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Luke Evans

Welsh actor

Since 1979

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Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, and performed in London's West End productions of Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans. Following his debut, Evans was cast in the action and thriller films Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the reimagined The Three Musketeers (2011).

In 2013, Evans starred as the antagonist Owen Shaw in 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 portrayed the vampire Dracula in the character's 2014 film origin story Dracula Untold. Evans then portrayed Gaston in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017), psychologist William Moulton Marston in the biographical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017), played a lead role as John Schuyler Moore in Seasons 1 and 2 of The Alienist (2018–2020), Wade McClusky in Midway, and the Coachman in Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio (2022). He released his debut album, At Last, on 22 November 2019. In 2021, he had a main role in the Hulu drama series Nine Perfect Strangers. Evans starred in the 2026 production of The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award nomination.

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Luke Evans [luk ˈɛvənz] est un acteur et chanteur gallois, né le 15 avril 1979 à Pontypool (pays de Galles).

Il fait ses débuts dans des productions théâtrales britanniques, avant de commencer au cinéma, enchaînant les grosses productions à Hollywood : Le Choc des Titans (2010), Robin des Bois (2010), Les Trois Mousquetaires (2011), Les Immortels (2011).

Figure montante du cinéma, il confirme cette percée avec Tamara Drewe (2010), Blitz (2011), L'Ombre du mal (2012) et No One Lives (2012).

Propulsé tête d'affiche de Dracula Untold (2014) et High-Rise (2015), il rejoint aussi des sagas cinématographiques à succès avec les blockbusters Le Hobbit : La Désolation de Smaug (2013) et Le Hobbit : La Bataille des Cinq Armées (2014) ou encore la série de films Fast and Furious (2013-2015-2017) pour les sixième, septième et huitième volets.

Désormais installé dans le paysage audiovisuel, il alterne premiers rôles et rôles secondaires dans des productions telles que Message from the King (2016), La Fille du train (2016), La Belle et la Bête (2017), My Wonder Women (2017), Outfall (2018), Ma (2019), Murder Mystery (2019), Anna (2019).

Il connaît aussi le succès, à la télévision, en tenant la vedette des miniséries The Great Train Robbery (2013) et L'Aliéniste (2018).

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