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Shaun Francis Evans (born 6 March 1980) is an English actor and director. He is best known for playing a young Endeavour Morse in the ITV drama series ''Endeavour'' and Coxswain Elliot Glover in ''Vigil''.

Early life

Shaun Francis Evans was born on 6 March 1980 into an Irish family in Liverpool, where his father worked as a taxi driver and his mother was a hospital worker. He has a brother who is 11 months his senior. He gained a scholarship to St Edward's College in Liverpool's West Derby suburb, which he attended from 1991 to 1998 and where he began acting in school productions. He completed a course with the National Youth Theatre in London before fully moving to London around the age of 18 to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Career

Acting

Evans' first major role was that of French teacher John Paul Keating in the Channel 4 comedy-drama '' Teachers'' during its second series in 2002. The following year he made his feature film debut in ''The Boys from County Clare'', starring alongside Bernard Hill, Colm Meaney and Andrea Corr.

Additional screen credits include '' Sam’s Game'', '' Being Julia'', '' The Situation'', '' Cashback'', ''Gone'', '' Boy A'', '' Telstar: The Joe Meek Story'', ''Princess Kaiulani'' and Clive Barker's horror film '' Dread''.

On television, Evans was featured in the 2002 docudrama '' The Project'' and was seen as the Earl of Southampton in the miniseries '' The Virgin Queen'', which premiered in November 2005 on '' Masterpiece Theatre'' on PBS in the US before airing on the BBC in January 2006. His stage work includes a UK tour of the award-winning play ''Blue/Orange'' by Joe Penhall.

Recent television appearances include '' Murder City'', BBC's '' Ashes to Ashes'', ''Gentley's Last Stand'' and the four-part drama '' The Take'' from the novel by Martina Cole on Sky1. Evans also starred in '' Sparkle'' alongside Bob Hoskins and Stockard Channing (2007). Shaun played Lawrence Elton in the Acorn Series, Inspector George Gently, S1, E1; "Gently Go Man" 2007. He also portrayed Kurt Cobain in the Roy Smiles play ''Kurt and Sid'' at the Trafalgar Studios opposite Danny Dyer as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious.

In 2012, Evans also played the role of new pupil Daniel in the BBC legal drama '' Silk'' alongside Maxine Peake and starred in the ITV series '' The Last Weekend''.

Starting in 2012, Evans played the young Inspector Morse in ''Endeavour'', which focuses on the detective's early career. The initial episode was broadcast on 2 January 2012. ''Endeavour'' was then recommissioned for nine further series by ITV.

On 23 May 2022, ITV confirmed that ''Endeavour'' would end production after a decade on air with a total of 36 episodes.

In January and February 2015, Evans starred as Alex in the Peter Souter play ''Hello/Goodbye'', with Miranda Raison playing his love interest.

In 2021, Evans starred as Elliott Glover, coxswain of the fictional submarine HMS ''Vigil'', in the TV series of the same name.

Directing

Evans directed three episodes of the BBC medical drama '' Casualty'' which aired on 8 July 2017, and 19 and 26 May 2018. He also directed four episodes of ''Endeavour'': 'Apollo' in series 6, which aired on 17 February 2019; 'Oracle' in series 7, which aired on 9 February 2020; and 'Striker' in series 8, which aired on 12 September 2021. On 22 May 2022, he directed 'Prelude', the first episode of the prequel’s ninth and final series which aired on 26 February 2023.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

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1980 births
Living people
English people of Northern Ireland descent
Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Male actors from Liverpool
National Youth Theatre members
English male stage actors
English male television actors
English male film actors
21st-century English male actors