Name	Luke Evans
Height
Naionality	Welsh
Date of Birth	15-April-1979
Place of Birth	Aberbargoed, Wales
Famous for	Acting

Luke Evans was born and raised in Aberbargoed a small town in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales, the only child of Yvonne and David Evans. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Cardiff where he studied under the supervision of Louise Ryan, an established singing coach. In 1997 he won a scholarship to The London Studio Centre in Kings Cross, London. He graduated in 2000.

From 2000 to 2008 Evans starred in many of London's West End productions including La Cava, Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon and Avenue Q as well as several fringe shows in London and at the Edinburgh Festival.

In 2008, he landed his most significant theatre role playing Vincent in the play Small Change written and directed by Peter Gill at the Donmar Warehouse, it was significant in that he gained recognition from film casting directors and US agencies from this play and he was also nominated for the Evening Standard award for best newcomer because of his performance in Small Change. Later that same year he did his second show at the Donmar Warehouse, Piaf, in which he played Yves Montand.