What Is Chris Evans' Net Worth and Salary?
Chris Evans is an American actor and director who has a net worth of $110 million. The majority of his net worth has been earned via his appearances in several big-budget blockbuster movies, which have made him one of the highest-paid actors on the planet. In years when Chris Evans was appearing in Marvel movies, he easily made more than $30 million per year. Between June 2018 and June 2019, Chris earned $44 million from his various endeavors. That was enough to make him one of the highest-paid actors in the world.
After getting his professional acting career started with a lead role on the short-lived television series, "Opposite Sex," Chris went on to both film and television work in such projects as "The Fugitive," "Boston Public," "Not Another Teen Movie," "Skin," and "Cellular." He began to gain fans when he appeared as Johnny Storm in the film adaptation of "The Fantastic Four." He followed that up with appearances in less mainstream fare, such as "London," "Sunshine," and "Street Kings," while also appearing in "The Fantastic Four" sequel. However, it was his turn in "Captain America: The First Avenger" in 2011 that made him a bona fide star. He followed that up with a reprisal of his role as Captain America in "The Avengers." That movie went on to become one of the most successful films ever made.
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Early Life
Christopher Robert Evans was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1981. He grew up nearby, in the town of Sudbury. He has three siblings, sisters Carly and Shanna and brother Scott. His parents divorced in 1999, and he has three younger half-siblings from his father's second marriage. Chris has described his family as similar to the von Trapp family from "The Sound of Music." The family was always singing and dancing, as they were all influenced by their mother, Lisa, a youth theater director. Evans' younger brother, Scott, is also an actor who has appeared on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live." His sister Carly graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a high school drama and English teacher. Additionally, his uncle Mike Capuano is a Massachusetts congressman.
Evans graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, where he wrestled and played lacrosse in addition to performing in school and community theater productions. The summer before his senior year, he interned for a casting company in New York City and took classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career
Evans' first credited appearance in his career was in "Biodiversity: Wild about Life!" (1997), a short educational video. Other early projects of his include modeling the character of Tyler in Hasbro's "Mystery Date" board game. His acting career really started when he was cast as a supporting character in the teen comedy-drama "Opposite Sex," which aired during the summer of 2000. The show also featured actors like Milo Ventimiglia. Subsequently, Chris built up his acting repertoire with appearances in shows like "The Fugitive," "Skin," and "Boston Public." As for his early film work, he appeared in "Not Another Teen Movie" (2001) and the independent films "Fierce People" (2005) and "London" (2005). His big breakthrough came in 2005 when he was cast as superhero Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in the film adaptation of the "Fantastic Four" comic book. He reprised the role in the 2007 sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." He continued to star in films such as "Sunshine" (2007), "Street Kings" (2008) alongside Keanu Reeves, "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" (2008) with Bryce Dallas Howard, "Push" (2009) with Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle, and "Puncture" (2010). He continued his work in comic book adaptations with "The Losers" (2010), a comic series from DC Comics imprint Vertigo, and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)."
Evans' first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in 2011 when he starred as Captain America in "Captain America: The First Avenger." He reprised his role as the superhero in "The Avengers" (2012), "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). He also made brief appearances in MCU films like "Ant-Man" (2015) and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017). He has stated that he has retired from portraying Captain America since "Avengers: Endgame."
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Despite all of the time he dedicated to filming in the MCU, Chris managed to work on quite a few other projects around the same period. These films include the romantic comedy "What's Your Number?" (2011) opposite Anna Faris, the biographical film "The Iceman" (2012), "Snowpiercer" (2013) directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, the family drama "Gifted" (2017), the Netflix thriller "The Red Sea Diving Resort" (2019), and the murder mystery "Knives Out" (2019).
Evans made his directorial debut in 2014 with "Before We Go," an independent romantic drama that was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Furthermore, he made his Broadway debut in 2018 in a production of Kenneth Lonergan's "Lobby Hero." Although the production only made a limited run, Evans' performance was well-reviewed.
In 2020, Chris starred in the Apple TV+ series "Defending Jacob" based on the novel of the same name, and in 2021, he made a cameo in the Netflix comedy "Don't Look Up." In 2022, Evans voiced Buzz in Disney/Pixar's "Lightyear" and starred in the Netflix thriller "The Gray Man." In 2023, Chris appeared alongside Ana de Armas in the Apple TV+ comedy film "Ghosted" and co-starred with Emily Blunt in Netflix's "Pain Hustlers."
Personal Life
Evans has dated several high-profile actresses. He first met Jenny Slate on the set of "The Gifted," and they dated on and off for a while, eventually splitting for good in March 2018. From 2001 to 2006, Evans dated actress Jessica Biel. He has also been linked to actresses Minka Kelly, Lily Collins, and Kate Bosworth. Chris married actress Alba Baptista in September 2023.
Evans is a longtime fan of the New England Patriots football team and even narrated the 2014 and 2016 episodes about the Patriots for the annual NFL "America's Game" documentary series.
Evans owns a home in Beverly Hills, California, which he purchased in 2013 for $3.52 million. He purchased a $1.26 million home in the Hollywood Hills in 2007 and put the property back on the market in 2014 for $1.4 million. Chris also owns an apartment in Boston.
In 2022, Evans was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."
Marvel Salaries
For the very first "Captain America" movie, Chris Evans earned a relatively paltry salary of $300,000. He earned $15 million per film for "Avengers: Infinity War," "Captain America: Civil War," and "Avengers: Endgame." In total, Chris has likely earned $75 million-$100 million for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
