Luke Evans is a Welsh actor. Besides, he is also a singer. He was born on 15th April, 1979 in Pontypool, United Kingdom. He is the only child of David Evans and Yvonne Evans. He stepped into career on the stage and performed in many of London’s West End productions such as Piaf, Miss Saigon, and Rent. He got his film breakthrough in the 2010 remake of the film, Clash of the Titans. After his debut, he starred in many action and thriller films such as The Raven, Fast and Furious 6, The Girl on the Train, Message from the King, Dracula Untold, and Immortals, to mention just a few of them. He has been nominated and won awards such as Actor of the year from GQ Men of the Year Awards and Teen Choice award for Choice Movie Villain.
Luke Evans Religion
Evans was born in Pontypool but brought up in a small village named Aberbargoed in the Rhymney Valley, Wales. He has been grown up by his religious parents as a Jehovah's Witness which is a denomination of the mainstream Christianity and they do not celebrate Christmas or Easter. However, Evans left both his religion and school at the same time at a young age of only 16. He also left his home to go into the career of acting and singing. He also claimed that the upbringing of Jehovah's Witness has prepared him for Hollywood and how he finds birthdays and Christmas weird after being Jehovah’s Witness. He hails from the Welsh ancestry.
Luke Evans Political Views
Evans has not opened much about his political views in public and preferred to keep it away from the limelight. However, he is seen to speak out in social media about some political or social incidents. He once spoke out about the incident of the devastated children crying at US migrant camp and claimed that despite of our politics and despite of who we support, this incident is heart-breaking and is not the right solution.
Who is he dating?
Evans is currently in a relationship with art director, Rafa Olarra. Evans mostly likes to keep his personal life a secret but he made his relationship with Rafa Olarra Instagram official. Prior to Rafa Olarra, he was in a relationship with model and actor, Jon Kortajarena in 2014. He is also rumoured to be in a relationship with Australian actress Indiana Evans in 2008, marketing executive Holly Goodchild from the year 2010 to 2011, and actor Victor Turpin in early 2018.
Luke Evans Hobbies
The actor has a passion for singing. He also works out and has maintained an amazing physique. He is a family guy and likes to spend time with them. If he gets a free day, he takes rest and makes breakfast for himself. He also does lunch with his friends in East London, goes to the park, enjoys a barbeque in the garden, and takes his friend's dog for a walk.
Interesting Facts
His full name is Luke George Evans.
He released his two music albums, “Terminator Ep” in 2011 and “At Last” in 2019.
Evans is publicly gay. In an interview in 2002, he said everybody knew about him and he never tried to hide it.
