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Lee Evans is a Actor British born on 25 february 1964 at Bristol (United-kingdom)
Lee Martin John Evans (born 25 February 1964) is an English retired comedian, writer, actor, and musician. He is a director of Little Mo Films, which he had co-directed with the late Addison Cresswell, who was also his agent prior to Cresswell's death in 2013.
Evans has become one of Britain's highest selling stand-up comedians, with his "Roadrunner" tour grossing £12.9 million. He is also an established actor, appearing in many big budget films such as Mouse Hunt, There's Something About Mary, and The Fifth Element. In 2008, his "Big" tour DVD became the highest-selling Christmas DVD in the United Kingdom, as did his "Monsters" tour DVD in 2014.
Evans was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University on 24 November 2009. This was followed by a second Doctorate from the University of East London on 9 December 2010 and is an Honorary Fellow of the Welsh College of Music and Drama.
In 2010 Evans ran the London Marathon with his friend Tony Grounds who wrote The Martins and finished in a time of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 10 seconds. In 2009, Evans' nephew, Maxwell, died of a defective lung. 'He was an amazing little kid,' says Evans. 'He was funny, he was talented. He was one of us. When you go through that it changes you. He left behind a lot of joy and for me he made me feel I should never waste another day of my life. I think about little Max a lot of the time.'
In November 2014, Evans announced on The Jonathan Ross Show that he is retiring from stand-up comedy to spend more time with his wife Heather and daughter Mollie who is currently studying at university in Florida.
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Birth name Lee Martin John Evans
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 february 1964 (60 years) at Bristol (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 february 1964 (60 years) at Bristol (United-kingdom)
Lee Martin John Evans (born 25 February 1964) is an English retired comedian, writer, actor, and musician. He is a director of Little Mo Films, which he had co-directed with the late Addison Cresswell, who was also his agent prior to Cresswell's death in 2013.
Evans has become one of Britain's highest selling stand-up comedians, with his "Roadrunner" tour grossing £12.9 million. He is also an established actor, appearing in many big budget films such as Mouse Hunt, There's Something About Mary, and The Fifth Element. In 2008, his "Big" tour DVD became the highest-selling Christmas DVD in the United Kingdom, as did his "Monsters" tour DVD in 2014.
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On 22 September 1984, he married Heather Nudds, with whom he has a daughter, Mollie (born December 1993). They moved to Billericay in 1997, having previously lived in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.Evans was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University on 24 November 2009. This was followed by a second Doctorate from the University of East London on 9 December 2010 and is an Honorary Fellow of the Welsh College of Music and Drama.
In 2010 Evans ran the London Marathon with his friend Tony Grounds who wrote The Martins and finished in a time of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 10 seconds. In 2009, Evans' nephew, Maxwell, died of a defective lung. 'He was an amazing little kid,' says Evans. 'He was funny, he was talented. He was one of us. When you go through that it changes you. He left behind a lot of joy and for me he made me feel I should never waste another day of my life. I think about little Max a lot of the time.'
In November 2014, Evans announced on The Jonathan Ross Show that he is retiring from stand-up comedy to spend more time with his wife Heather and daughter Mollie who is currently studying at university in Florida.
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The Magic Roundabout (2005)
, 1h18Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cows, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kylie Minogue, Judi Dench, Joanna Lumley, Vanessa Paradis, Valérie Lemercier, Robbie Williams
Roles Train (voice)
Rating52%
The film begins as the wizard Zebedee, a red jack-in-the-box-like creature, is having a nightmare about being chased by a rampaging blue jack-in-the-box creature.
Freeze Frame (2004)
, 1h39Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Lee Evans, Seán McGinley, Ian McNeice, Colin Salmon, Rachael Stirling, Andrew Wilson
Roles Sean Veil
Rating62%
The Medallion (2003)
, 1h28Directed by Gordon Chan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Buddy films
Actors Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies, Carl Ng
Roles Arthur Watson
Rating52%
Eddie Yang (Jackie Chan) is a Hong Kong police officer cooperating with Interpol in the capture of a crime lord named AJ "Snakehead" Staul (Julian Sands). Snakehead procures an ancient book from a Chinese bookstore keeper, which tells the story of a boy being chosen every thousand years to bind the two halves of a legendary medallion. In Hong Kong, Eddie and Interpol agent Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) lead a raid to capture Snakehead and his men, who are about to kidnap the boy, named Jai (Alex Bao). Eddie and the agents fight off Snakehead's men, infiltrating the temple containing Jai. Jai is saved but Snakehead eludes them. Two weeks later Snakehead captures Jai aboard a cargo boat in Hong Kong. Eddie and a team of Hong Kong police engage and defeat several of Snakehead's men, but Snakehead escapes with Jai to Dublin, Ireland.
