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My Take
Playing a genuinely good man is the riskiest assignment in blockbuster acting, because decency reads as boring in lesser hands. Chris Evans made Captain America's squareness magnetic by letting doubt and dry humor flicker underneath it, and I believe that performance quietly anchored the entire Marvel project. What keeps me interested is his refusal to coast afterward: directing, producing, voicing Buzz Lightyear, taking odd character detours. The Boston pragmatism shows — he treats stardom like a job to be done well rather than a throne to sit on. That work ethic is rarer than any super-soldier serum.
Overview
Christopher Robert Evans (born June 13, 1981) is an American actor. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Steve Rogers / Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) to Avengers: Endgame (2019), and he is also set to reprise his role in Avengers: Doomsday (2026). His work in the franchise established him as one of the world's highest-paid actors.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chris Evans
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・エヴァンス
- Reading
- くりす・えゔぁんす
- Born
- June 13, 1981 (age 44)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film producer / voice actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
- University
- New York University
Awards & achievements
- 2013 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
- 2015 41st People's Choice Awards
- 2015 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer
- 2016 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- 2018 Broadway.com Audience Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Marvel Cinematic Universe | — | |
| Notable work | Lightyear | — | |
| Notable work | TMNT | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.