Lee Evans


British actor Lee Evans established himself as a #92;comedy star in his homeland before making the move to Hollywood. Raised in London, Evans was inspired to enter show business by his cabaret performer father. Focusing on physically and verbally dexterous standup #92;comedy, Evans soon made a name for himself at London's Comedy Store and on British television. After he made his film debut co-starring with Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt in the British #92;comedy Funny Bones (1995) and played a small part in Luc Besson's #92;science fiction fantasia The Fifth Element (1997), the actor/comedian landed his first American movie role as one of the beleaguered brothers who inherit the mouse-inhabited house in the hit Mousehunt (1997). Evans further solidified his trans-Atlantic success with his next film, the blockbuster gross-out #92;comedy romance There's Something About Mary (1998). As another obsessed Mary admirer, Evans revealed his gift for physical humor as well as his vocal flexibility as he transformed from disabled yet refined British architect Tucker into callow Miami pizza delivery boy Norman. Following his second Hollywood hit, Evans considered developing an American TV series and was cast in Saturday Night Live star Tim Meadow's The Ladies Man (2000). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

  • Born:
    February 25, 1964 in Avonmouth, England, United Kingdom
  • Job Titles:
    Actor, Comedian, Boxer
Family
  • Brother: Wayne Evans. older
  • Daughter: Molly Evans. born c. 1989
  • Father: Dave Evans.
Significant Others
  • Wife: Heather Evans.
Milestones
  • 1975 Moved with family to Billericay in Essex (date approximate)
  • 1991 Began career as a comedian at age 17
  • 1993 Had his own British TV series on Channel 4, The World of Lee Evans
  • 1993 Starred in the British TV production An Evening with Lee Evans
  • 1995 Appeared in the Oscar-nominated short Brooms , featuring Stomp
  • 1995 Film acting debut as a circus entertainer in Funny Bones
  • 1997 Co-starred with Nathan Lane in Mousehunt
  • 1997 Had small role of a busboy in Luc Besson s The Fifth Element
  • 1997 Made unsold sitcom pilot for NBC
  • 1998 Cast opposite Cameron Diaz in the film Something About Mary
  • 1998 Starred in the stand-up tour of the UK, Don t Try This At Home
  • 2000 Cast in the comedy The Ladies Man with Tim Meadows
  • 2004 Starred as a paranoid murder suspect who films himself round the clock to provide an alibi in Freeze Frame
  • Raised on a council estate near the Bristol docks

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