Max Evans (Roswell)

Max Evans
Roswell character
Jason Behr as Maxwell Evans
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Graduation" (episode 3.18)
Created by	Character Melinda Metz Developed for Television Jason Katims
Portrayed by	Jason Behr
Information
Full name	Maxwell Evans
Nickname(s)	Max (by everyone) Fearless Leader, Maximilian, Romeo, Young Max, Maxwell
Aliases	Zan (previous life)
Species	Alien-human hybrid
Gender	Male
Title	King of Antar (previous life)
Family	Philip Evans (adoptive father) Diane Evans (adoptive mother) Isabel Evans (sister) Darryl Morton (genetic template)
Spouse(s)	Ava (wife; previous life) Elizabeth "Liz" Parker (wife)
Children	Zan (son, with Tess)
Abilities	Molecular manipulation, healing factor, force field generation

Maxwell "Max" Evans is a fictional character created by Melinda Metz for the young adults book series Roswell High and adapted by Jason Katims for the 1999-2002 American science fiction television series Roswell. He was portrayed by actor Jason Behr in the television series.

Max made his first appearance in the Roswell pilot episode and remained a core character throughout the three seasons of the show.

In a previous existence, Max was Zan, king of the planet Antar. After Zan's death, his people used his DNA and the DNA of human donors to create two sets of alien/human hybrids or clones of him and the rest of the Royal Four of Antar. These include Isabel Evans (Vilandra, Zan's sister), Michael Guerin (Rath, Vilandra's betrothed husband and Zan's second-in command), and Tess Harding (Ava, Zan's bride). The clones were sent to Earth to hide them from their enemies especially Kivar who killed Zan & co back on Antar.

The craft carrying Max, Isabel, Michael, and Tess crashes in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. In the series, the U.S. Army finds the alien pods and takes them to a base for study. The four are saved by an Air Force pilot and stashed in a new ship hidden in a rock formation. About 40 years pass before the clones emerge in 1989. Max, Isabel, and Michael leave the pod together, looking like human children about 6 years old. The three characters are blank slates with no memories of life on Antar, nor of the fourth hybrid, Tess (who is separately rescued by an Antarian with an agenda). Max and Isabel are found together by a couple of lawyers, the Evans, who adopt the two and make a loving and stable home for them. Michael hides when this happens and is later discovered and placed with an abusive foster father.