Chris Evans Biography

Fast Facts

• Appeared in public-service announcements and commercials in the Boston area as a youth
• Began his acting career appearing on stage with the Boston Playwrights' Theatre
• Interned at a casting agency until one of the agents agreed to take him on as a client
• Appeared alongside Evan Rachel Wood in an advertising campaign launched in 2010 for the Gucci fragrance Guilty
• Though he played comic-book characters in multiple films, including Fantastic Four (2005), The Losers (2010), Scott Pilgrim vs
• the World (2010) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), he claims he rarely read comic books as a kid
• Turned down the title role of Captain America: The First Avenger several times before finally accepting it
• Was a vegetarian but gave it up in order to beef up for film roles
• Made a bet with Chris Pratt over who would win Super Bowl XLIX; as a result, both actors went to children's hospitals in Seattle and Boston, wearing their superhero regalia