Christopher Robert Evans born June 13 1981 is an American actor He began his career with roles in television series such as in Opposite Sex in 2000 Following appearances in several teen films including 2001s Not Another Teen Movie he gained attention for his portrayal of Marvel Comics character the Human Torch in 2005s Fantastic Four and its sequel Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007 Evans made further appearances in film adaptations of comic books and graphic novels TMNT 2007 Scott Pilgrim vs the World 2010 and Snowpiercer 2013 He gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Steve Rogers Captain America in several Marvel Cinematic Universe films namely Captain America The First Avenger 2011 Captain America The Winter Soldier 2014 and Captain America Civil War 2016 and the ensemble films The Avengers 2012 Avengers Age of Ultron 2015 Avengers Infinity War 2018 and Avengers Endgame 2019 His work on the Marvel series established him as one of the worlds highestpaid actors Aside from comic book roles Evans starred in the drama Gifted 2017 the mystery film Knives Out 2019 and the television miniseries Defending Jacob 2020 He made his directorial debut in 2014 with the romantic drama Before We Go which he also produced and starred in Evans made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of Kenneth Lonergans play Lobby Hero which earned him a Drama League Award nomination Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Evans actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia