What is the net worth of Luke Evans?
Luke Evans is a Welsh actor and singer who has a net worth of $9 million. Luke Evans began his stage career in West End productions including ‘Rent’, ‘Miss Saigon’ and ‘Piaf’. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films, including the 2010 remake of “Clash of the Titans,” “Immortals,” “Fast & Furious 6,” Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” trilogy, and “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.” . On television, Evans stars in The Alienist and had starring roles in the miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders and Nine Perfect Strangers.
Youth
Luke Evans was born on April 15, 1979 in Pontypool, Wales as the only son of Yvonne and David. He was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in the small village of Aberbargoed, before leaving the religion at the age of 16. Evans later moved to Cardiff, where he studied under singing coach Louise Ryan. Shortly after this, he won a scholarship to the London Studio Centre, from which he graduated in 2000.
The beginnings of a career on stage
After graduating from the London Studio Centre, Evans appeared in a number of stage productions in London’s West End; His credits included “La Cava”, “Miss Saigon”, “Rent”, “Avenue Q” and “Taboo”. He had a breakthrough in 2008 when he landed the role of Vincent in Peter Gill’s Small Change. This performance caught the attention of American casting directors and earned Evans an Evening Standard Award nomination for Best Newcomer. Also in 2008, he played the actor Yves Montand in the show “Piaf”.
Film career
Evans burst onto the big screen in 2010, appearing in four feature films. The first to be released was the biopic “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”, in which she played the supporting role of Clive Richards. He then appeared as the Greek god Apollo in the remake of the fantasy action film “Clash of the Titans”. Evans’ other two films of 2010 were Stephen Frears’ romantic comedy Tamara Drewe and Ridley Scott’s action film Robin Hood, in which he played the thug Sheriff of Nottingham. Evans appeared in four other films in 2011: the action thriller Blitz; Paul WS Anderson’s version of “The Three Musketeers”; dark comedy “Flutter”; and Tarsem Singh’s fantasy action film Immortals, in which he played the role of Zeus. Next year,
In 2013, Evans debuted in two roles: the antagonist Owen Shaw in the sequel to the action film “Fast & Furious 6” and Bard the Bowman in the second part of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Tolkien, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. He would later reprise both roles in the sequel films. In 2014, Evans starred as Vlad Draculea and his alter-ego Dracula in the fantasy action film Dracula Untold. He later starred in the dystopian film “High-Rise”, the action thriller “Message from the King” and the psychological thriller “The Girl on a Train”. In 2017, Evans took on the villainous role of Gaston in Disney’s live-action remake of his own ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and also played the role of William Moulton Marston, the creator of Wonder Woman, in ‘
Television career
Evans had his first television role in 2013, portraying real-life criminal Bruce Reynolds in the British miniseries The Great Train Robbery. His next starring role came in 2018 when he was cast as New York Times illustrator John Moore in the TNT period drama series The Alienist, based on Caleb Carr’s novel of the same name. In 2020, Evans voiced the character King Merriman in the Hulu animated series Crossing Swords. The following year, he played the role of Detective Steve Wilkins in the three-part British miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders. That same year, Evans appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers, with Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Bobby Cannavale, and Samara Weaving, among others.
Musical career
Beyond film and television, Evans has made forays into the world of music. In November 2019, he released his debut album, At Last, which peaked at number 11 in the UK Albums Chart. Singles from the album include “Changing” and a cover of Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield”. In 2021, Evans embarked on a tour supporting “At Last”.
Personal life
Evans has been openly gay since he gave an interview to UK’s Gay Times in the early 2000s. Although he prefers to keep his private life out of the media eye, he has had reported relationships with Colombian actor Victor Turpin and director Argentine artist Rafael Olarra in the late 2010s. In a 2021 interview, Evans spoke about his interest in having children one day.
