Luke Evans (actor)
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Evans at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International promoting The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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15 April 1979 Pontypool, Wales, UK |
| Residence | London, England |
| Alma mater | London Drama Centre |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Home town | Aberbargoed, Wales |
Luke Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before getting his Hollywood breakthrough role starring in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake, playing Apollo. 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 which he played Aramis.
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.
Luke Evans was born in Pontypool, and brought up in Aberbargoed, a small town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, the only child of Yvonne and David Evans. He was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness, though he left the religion when he was 16 and left school at the same time.
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