Lee Evans (comedian)
| Lee Evans | |
|---|---|
Lee Evans, November 2004.
|
|
| Born |
Lee John Martin Evans 25 February 1964 Avonmouth, Bristol, England |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, musician, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Nudds (m. 1984–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Stand-up, Film |
| Years active | 1994–2014 (retired) |
Lee John Martin Evans (born 25 February 1964) is an English comedian, writer, actor, and musician. He is a director of Little Mo Films, which he had co-directed with the late Addison Cresswell, who was also his agent prior to Cresswell's death in December 2013.
Evans has become one of Britain's highest selling stand-up comedians, with his "Roadrunner" tour grossing £12.9 million. He is also an established actor, having appeared in the Hollywood films The Fifth Element (1997), Mouse Hunt (1997), There's Something About Mary (1998), The Ladies Man (2000) and The Medallion (2003). He lent his voice to "Zippo the Troodon" in the Emmy-nominated miniseries Dinotopia (2002) and made a notable departure from comedy with a leading role in the Irish film Freeze Frame (2004). He had made his cinema debut with the Jerry Lewis comedy Funny Bones (1995), earning the Paris Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
In 2008, Evans' Big tour DVD became the highest-selling Christmas DVD in the United Kingdom, only to be surpassed by his own Monsters Tour DVD in 2014. In the midst of the latter tour, Evans officially announced his retirement on The Jonathan Ross Show.
Evans was born in Avonmouth, Bristol, the son of an Irish mother, Shirley Hunt, and a Welsh father, Dave Evans. He has an older brother, Wayne (born 1962). His father was a nightclub performer. His family left Bristol in 1975, moving to Essex, where he attended Billericay School and reportedly was the victim of bullies. After a spell as a boxer and two years at Thurrock Art College, also in Essex, Evans followed his father into entertainment. During his teenage years, he moved to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and he was a drummer in a punk rock band called The Anonymous Five.
...
Wikipedia