Chris Evans

Actors

Christopher Robert Evans (born June 13, 1981) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Not Another Teen Movie (2001), with Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Eric Jungmann, Mia Kirshner, Deon Richmond, Cody McMains, Sam Huntington, Samm Levine, Cerina Vincent, Ron Lester, Randy Quaid, Lacey Chabert, Riley Smith and Samaire Armstrong. Other early films include The Perfect Score (2004), with Erika Christensen, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson (their first of several collaborations), Darius Miles, Leonardo Nam, and Matthew Lillard; Cellular (2004), with Jason Statham, Kim Basinger, William H. Macy, Noah Emmerich, Richard Burgi, Valerie Cruz and Jessica Biel; Griffin Dunne’s Fierce People (2005), with Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Anton Yelchin, and Kristen Stewart; London (2005), with Statham, Biel, Joy Bryant, Kelli Garner, Isla Fisher, and Kat Dennings.

He gained further attention for his portrayal of Marvel Comics character Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in Fantastic Four (2005), and its sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), collectively with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Beau Garrett, Doug Jones, and the voice of Laurence Fishburne.

Other films in the late 2000s include a voice role in TMNT (2007), with James Arnold Taylor, Nolan North, Mitchell Whitfield, Mikey Kelley, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, and Zhang Ziyi; Danny Boyle‘s Sunshine (2007), with Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and Chipo Chung; The Nanny Diaries (2007), with Johansson, Laura Linney, and Paul Giamatti; a voice role in Battle for Terra (2007), with Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, James Garner, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Justin Long, Dennis Quaid, and Luke Wilson; Street Kings (2008), with Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Common and The Game; The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008), with Bryce Dallas Howard, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Will Patton, Mamie Gummer, and Jessica Collins; and Push (2009), with Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, and Djimon Hounsou.

Films in the 2010s include The Losers (2010), with with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada, and Jason Patric; Edgar Wright‘s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), with Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Brie Larson, Brandon Routh, and Jason Schwartzman; Puncture (2011), with Mark Kassen (who also co-directed with his brother Adam), Vinessa Shaw, Brett Cullen, Michael Biehn, and Marshall Bell; What’s Your Number? (2011), with Anna Farris, Ari Gaynor, Eliza Coupe, Joel McHale, Chris Pratt, Andy Samberg, Martin Freeman, Ed Begley Jr., and Blythe Danner; The Iceman (2012), with Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, James Franco, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, Robert Davi, and Danny Abeckaser; Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer (2013), with Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris; Before We Go (2014), with Alice Eve; and Playing It Cool (2015), with Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace, Gruffudd, Plaza, Martin Starr, Philip Baker Hall, Wilson, and Anthony Mackie.

He gained worldwide attention for his portrayal of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series of films, with credited appearances and cameos in various entries. His work in the Marvel series established him as one of the highest-paid actors in the world.

Other films in the late 2010s to early 2020s includeGifted (2017), with Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer; The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019), with Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Michael K. Williams, Michiel Huisman, Alex Hassell, Mark Ivanir, Chris Chalk, Greg Kinnear, and Ben Kingsley; and Rian Johnson‘s Knives Out (2019), with Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer; a cameo in Shawn Levy’s Free Guy (2021), with Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery, and Taika Waititi; and an uncredited cameo in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up (2021), with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Cate Blanchett, and Meryl Streep.

More films in the 2020s include a voice role in Lightyear (2022), with Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin, and Uzo Aduba; The Gray Man (2022), with Ryan Gosling, de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard, and Billy Bob Thornton; Dexter Fletcher’s Ghosted (2023), with de Armas, Adrien Brody, Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris, Tim Blake Nelson, Marwan Kenzari, and Anna Deavere Smith; Pain Hustlers (2023), with Emily Blunt, Andy García, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chloe Coleman; Jake Kasdan’s Red One (2024), with Dwayne Johnson, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Nick Kroll, Kristofer Hivju, and Wesley Kimmel; Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! (2025), with Margaret Qualley, Plaza, and Charlie Day; Celine Song’s Materialists (2025), with Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal; and Sacrifice (2025), with Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Ambika Mod, Sam Richardson, Charli XCX, Yung Lean and John Malkovich.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • Biodiversity: Wild About Life! (1997) – directed by directed by Linda Harrar
  • The Newcomers (2000) – directed by James Allen Bradley
  • Not Another Teen Movie (2001)* – directed by Joel Gallen
  • Eastwick (2002) – directed by Michael M. Robin – TV movie
  • Paper Boy (2003) – directed by Eric Ogden
  • The Perfect Score (2004)* – directed by Brian Robbins
  • Cellular (2004) – directed by David R. Ellis
  • Fierce People (2005) – directed by Griffin Dunne
  • London (2005) – directed by Hunter Richards
  • Fantastic Four (2005)* – directed by Tim Story
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)* – directed by Tim Story
  • TMNT (2007)* – directed by Kevin Munroe
  • Sunshine (2007) – directed by Danny Boyle
  • The Nanny Diaries (2007) – directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
  • Battle for Terra (2007) – directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas
  • Street Kings (2008) – directed by David Ayer
  • The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) – directed by Jodie Markell
  • Push (2009) – directed by Paul McGuigan
  • The Losers (2010)* – directed by Sylvain White
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)* – directed by Edgar Wright
  • Puncture (2011) – directed by Adam & Mark Kassen
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)* – directed by Joe Johnston
  • What’s Your Number? (2011)* – directed by Mark Mylod
  • The Avengers (2012)* – directed by Joss Whedon
  • The Iceman (2012) – directed by Ariel Vromen
  • Snowpiercer (2013) – directed by Bong Joon-ho
  • Thor: The Dark World (2013)* – directed by Alan Taylor – uncredited cameo
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)* – directed by Anthony & Joe Russo
  • Before We Go (2014) – also director, producer
  • Playing It Cool (2015) – directed by Justin Reardon – also executive producer
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)* – directed by Joss Whedon
  • Ant-Man (2015)* – directed by Peyton Reed
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)* – directed by Anthony & Joe Russo
  • Gifted (2017) – directed by Marc Webb
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)* – directed by John Watts
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)* – directed by Anthony & Joe Russo
  • Captain Marvel (2019)* – directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck – uncredited cameo
  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)* – directed by Anthony & Joe Russo
  • Superpower Dogs (2019) – directed by Daniel Ferguson – narrator – documentary
  • The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019) – directed by Gideon Raff
  • Knives Out (2019)* – directed by Rian Johnson
  • Free Guy (2021)* – directed by Shawn Levy – cameo
  • Don’t Look Up (2021) – directed by Adam McKay – uncredited cameo
  • Lightyear (2022)* – directed by Angus MacLane
  • The Gray Man (2022) – directed by Anthony & Joe Russo
  • Ghosted (2023) – directed by Dexter Fletcher – also producer
  • Pain Hustlers (2023) – directed by David Yates
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)* – directed by Shawn Levy – cameo
  • Red One (2024)* – directed by Jake Kasdan
  • Homey Don’t! (2025) – directed by Ethan Coen
  • Materialists (2025) – directed by Celine Song
  • Sacrifice (2025) – directed by Romain Gavras
  • Avengers: Doomsday (2026) – directed by Anthony & Joe Russo