Chris Evans | Biography, Movies, Buzz Lightyear, & Facts | Britannica

Snowpiercer, Knives Out, and Deadpool & Wolverine

In addition to pursuing his career as Captain America, Evans gave an electrifying performance as a drug-addicted lawyer in Puncture (2011), based on real events. He also won praise for his layered portrayal of a rebel leader in Bong Joon-Ho’s dystopian fable Snowpiercer (2013) and as the unconventional guardian of a math prodigy in Gifted (2017). Evans made his directorial debut with the romance Before We Go (2014), in which he also starred.

In 2018 Evans first appeared on Broadway, in a well-received performance as a veteran cop in Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero. He was later cast as the spoiled and obnoxious son of a deceased patriarch in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (2019), a classic murder mystery that was a box-office hit. He also played the father of a murder suspect in the TV serial Defending Jacob (2020). In the animated Lightyear (2022), a spin-off of Pixar’s popular Toy Story series, Evans voiced the character of Buzz Lightyear. His other credits from 2022 include the spy thriller The Gray Man, in which he portrayed a villainous former CIA agent.

Quick Facts In full: Christopher Robert Evans (Show more) Born: June 13, 1981, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (age 44) (Show more) Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In): "Puncture" (2011) "Skin" (2003) "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) "Street Kings" (2008) "The Losers" (2010) "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015) "The Nanny Diaries" (2007) "Captain America: Civil War" (2016) "Fantastic Four" (2005) "Gifted" (2017) "Not Another Teen Movie" (2001) "Snowpiercer" (2013) "London" (2005) "Push" (2009) "Boston Public" (2001) "Playing It Cool" (2014) "Knives Out" (2019) "Cellular" (2004) "The Perfect Score" (2004) "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) "Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (2007) "Opposite Sex" (2000) "Robot Chicken" (2008) "The Iceman" (2012) "Fierce People" (2005) "Defending Jacob" (2020) "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017) "What's Your Number?" (2011) "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014) "The Newcomers" (2000) "The Avengers" (2012) "The Fugitive" (2000) "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011) "Battle for Terra" (2007) "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" (2008) "TMNT" (2007) "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010) "Sunshine" (2007) "The Red Sea Diving Resort" (2019) "Before We Go" (2014) (Show more) Movies/Tv Shows (Directed): "Before We Go" (2014) (Show more) See all related content

Evans starred with Emily Blunt in Pain Hustlers (2023), about the opioid crisis. In 2024 he reprised the role of superhero Johnny Storm/the Human Torch in Deadpool & Wolverine, which also starred Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. That year Evans also appeared in Red One, an action Christmas movie in which Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped. He later costarred with Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in Materialists (2025), a rom-com about a love triangle.

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