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Van Hansis

ヴァン・ハンシス　/　ゔぁん・はんしす

American stage actor

September 25, 1981 (age 44)　・　North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts
stage actor
film actor
television actor

My Take

What stays with me about Van Hansis isn't the resume, it's the quiet courage of the role. Playing Luke Snyder on As the World Turns meant carrying one of the first openly gay romances in American daytime TV into living rooms every single day, for years. That takes a kind of steadiness you can't fake. Carnegie Mellon gave him the craft, but the small-town Massachusetts grounding is what I sense underneath the work, an actor who trades flash for sincerity. I admire performers who push a genre forward simply by showing up honestly, and he did exactly that.

Overview

Evan Vanfossen Hansis (born September 25, 1981) is an American actor. Hansis portrayed the rich Luke Snyder on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns from December 14, 2005, until the show's final episode September 17, 2010. The son of long running characters on the series, Luke is known for a gay romantic storyline cited as one of the first in American daytime television.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Van Hansis
Name (Japanese): ヴァン・ハンシス
Reading: ゔぁん・はんしす
Born: September 25, 1981 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Rooster
Origin: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: stage actor / film actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Carnegie Mellon University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9

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