Luke George Evans was born on 15 April 1979 and is a Welsh actor and singer.
22 Facts About Luke Evans
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Luke Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake.
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Luke Evans portrayed the vampire Dracula in the character's 2014 film origin story, Dracula Untold.
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Luke Evans portrayed Gaston in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, psychologist William Moulton Marston in the biographical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and the Coachman in the Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio.
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Luke Evans released his debut album, At Last, on 22 November 2019.
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Luke Evans then starred in the black ops military series Echo 3.
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Luke George Evans was born on Easter Sunday, 15 April 1979, in Pontypool, and brought up in Aberbargoed, the only child of Yvonne and David Evans.
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Luke Evans was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, though he left the religion when he was 16 and left school at the same time.
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From 2000 to 2008, Luke Evans starred in many West End productions including La Cava, Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon and Avenue Q, as well as several fringe shows in London and at the Edinburgh Festival.
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Luke Evans's performance drew attention from film casting directors and US talent agencies, and he was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
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Luke Evans went on to portray DI Craig Stokes in Blitz, the film adaptation of Ken Bruen's novel of the same name, in which he starred with Jason Statham and Paddy Considine.
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Luke Evans was cast in a lead role in Tarsem Singh's Greek epic, Immortals, in which he played the King of the Gods, Zeus.
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Luke Evans was cast as Eric Draven in the reboot of The Crow.
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In January 2015, Luke Evans officially exited The Crow to pursue other projects.
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In 2016, Luke Evans appeared in the thriller film The Girl on the Train, co-starring Emily Blunt.
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Luke Evans played the lead role, William Moulton Marston, the creator of Wonder Woman, in the film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.
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In 2018, Luke Evans starred in TNT drama The Alienist, as newspaper illustrator John Moore.
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On 8 November 2019, Luke Evans starred in Roland Emmerich's epic war movie Midway, alongside Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Mandy Moore, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Dennis Quaid, and Woody Harrelson.
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In 2021, Luke Evans played Lars Lee in the Hulu miniseries, Nine Perfect Strangers, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, which features Nicole Kidman in the lead role, alongside Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, Asher Keddie, and Bobby Cannavale.
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Luke Evans played The Coachman in Robert Zemeckis' live-action film adaptation of Disney's Pinocchio, with Tom Hanks.
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Luke Evans was awarded Man of the Year at the ninth annual Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards.
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Between 2014 and 2016, Luke Evans dated actor and model Jon Kortajarena.