Derrick Evans
| Derrick Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Derrick Errol Evans 15 November 1952 Manchester, Jamaica |
| Other names | Mr Motivator |
| Occupation | Fitness Guru & Motivational speaker |
| Known for | Mr Motivator exercise routines on GMTV |
| Television | GMTV |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Evans (known as Palmer) 1996–present |
| Children | Carolyne, Ebony, Benjamin, Abigail |
| Parent(s) | Adopted |
| Website | www.mrmotivator.com |
Derrick Errol Evans (born 15 November 1952), better known as "Mr. Motivator", is a Jamaican-born British fitness instructor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s through appearances on the UK breakfast television show GMTV, where he performed live fitness sessions and offered tips and advice to viewers. Mr Motivator would often perform these workout sessions live before Power Rangers would air as part of GMTV programming. Mr Motivator mostly wore tight fitting and very colourful spandex outfits for his fitness sessions. In response to the popularity of his fitness sessions, he released a number of fitness and workout videos in the 1990s.
Evans was born in Manchester, Jamaica on 15 November 1952 and moved to Leicester in the UK in 1961. Evans found fame on the British breakfast programme GMTV in the early 1990s as Mr. Motivator, promoting health and fitness as a way of life. He performed fitness routines live on-air in highly coloured outfits, which quickly became his trademark. His appearances on GMTV led to Evans becoming (as Mr Motivator) well known in the UK. Evans' popularity on GMTV led to the release of a number of fitness videos including Mr. Motivator's 10 Minute BLTs, Mr. Motivator's 10 Minute Workouts, Body Conditioner: Shot in Barbados, BLT2: Shot in Australia, and Bums Legs & Tums.
Evans left GMTV in 2000, and went back to Jamaica because his daughter had breathing problems. After settling back down in Jamaica, Evans then started up a tourism business called H'Evans Scent, which offers activities such as ziplining and paintballing. Evans continued to make personal appearances at events in the UK for the following decade. After leaving GMTV, and together with his son Benjamin, Evans formed his production company "Wicked Productions" and continued to release fitness videos, as well as making personal appearances, leading sales conferences, instructing team building exercises, and motivational talks for companies and organisations.
In 2009, Evans returned to GMTV as Mr Motivator for a three-week-long special to promote the public health programme Change4Life. This led to Evans meeting the former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in promotion of the NHS Change4Life campaign. Evans also soon released his autobiography, which chronicled his story of growing up in Jamaica and rising to stardom on British television.
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