Undertaking Betty (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Nick Hurran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, Robert Pugh
Roles Delbert Butterfield
Rating64%
Boris Plots,is director of Plots Funeral Home in the fictional Welsh village of Wrottin Powys, His rival Frank Featherbed, an American, is determined to revolutionise the undertaking business in Britain through the innovation of "themed funerals".
The Martins (2001)
, 1h27Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lee Evans, Kathy Burke, Linda Bassett, Mark Strong, Paddy Considine, Frank Finlay
Roles Robert Martin
Rating54%
Out of work scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family who are long suffering wife Angie, accident prone son Little Bob who is bullied at school even by his teacher who Robert brandishes a gun at also... and pregnant teenage of 14 daughter Katie in a shabby house in Hatfield next door to the Galleria shopping centre above the A1 about 25 miles north of London. Competition addict Robert dreams of winning a holiday for his family to a dream island that turns out to be Isle Of Man and when he gets to the final few for a dream holiday but fails to win a competition in which he feels cheated out of, he flips and first goes to the editors office with a gun and steals his suit, then to an ice cream shop with his family and steals a parrot from a pet shop for Little Bob's birthday, he then tracks down the elderly winners, threatens them with a gun, ties them up in the cellar and steals their tickets. The police find them tied up. Upon arriving, Angie finds out Robert has cheated on her with their next door neighbour however the family enjoy the holiday. However, the Police catch up with Martin, he's convicted and goes to jail. He is later released to find his family life has improved since he was released from jail.
The Ladies Man (2000)
, 1h24Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, John Witherspoon, Jill Talley, Lee Evans
Roles Barney
Rating52%
Leon Phelps (the "Ladies Man") was a Saturday Night Live character played by Tim Meadows during the 1990s. The sketch was that of a broadcast program in which Phelps, a young, suave black man, would give dubious romantic advice and lovemaking tips. The Ladies Man openly proclaimed that he would court any woman at all including skanks, providing the woman weighs no more than 250 pounds. A night of romance would generally center around a bottle of Courvoisier.
There's Something About Mary (1998)
, 1h59Directed by Frères Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Children's films
Actors Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans, Jeffrey Tambor
Roles Tucker
Rating70%
In 1985, awkward and shy 16-year-old high-schooler Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) lands a prom date with his dream girl Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz), only to have it cut short by a painful and embarrassing zipper accident. After the ordeal garners the attention of numerous members of the household and community, Ted is finally carted off to a hospital, subsequently losing contact with Mary.
The Fifth Element (1997)
, 2h6Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Space adventure films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Ian Holm, Charlie Creed-Miles
Roles Fog
Rating75%
In 1914, aliens known as Mondoshawans arrive at an ancient Egyptian temple to collect, for safekeeping, the only weapon capable of defeating a great evil that appears every 5,000 years. The weapon consists of four stones, representing the four classical elements, and a sarcophagus containing a fifth element in the form of a human, which combines the power of the other four elements into a divine light capable of defeating the evil. The Mondoshawans promise their human contact, a priest from a secret order, that they will come back with the element stones in time to stop the great evil when it returns.
MouseHunt (1997)
, 1h38Directed by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Christopher Walken, William Frankfather
Roles Lars Smuntz
Rating64%
When once-wealthy string magnate Rudolf Smuntz (William Hickey) dies, he leaves his outdated string factory and a run-down mansion to his two sons, Lars (Lee Evans) and Ernie (Nathan Lane). When Lars refuses a proposal by representatives from the large Zeppco conglomerate to purchase their string factory, his greedy wife April (Vicki Lewis) promptly throws him out. Meanwhile, Ernie serves Mayor McKrinkle (Cliff Emmich) at his restaurant in anticipation of becoming a famous chef for serving such a high-profile guest. However, the mayor is poisoned by a cockroach (which came from Rudolf's old box of Cuban cigars that Ernie took for himself) and suffers two heart attacks. As a result, the mayor dies, Ernie's restaurant is closed down by the Board of Health, and he too is out on the street.
Michael Collins (1996)
, 2h8Directed by Neil Jordan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Political films, Conflit nord-irlandais
Actors Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart
Rating70%
The film opens in 1922, as Joe O'Reilly (Ian Hart) attempts to console Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts), who is mourning the death of Michael Collins.
Funny Bones (1995)
, 2h8Directed by Peter Chelsom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron, Richard Griffiths, Sadie Corré
Roles Jack Parker
Rating66%
Tommy Fawkes is the son of comedy legend George Fawkes. After his own Las Vegas comedy act flops with his beloved father in the audience, Tommy returns to Blackpool, England, where he spent the summers of his childhood.