Johnny Storm

He Human Torch (Johnny Storm) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who is a member of the Fantastic Four. First appearing in Fantastic Four #1 November 1961, he was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, although he was based on the Golden Age character of the same name, created by Carl Burgos.

Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, the Human Torch gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by cosmic rays. He can fly, control fire and safely surround himself in flames. "Flame on!", which the Torch customarily shouts when activating his full-body flame effect, has become his catchphrase.

The youngest of the group, he is brash and thrill-seeking when compared to the more cautious Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman, his brother-in-law and sister, and the grumbling Thing.

In the early 1960s, he was the first member of the team cast in a series of solo adventures, published in Strange Tales. He is also a frequent partner of Spider-Man.

Chris Evans

Christopher Robert Evans (born June 13, 1981) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Fantastic Four, Cellular and Not Another Teen Movie.

Early Life

Evans was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts to a dentist father and a dancer mother. He has three siblings, Shanna, Scott and Carly. Evans is of Italian and Irish descent and is a Catholic. He graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in 1999 and had originally planned to attend NYU after graduating high school.

Career

After completing his junior year in H.S. Evans traveled to New York where he interned at a casting agency and took a summer acting program. That same summer he met an agent that helped him get his start in acting after completing high school. Evans had small parts on television series such as Boston Public and The Fugitive and a role in the TV series Opposite Sex before landing his first notable role as Jake Wyler in Not Another Teen Movie. The film contained a somewhat notorious spoof of the Varsity Blues movie, where (to attract the attention of a girl) Evans entered the room wearing nothing more than whipped cream and cherries covering his nipples and crotch, and a banana sticking out of his buttocks.

After filming wrapped on Not Another Teen Movie, Evans landed several more lead roles in The Perfect Score and Cellular. He also starred in a few independent films where audiences got to see a different side to Evans. In London, Evans played a strung out coke head. He was then chosen to play Human Torch in the 2005 comic book adaptation Fantastic Four. Evans has worked opposite some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Kim Basinger, Diane Lane, Scarlett Johansson, William H. Macy and Donald Sutherland. He was named 'Male Superstar of Tomorrow' at the 2005 Young Hollywood Awards. Evans has been featured in many well known magazine publications. Recently, Evans reprised the role of Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Next up for Evans is the role of Diskant in The Night Watchman, co-starring Keanu Reeves, and Jimmy in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, co-starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Ellen Burstyn and David Strathairn. The latter is based on a play created by Tennessee Williams. Both movies were announced to be out in 2008.

Personal life

Evans dated actress Jessica Biel, but they broke up in 2006 after five years.

Filmography

* The Newcomers (2000) .... Judd
* Opposite Sex (TV) (2000) .... Cary Baston
* Not Another Teen Movie (2001) .... Jake Wyler
* Eastwick (TV) (2002) .... Adam
* The Paper Boy (2003) .... Ben
* The Perfect Score (2004) .... Kyle
* Cellular (2004) .... Ryan
* The Orphan King (2005) .... Seth King
* Fierce People (2005) .... Bryce
* Fantastic Four (2005) .... Johnny Storm
* London (2005) .... Syd
* The Nanny Diaries (2007) .... Harvard Hottie
* Sunshine (2007) .... Mace
* TMNT (2007) .... Casey Jones
* Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) .... Johnny Storm
* The Night Watchman (2008) .... Diskant
* The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) .... Jimmy
* Terra (2008) .... TBA (voice)
* Under the Blue Sky (2008) .... TBA

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