Let's learn about the biography of actor Evan Peters, who started his acting career at a young age and starred in many TV series and movies, and most recently with his outstanding performance in the Netflix series “The Beast: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer”.
His full name is Evan Thomas Peters, he was born on January 20, 1987 in St.Louis, Missouri. He was born to a German-born mother, Julie, and a German-born father, Phillip Peters, who is the vice president of a private foundation. Raised in the suburb of Ballwin, Peters was raised Catholic. Peters has an older brother named Andrew and a half-sister named Michelle.
In 2001, Peters moved with his family to Grand Blanc, Michigan, ventured into modeling and trained for acting. Educated at Grand Blanc Community High School here, Peters decided he wanted to pursue an acting career and moved to Los Angeles with his mother when he was 15. While here, he enrolled at Burbank High, but later started homeschooling.
He made his debut as Adam Sheppard in the drama film "Clipping Man" (2004), written and directed by Michael Picchiottino. He won the Best Breakthrough Performance Award at the Phoenix Film Festival for his performance. He then appeared in front of the camera for many TV commercials, especially Sony PlayStation, Moviefone, Sour Patch Kids, Papa John's Pizza and Kellogg's.
In 2004, he appeared as Russell "SpongeBob" Hayes in the teen comedy film "Sleepover" directed by Joe Nussbaum. The film, which did not achieve both critical and box office success after its release, has since become a cult classic. Later, he acted as Cooper Day in the ABCC drama series "The Days". From that year to the next, he appeared as Seth Wosmer in the Disney Channel science fiction comedy television series "Phil of the Future."
Following the end of the previous series, he starred as Jesse Varon in the science fiction television series "Invasion" created by Shaun Cassidy from 2005 to 2006. The series managed to garner great acclaim. Originally planned to have five seasons, the series was canceled in 2006. The following year, he appeared as Ricky Hobbs in the crime horror drama "An American Crime" directed by Tommy O'Haver. The film, which received generally positive reviews, was described as one of the best television films of the years.
In 2008, he starred in the drama film "Gardens of the Night" written and directed by Damian Harris. That same year, he starred in the martial arts movie "Never Back Down" directed by Jeff Wadlow, alongside Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard, and Djimon Hounsou. The film, which received generally negative reviews, managed to earn twice the production budget. Later in the year, he got a role as Jack Daniels in the drama television series "One Tree Hill" created by Mark Schwahn. The series has been considered one of the greatest youth dramas of all time. In addition, the series won many awards and nominations in various categories.
He has also appeared in subject roles in the drama television series "The Mentalist", the medical drama television series "House" and the mystery comedy-drama television series "Monk". Additionally, he has guest-starred in the fake documentary sitcom television series "The Office", the drama television series "In Plain Sight" and the family comedy-drama television series "Parenthood." Alongside his film career, Peters has made numerous theatrical appearances, including playing Fagin in a production of "Oliver Twist" at the Met Theatre.
In 2010, he starred as Todd Haynes in the black comedy superhero movie "Kick-Ass" directed by Matthew Vaughn. The film, which was appreciated by both the critics and the audience after its release, also reached a successful end at the box office. He later reappeared as Max Cooperman in the sequel "Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown"(2011).
Peters' breakthrough role came as a young Tate Langdon in the first season of the anthology horror television series "American Horror Story" created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. He then appeared as Kit Walker in the second season of the series in 2012-2013. He earned a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie for his performance. He then appeared as Kyle Spencer in the third season of the horror anthology television series "American Horror Story: Coven" and as Jimmy Darling in the fourth season of "American Horror Story: Freak Show."
In 2014, he co-starred with Emma Roberts and John Cusack in the comedy-drama film "Adult World" directed by Scott Coffey. The film received generally positive reviews and was praised by many critics. That same year, he was cast as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver as part of a large cast in the superhero movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past" directed by Bryan Singer. The film, which was released on May 23, 2014, received praise across the board and is considered by some to be one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. Additionally, it became the sixth highest-grossing film of 2014 with its gross.
The following year, he starred alongside Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Donald Glover, and Sarah Bolger in the science-fiction horror film "The Lazarus Effect" directed by David Gelb. The film, which received generally negative reviews, resulted in a production budget of $ 38 million against a production budget of $ 3 million. That same year, he appeared in the drama film "Safelight", written and directed by Tony Aloupis, as one of the leading roles, with Juno Temple, Kevin Alejandro, Jason Beghe, Ariel Winter and Christine Lahti.
He later appeared as James Patrick March in "American Horror Story: Hotel" as the show's fifth season. In 2016, he reprized the same role in its sequel "X-Men: Apocalypse". The film, which received mixed reviews from critics, managed to reach a huge commercial revenue at the box office. Despite this, both the film and its cast received many awards and nominations in various categories. Later that year, he starred as Dwight Chapin in the comedy-drama film "Elvis & Nixon" directed by Liza Johnson. The film was not successful both at the box office and critically.
Also that year, he took on roles as both Edward Philipe Mott and Rory Monahan in the series' sixth season, "American Horror Story: Roanoke." In 2017, he starred as Jay Bahadur in the drama film "The Pirates of Somalia" written and directed by Bryan Buckley and based on the book of the same name. That year, he received a Critics' Choice Award nomination for his multiple performances in the seventh season of "American Horror Story: Cult."
In 2018, he co-starred with Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson and Ann Dowd in the heist movie "American Animals" written and directed by Bart Layton. Released on June 1, 2018, the film received generally positive reviews and won several awards. Later, he appeared as Stan Bowes in the first season of the drama television series "Pose". Its first season was highly acclaimed and won many awards. As his last role in the series, he played several characters in the eighth season of "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" and ended it that way.
The following year, he starred as Jeff Wald in the biopic "I Am Woman" directed by Unjoo Moon. The film, which was generally acclaimed and praised, also won many awards and nominations.
He reprized the same role in the sequel superhero movie "Dark Phoenix". Mixed reviews from critics, the movie was considered the biggest box office bomb of all time with its gross. In 2021, he made a surprise appearance in the television mini-series "WandaVision" created by Jac Schaeffer, after which he was revealed to be an impostor named Ralph Bohner. Later that year, he appeared as Detective Colin Zabel in the crime drama limited series "Mare of Easttown". The series, which was acclaimed and praised in every field, won 16 nominations and 4 awards at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Among them, Peters received the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance.
Toward the end of the year, Peters made a surprising comeback as Austin Sommers in "American Horror Story: Double Feature", the show's tenth season. In 2022, Peters starred as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in the Netflix true crime anthology series "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story", which was about the life of Dahmer. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the series was a huge commercial success, reaching number one on Netflix in its first week of release. It also became Netflix's second most-watched English-language series of all time in 28 days, and the third Netflix series to surpass 1 billion views in 60 days.
For his performance, he won an award for Best Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie at the Golden Globe Awards in January 2023. He was also honored with awards at the Satellite Awards and the Critics' Choice Super Awards. In addition to this, she was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Private life
Peters began dating actress Emma Roberts in 2012, whom he met on the set of a movie. Despite their turbulent and eventful relationship, the couple decided to get engaged in March 2014. But the couple announced their separation in 2019. Later, he was in a relationship with singer Halsey from September 2019 to March 2020.