Early life

Chris Evans was born in Boston and raised in the town of Sudbury. His mother, Lisa (Capuano), is an artistic director at the Concord Youth Theater, and his father, Robert Evans, is a dentist. He has two sisters, Carly, a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a high school drama and English teacher at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Shanna, and a younger brother, Scott, who was featured on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Their uncle, Mike Capuano, represents the same Massachusetts Congressional district formerly represented by Tip O'Neill. His mother is of half Italian and half Irish ancestry. He and his siblings were raised Catholic.

Evans graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. He moved to New York City and took classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Career

In 1999, Evans was the model for ″Tyler″ in Hasbro's board game Mystery Date. The special edition of the game included an electronic phone, which Evans is shown speaking into on the game box.

After filming wrapped on Not Another Teen Movie, Evans landed lead roles in The Perfect Score and Cellular, and then starred in two independent films in Chicago: Dirk Wittenborn's Fierce People, playing the sinister Bryce, and London, playing a strung-out drug user with relationship problems. He then played the superhero the Human Torch in the 2005 comic book adaptation Fantastic Four. Evans reprised the role in the 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. That year, he starred as engineer-turned-astronaut Mace in Danny Boyle's science-fiction film Sunshine.

In 2008, Evans appeared in Street Kings, co-starring Keanu Reeves, and the Tennessee Williams screenplay adaptation The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, co-starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Ellen Burstyn. The following year he appeared in the science-fiction thriller Push, with Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle. Evans performed his own fight scenes, which took weeks to film, and was bruised during filming.

In 2010, he completed filming on co-directors Mark Kassen and Adam Kassen's Puncture in Houston, Texas. The film was selected to debut at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival as one of the Spotlight projects for the 10th anniversary of the festival. Also that year, Evans appeared in Sylvain White's The Losers, an adaptation of the comic-book series from the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. Evans then appeared in another comic-book adaptation, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, where he portrayed Lucas Lee, one of Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes.

In 2011, Evans played the Marvel Comics character Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger, and starred in the film What's Your Number?, a romantic comedy co-starring Anna Faris. There were initially scheduling conflicts, as both films were set to film in the summer of 2010. With actress Evan Rachel Wood, he was part of a 2011 advertising campaign for the perfume Gucci Guilty, and the cologne Guilty pour Homme.

Evans had signed on to appear in multiple films as Captain America, and first reprised the role in the 2012 film The Avengers. He next starred opposite Michael Shannon in The Iceman, replacing James Franco, who had dropped out. Evans wore a long wig and grew out a beard for the role. He starred in South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's English-language film Snowpiercer.

In 2014, Evans starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He also starred opposite Michelle Monaghan in the romantic comedy Playing It Cool. His directorial debut, Before We Go, debuted at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2015, he played Captain America again in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and reprised the role for the 2016 sequel Captain America: Civil War. Evans said in March 2014 that once his contract with Marvel is up, he may consider doing less acting so he could work more on directing, and believes he will be finished playing Captain America in 2017. In September 2015, however, he said in an interview that he would be willing to sign on for more films as Captain America after Infinity War, if Marvel wanted to extend his contract.

In 2016, he was featured with Evan Rachel Wood in a 2016 ad for Gucci Guilty Eau fragrances."

Personal life

From 2001 to 2006, Evans dated actress Jessica Biel.

He is also a supporter of LGBT rights. Although raised Catholic, Evans has expressed pantheistic views and has a great interest in the philosophies of Buddhism.

Evans is a fan of the New England Patriots, and narrated America's Game: The Story of the 2014 New England Patriots.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note
2000	The Newcomers	Judd
2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Jake Wyler
2003	Paper Boy, TheThe Paper Boy	Ben Harris	Short film
2004	Perfect Score, TheThe Perfect Score	Kyle Curtis
2004	Cellular	Ryan Hewitt
2005	Fierce People	Bryce Langley
2005	Fantastic Four	Johnny Storm / Human Torch
2005	London	Syd
2007	TMNT	Casey Jones	Voice
2007	Sunshine	Robert Mace
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Johnny Storm / Human Torch
2007	Nanny Diaries, TheThe Nanny Diaries	Hayden "Harvard Hottie"
2007	Battle for Terra	Stewart Stanton	Voice
2008	Street Kings	Detective Paul Diskant
2008	Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, TheThe Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Jimmy Dobyne
2009	Push	Nick Gant
2010	Losers, TheThe Losers	Jake Jensen
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Lucas Lee
2011	Puncture	Michael David "Mike" Weiss
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Steve Rogers / Captain America
2011	What's Your Number?	Colin Shea
2012	Avengers, TheThe Avengers	Steve Rogers / Captain America
2012	The Iceman	Robert "Mr. Freezy" Pronge
2013	Snowpiercer	Curtis Everett
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Uncredited cameo
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Steve Rogers / Captain America
2014	Before We Go	Nick Vaughan	Also director and producer
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Steve Rogers / Captain America
2015	Playing It Cool	Me
2015	Ant-Man	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Post-credit scene
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Steve Rogers / Captain America
2016	Gifted	Frank Adler	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Opposite Sex	Cary Baston	8 episodes
2000	Fugitive, TheThe Fugitive	Zack Lardner	Episode: "Guilt"
2001	Boston Public	Neil Mavromates	Episode: "Chapter Nine"
2002	Eastwick	Adam	Pilot
2003	Skin	Brian	Episode: "Pilot"
2008	Robot Chicken	Various voices	Episode: "Monstourage"
2015	Agent Carter	Steve Rogers / Captain America	Pilot (flashback scenes only); uncredited

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2005	Fantastic Four	Johnny Storm / The Human Torch
2011	Captain America: Super Soldier	Steve Rogers / Captain America

Accolades

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2005	Fantastic Four	MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team	Nominated
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure	Nominated
		Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble	Nominated
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Scream Awards Best Superhero	Won
		Saturn Award for Best Actor	Nominated
		People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Superhero	Nominated
		MTV Movie Award for Best Hero	Nominated
		Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Fight	Nominated
		Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star: Male	Nominated
2012	The Avengers	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer	Nominated
2013		People's Choice Award for Favorite Action Movie Star	Nominated
		People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Superhero	Nominated
		MTV Movie Award for Best Fight	Won
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Nominated
2015		People's Choice Award for Favorite Action Movie Actor	Won
		People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Duo	Nominated
		Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie	Nominated
		MTV Movie Award for Best Fight	Nominated
		MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss	Nominated
		Saturn Award Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture	Nominated
		Saturn Award for Best Actor	Nominated
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Nominated
		Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer	Won
2016		MTV Movie Award for Best Hero	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]