Evan Peters

Evan Peters

20 January 1987

An American actor. In 2001, Peters' family moved to Grand Blanc, Michigan, where he pursued modeling and took local acting classes. He attended Grand Blanc Community High School, before moving to Los Angeles at age 15 with his mother at to pursue his acting career.

On his second audition, Peters was chosen by producer Michael Picchiottino for the role of Adam Sheppard in the film "Clipping Adam". The role earned him the award for Best Breakthrough Performance at the Phoenix Film Festival. He performed in numerous television commercials for Sony PlayStation, Progressive Insurance, Moviefone, Sour Patch Kids, Papa John's Pizza, and Kellogg.

In 2010, he appeared in the supporting role of Todd Haynes, the main character's best friend, in the critically acclaimed superhero film "Kick-Ass". Peters was unable to reprise his role in the 2013 sequel due to scheduling conflicts with his role in the second season of "American Horror Story".

In 2014, Peters starred in the independent comedy film "Adult World", opposite John Cusack and Emma Roberts. In May 2013, director Bryan Singer announced that Peters had been cast as the mutant Quicksilver in the 2014 film "X-Men: Days of Future Past". He will reprise his role in the next film in the series, "X-Men: Apocalypse". In 2015, Peters starred in the horror film "The Lazarus Effect", and will next appear in the drama "Safelight" and the comedy-drama "Elvis & Nixon".

As actor

• Clipping Adam (2002)
• Sleepover (2004)
• The Days (2004)
• Phil of the Future (2004-2005)
• Invasion (2005-2006)
• An American Crime (2007)
• Mama's Boy (2007)
• Remarkable Power (2008)
• Dirt (2008)
• Without a Trace (2008)
• Monk (2008)
• House (2008)
• Gardens of the Night (2008)
• Never Back Down (2008)
• One Tree Hill (2008-2009)
• Off the Clock (2009)
• Ghost Whisperer (2009)
• Kick-Ass (2010)
• Criminal Minds (2010)
• The Mentalist (2010)
• The Office (2010)
• Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
• Parenthood (2011)
• In Plain Sight (2011)
• Queen (2011)
• The Good Doctor (2011)
• American Horror Story: Murder House (2011)
• American Horror Story: Asylum (2012-2013)
• American Horror Story: Coven (2013-2014)
• Adult World (2014)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014-2015)
• The Lazarus Effect (2015)
• Safelight (2015)
• American Horror Story: Hotel (2015-2016)
• China, IL (2015)
• Elvis & Nixon (2016)
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
• Dabka (2017)

Quotations

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I used to look at horror movies as being really real and it would totally freak me out and give me nightmares. Now I watch and think, 'whoa how'd they do that?'

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A lot of people don't know that I'm really a silly guy. I don't take anything seriously. It takes a lot of energy for me to take something seriously.

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I think you get less takes on TV than in movies.

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I would love to do comedy. I think I'm funny and that comedy is my strong suit, at least in real life. I have yet to prove myself in the movies, but I'd love to get the opportunity to do that.

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I guess creepy comes natural to me - I hate to say that.

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Just thinking about that, if that were to really happen, if an alien were to come down and really abduct you, how terrifying and how earth-shattering would that be? Your whole world is just destroyed. God is destroyed. It's kind of a fascinating thing to think about.

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But I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.

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There's something that's sexy about a guy who has the strength to kill somebody, but is also vulnerable enough to be in love. It's just those two sides - like, I don't know why, but women for some reason aren't attracted to normal guys, like, guys who are in between.

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Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack.

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'American Horror' in particular is a really crazy show. We have crazy crap happening to us on that show.

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Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time.

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I think it's harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic all the time, they crave to see you being silly or funny. But, seeing you in comedy all the time, it's hard to see that person go be serious, for some reason.

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I'm trying to learn classical piano, Mozart and Beethoven and stuff. I took lessons when I was younger and now I sort of sight read the music and play it by ear. It's fun. It takes up a lot of time. I practice a couple of hours a day, but I find it soothing.

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I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

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It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of hung out in the summer and had nothing to do, so I sort of got into acting. And then I was going to Grand Blanc High, doing the acting thing and hoping it would pan out.

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And I love Jennifer Lawrence. She's a total fox. And such a good actress. It's ridiculous.

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I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.'

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