Evan Peters
Biography
Evan Peters is an American actor who made his screen debut in the 2004 drama Clipping Adam and appeared in the ABC science fiction series Invasion between 2005 and 2006. He became widely known through ten seasons of Ryan Murphy's anthology American Horror Story, from 2011 to 2021, playing a different character each season. In film, he took a supporting part in the superhero movie Kick-Ass (2010) and played Peter Maximoff, also known as Quicksilver, in the X-Men series from 2014 to 2019. His work as a detective in the HBO miniseries Mare of Easttown (2021) won him an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor, and his lead role as Jeffrey Dahmer in a Netflix miniseries (2022) brought a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination. He was also nominated for a BIFA for American Animals (2018).
39years old
Turns 40 on January 20in 99 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: AquariusFirst day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
- Also credited as Evan Thomas Peters Araya and Evan Thomas
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 21 years2004 to 2025
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First role
Peters landed the part of Adam Sheppard in the movie Clipping Adam. He got the role at his second audition.
Big break
Evan Peters got his breakthrough role as Tate Langdon, a teenager, in American Horror Story, the FX anthology series, during its first season.
A role that slipped away
Peters could not return as Todd Haynes in the Kick-Ass sequel because of scheduling conflicts with American Horror Story's second season.
Beyond film
Peters has starred in several theater plays, among them a staging of Oliver Twist at the Met Theater in which he took the role of Fagin.
Evan Peters movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- X-Men: Apocalypse2016 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver
IMDb rating 6.8500K votes
Most often with
Bryan Singer directed two of these films. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Bryan Singer
Also two films together6 more actors
- Alexandra ShippDark Phoenix (2019) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- Tye SheridanDark Phoenix (2019) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- Kodi Smit-McPheeDark Phoenix (2019) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- Sean FarisNever Back Down (2008) and Sleepover (2004)
- Sophie TurnerDark Phoenix (2019) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- Josh HelmanX-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Evan Peters's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.2 billion
13 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$748M34.7% of the total
- 2$544M25.2% of the total
- 3$255M11.8% of the total
- 4$252M11.7% of the total
- 5$142M6.6% of the total
- 6$96M4.5% of the total
- 7$64M3.0% of the total
- 8$42M1.9% of the total
$14.5 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2023 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Won |
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