Evan Karagias

Evan Karagias (born November 27, 1973) is an American professional wrestler and actor.

Early life

Born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, Evan Karagias attended Hunter Huss High School. He became active in the school theater program and won a full collegiate wrestling scholarship to North Carolina State University (Raleigh). At NCSU Evan pursued studies in political science and theater arts. On completion of studies, and after having taken the Wolfpack Wrestling Team to the NCAA Finals.

Acting career

Evan moved to New York City to pursue an acting and modeling career. He also became the spokesmodel for the 1996 Calvin Klein and US Olympic Committee advertising campaigns. In 1995 he was a recurring guest star on the soap opera All My Children called Jason.

WCW and WWF licensed his voice and body scan images to support the Electronic Arts and THQ pro-wrestling videogame series, first appearing in WCW/nWo Thunder and then WCW Mayhem.

Since leaving WWF, Karagias returned to acting and his first acting role for seven years was playing a wrestler on the soap opera Passions. He has made several TV appearances including Joey. More recently he has been in several smaller independent films such as Metal Gear, Crazy Eyes and Shotgun Kiss.