23 Facts About Van Hansis

Van Hansis was born on Evan Vanfossen Hansis on September 25,1981 and is an American actor.

Van Hansis has had guest roles on several television series and starred in the 2011 thriller film Occupant.

Van Hansis later played Jess Gibson in the 2013 horror film Devil May Call, and starred as Dusty in the 2015 film Kiss Me, Kill Me.

Van Hansis was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2007,2008 and 2009 for his As the World Turns role, and was nominated again in 2016 for his role on EastSiders.

Van Hansis was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, but moved to Greenfield in the third grade when his mother became a principal in the Gill-Montague Regional School District.

Van Hansis attended Four Corners School and later the Greenfield Center School.

Van Hansis attended high school at a boarding school called Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, because, he says, he knew by then he wanted to be an actor "and it was a good school for that".

Van Hansis graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the School of Drama.

Van Hansis appeared in the play The Laramie Project in Pittsburgh in 2002, and later worked at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts in productions including On the Razzle and The Witching Hour in 2005.

Van Hansis portrayed Luke Snyder on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns from December 14,2005 until the show's final episode September 17,2010.

Shortly after Van Hansis took over the role, the character came out as gay on May 9,2006.

Van Hansis was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for portraying Luke in 2007,2008 and 2009.

In 2011, Van Hansis guest starred in the Psych episode "This Episode Sucks" as Adrian Viccellio, and the Nikita episode "Clawback" as Yuri Levrov.

Van Hansis next appeared in the 2012 The Mentalist episode "Red Is the New Black" as Derek.

In 2012, Van Hansis began starring as Thom in the dark comedy web series EastSiders, which explores the aftermath of infidelity on a gay couple in Silverlake, Los Angeles.

Van Hansis has been nominated for two Indie Series Awards for the role, in 2014 and 2016, as well as a 2016 Daytime Emmy nomination.

Van Hansis next appeared as Jess Gibson in the 2013 horror film Devil May Call.

In 2015, Van Hansis starred as Dusty in Kiss Me, Kill Me.

In September 2024, it was announced Van Hansis had been cast as Lucas Jones on General Hospital.

Van Hansis came out as gay in The Fight Magazine in May 2014, in an interview with his EastSiders costar and creator, Kit Williamson.

Van Hansis has been with his partner Tyler Hanes since 2007.

Van Hansis was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2007,2008 and 2009 for portraying Luke on As the World Turns, and was nominated again in 2016 for his role as Thom on EastSiders.

Van Hansis has been nominated for two Indie Series Awards for EastSiders, in 2014 and 2016.