Luke Evans (actor)

Luke Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. Evans began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before getting his breakthrough role in Hollywood starring in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake, playing Apollo. Following his debut, Evans was cast in such action and thriller films as Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the re-imagined The Three Musketeers (2011), in which he played Aramis.

In 2013, Evans starred as the main antagonist Owen Shaw in the blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Evans also portrayed the vampire Dracula in the character's film origin story, Dracula Untold.

Early life

Luke Evans was born in Pontypool, and raised in Aberbargoed, a small town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, the only child of Yvonne and David Evans. He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, though he left the religion when he was 16 and left school at the same time.

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Luke Evans (cricketer)

Luke Evans (born 26 April 1987, Sunderland) is an English professional cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He is primarily a right-arm fast medium bowler.

Measuring at a giant 6'7", Evans is a product of the Durham academy, whom he went on to make his first class debut for in 2007 against a Sri Lanka A side. He first joined Northamptonshire on a 1-month loan on 15 April 2010, but stayed at the county for only 16 days before being recalled. At the end of the 2010 season Evans was released and was immediately snapped up by David Capel at Northants.

Evans's Northants career had been blighted by injuries, but he returned at the end of the 2012 season gaining 12 wickets in total against Gloucestershire and Hampshire, this prompted coach David Ripley to offer him a new one-year contract.

Career best performances

as of 24 December 2012

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Luke Evans (rugby union)

Luke Evans (born 18 July 1988), is a Welsh rugby union footballer who played for the Australian Schoolboys national rugby union team and the Wales national under-20 rugby union team. Born in Dorset, England, he was reared in Australia but can play for the Welsh national through the lineage of his Welsh father. He was originally part of the Queensland Reds' academy, before moving to Cardiff RFC in September 2007.

Early life

Born in Dorset, and having spent his early years in Wales, Luke moved with his family to Australia when he was thirteen years old in 2001. He began playing rugby whilst attending The Southport School, in Queensland. Luke's godfather was former Llanelli and British Lions coach Carwyn James.

Career

Luke played for the Australian Schoolboys national rugby union team during their tour of Fiji and New Zealand in 2006. He moved from Australia to sign for Cardiff RFC in September 2007, having previously been training at the Queensland Reds' academy.Rob Howley scouted Evans whilst on a trip to visit the teams around Brisbane. He was signed to play for Cardiff RFC, whilst providing cover for the two Cardiff Blues scrum halves. His first match for Cardiff was against Aberavon RFC, when he was brought off the bench after only seven minutes following an injury to Gareth Baber. Upon his move to Cardiff, he was reunited with his second cousin Leigh Halfpenny, who he had last seen as a toddler.