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Luke Evans
Luke George Evans is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, and performed in London's West End productions of Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans. Following his debut, Evans was cast in the action and thriller films Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the reimagined The Three Musketeers (2011).
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entertainment · Welsh actor and singer (born 1979) · film actor · stage actor · actor · singer · also Luke Evans, Evans
Born 15 April 1979 · Q722001
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2026· 2 entries
The Guardian: Worldbreaker review – a big bear hug from Luke Evans in father-daughter sci-fi survival drama
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2024· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘I thought I’d die at Armageddon’: Hollywood action hero Luke Evans on growing up gay as a Jehovah’s Witness
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The Guardian: Hollywood actor Luke Evans: ‘I was bullied for being gay before I even understood what it meant’
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The Guardian: Our Son review – Billy Porter and Luke Evans are gay dads in poignant custody battle
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Luke Evans: ‘The littlest of naps calm me down’
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The Guardian: Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans to star in Queen Mother comedy in the West End
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: ‘I want That’s All Folks played at my funeral’: Luke Evans’s honest playlist
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Released album “A Song for You”.
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2021· 2 entries
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, Sam
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Had a main role in the Hulu drama series Nine Perfect Strangers
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2019· 3 entries
The Guardian: Luke Evans: ‘I had to drink Charles Dance’s blood’
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Released album “At Last”.
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Evans starred in Roland Emmerich's war movie Midway, alongside Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Mandy Moore, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Dennis Quaid, and Woody Harrelson
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2018· 1 entry
Evans starred in the TNT drama The Alienist, as newspaper illustrator John Moore
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2017· 1 entry
Had the villainous role of Gaston in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and co-starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens
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2016· 1 entry
Evans appeared in the thriller film The Girl on the Train, co-starring Emily Blunt
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2013· 2 entries
Evans starred as the antagonist Owen Shaw in Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J
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Evans played the antagonist Owen Shaw in Fast & Furious 6, and in 2014, he played Dracula in the film Dracula Untold
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2012· 1 entry
And set in mid-nineteenth century Baltimore, Evans played Detective Emmett Fields, who investigates a series of murders inspired by the poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe
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2011· 1 entry
Evans shot No One Lives, a psychological horror film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, in New Orleans
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2010· 1 entry
Appeared as Clive in the film Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, as the Sheriff of Nottingham's thug in Robin Hood, alongside Matthew Macfadyen (whom he would later play alongside again in The Thr
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2009· 1 entry
Landed his first film role, playing the Greek god Apollo in the 2010 remake Clash of the Titans
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2008· 1 entry
Evans landed his most significant stage role playing Vincent in the play Small Change written and directed by Peter Gill at the Donmar Warehouse
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1997· 1 entry
Won a scholarship to London Studio Centre, then located in Kings Cross, London
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1979· 1 entry
Born 1979-04-15.
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