Luke Evans Biography
Born: April 15, 1979
Date of Birth: April 15, 1979
Welsh actor Luke Evans was born in Pontypool, Wales but grew up in Aberbargoed, South Wales. At the age of 17, he moved to Cardiff where he studied with established vocal coach Louise Ryan. In 1997 Luke attended the London Studio Center, graduating in 2000.
From 2000 to 2008 Luke starred in a number of London's West End productions. In 2008 he landed his most significant role, playing Vincent in the play Small Change (2008).
At the age of 30, Evans auditioned for and won his first movie role. He starred as the Greek god Apollo in Clash of the Titans (2010). The same year he appeared in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Clive Richards. Soon after, Evans began starring in big productions with leading roles in films such as Tamara Drewe (2010), The Three Musketeers (2011), and The Raven (2012).
He also appeared as Bard in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), played the lead role in Dracula Untold (2014), and played Scott in the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), alongside Emily Blunt. He also played Gaston alongside Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in the live-action adaptation Beauty and the Beast (2017).
While filming the movie Crisis (2021) with Gary Oldman in Montreal, Luke was handed a three-age treatment for a series about real life murders committed by a serial killer in Wales. Fascinated by the story, he accepted the role of Detective Steve Wilkins, who takes the cold case files and works on solving them before the killer, serving time for smaller crimes, gets out of prison on parole. The series, titled The Pembrokeshire Murders, debuted on BritBox in 2021.
In July 2020, Luke flew to Australia to work on the series Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) alongside Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon and Bobby Cannavale for the next six months, where the pandemic hadn't hit as hard as in other places worldwide.
Filmography:
Anna (2019)
Ma (2019)
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
The Girl on the Train (2016)
High-Rise (2016)
Dracula Untold (2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies(2014)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013)
The Amateur American (2012)
Ashes (2012)
No One Lives (2012)
The Raven (2012)
Flutter (2012)
Immortals (2011)
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Blitz (2011)
Tamara Drew (2010)
Robin Hood (2010)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) Clash of the Titans (2010)