Luke Evans

Acting · Born 1979-04-15 in Pontypool, Wales, UK

Biography

Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor. 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. Following his debut, Evans was cast in such action and thriller films as Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the re-imagined The Three Musketeers (2011). In 2013, Evans starred as the main antagonist Owen Shaw in the blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Evans also portrayed the vampire Dracula in the character's film origin story, Dracula Untold. In 2017, Evans starred as Gaston in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the…

Filmography

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Bard / Girion
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Bard
• Beauty and the Beast as Gaston
• Furious 7 as Owen Shaw
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women as Dr. William Moulton Marston
• Midway as Commander Wade McClusky
• 5lbs of Pressure as Adam
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Clive Richards
• Immortals as Zeus
• Tamara Drewe as Andy Cobb

TV

• The Grand Tour as Self
• Echo 3 as Alex 'Bambi' Chesborough
• The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
• The Great Train Robbery as Bruce Reynolds
• El hormiguero as Self
• Served! With Jade Thirlwall as Self
• The Way as Hogwood
• The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
• The Alienist as John Moore
• The Graham Norton Show as Self