Christopher James "Chris" Evans (born 1 April 1966 in Warrington, England) is an English presenter and producer for radio and television.
Chris Evans is the youngest child of bookmaker Martin Joseph Evans (12 November 1921 - 25 April 1979, died of colon cancer), and Minnie, who managed a corner shop. He has an older brother David (b. 1953) and older sister Diane (b. 1963).
After the death of his father, the 13-year-old Evans took part-time work i...
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Christopher James "Chris" Evans (born 1 April 1966 in Warrington, England) is an English presenter and producer for radio and television.
Chris Evans is the youngest child of bookmaker Martin Joseph Evans (12 November 1921 - 25 April 1979, died of colon cancer), and Minnie, who managed a corner shop. He has an older brother David (b. 1953) and older sister Diane (b. 1963).
After the death of his father, the 13-year-old Evans took part-time work in one of the chain of T. J. & B. McLoughlin's tobacconists and newsagents in Woolston, and ran an alternative tuck-shop at Padgate High School.
After leaving Padgate at aged 16, Evans had a number of dead-end jobs in and around his native Warrington, including a private detective agency and notoriously as a "Tarzan-ogram."
Having had previous unpaid school-boy work at Manchester Piccadilly Radio., Evans started his professional broadcasting career at the station in 1983. Until 1984 Evans had three jobs: as an assistant to Timmy Mallett, and...
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