Evan Peters
Birthplace: St. Louis
Born: 1987-01-20
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; model; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Evan Thomas Peters (born January 20, 1987) is an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 2004 drama film Clipping Adam and starred in the ABC science fiction series Invasion from 2005 to 2006. Peters gained wide recognition for playing multiple roles over ten seasons in Ryan Murphy's FX anthology series American Horror Story, from 2011 to 2026.
His performance as a detective in the HBO crime miniseries Mare of Easttown (2021) won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. For portraying the titular character in Murphy's Netflix miniseries Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022), he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
In film, Peters has played a supporting role in the superhero film Kick-Ass (2010), and Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver in the X-Men film series (2014–2019). He also received a nomination for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actor for playing a rebellious student in the heist film American Animals (2018).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Tron: Ares (2025) — Julian Dillinger
- Dark Phoenix (2019) — Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver
- I Am Woman (2019) — Jeff Wald
- American Animals (2018) — Warren Lipka
- The Pirates of Somalia (2017) — Jay Bahadur
- Elvis & Nixon (2016) — Dwight Chapin
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — Peter / Quicksilver
- The Lazarus Effect (2015) — Clay
- X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) — Peter / Quicksilver
- Adult World (2013) — Alex
- Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011) — Max
- Kick-Ass (2010) — Todd
- Never Back Down (2008) — Max Cooperman
- Remarkable Power (2008)
- An American Crime (2007) — Ricky Hobbs
- Sleepover (2004) — Russell
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- James McAvoy · 3 films
- Jennifer Lawrence · 3 films
- Michael Fassbender · 3 films
- Nicholas Hoult · 3 films
- Alexandra Shipp · 2 films
- Bryan Singer · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.