked with many actresses and models such as Kate Bosworth, Jessica Biel, Christina Rocci along with his childhood crush Sandra Bullock. Recently, he was dating actress Jenny Slate but the couple ended their one year long relationship in 2017.
Achievements
Evans is an extremely proficient actor. He has won many awards mainly for his performance as Captain America. He won the Best Superhero Award from Scream Awards for his movie Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011. He also acclaimed The Favourite Action Movie Actor Award by People’s Choice Awards in 2015 for his performance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Additionally, he also won Choice Movie Scene Stealer Award from Teen Choice Awards for Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015. Chris was also honored with Choice Movie Actor: Sci/Fi Fantasy and Favourite Butt-Kicker Award from Teen Choice Awards and Kids’ Choice Award respectively in 2016 for his movie Captain America: Civil War.
Net-Worth
Christopher Evans lives a lavish lifestyle. He bought his mansion of Hollywood Hills for $3.5 million. He has a salary of $7,000,000 and the net worth of Chris Evans is reported to be $50 million.
Chris Evans is a wonderful actor and a gem of a person. With his incredible performance as Captain America he has proved the entire world that he is not just a handsome face by the help of his sheer hard work and we are pretty sure that he will be able to stick to the list of A-list actors in the forthcoming days as well.
