Luke Evans has been confirmed as the latest guest act on Sunday’s Strictly results, so we’re taking a deep dive into who the performer is.
Fresh from his appearance on Celebrity Gogglebox, the 43-year-old will be performing a song from his brand new album A Song for You, on BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s results show on Sunday, November 6.
Luke Evans on Strictly Come Dancing
Hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as the battle in the ballroom intensifies, couples on the 2022 Strictly Come Dancing lineup this year include Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova, Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Kuzmin, Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez, Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer and Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice.
However, the star of the results show will be none other than Beauty and the Beast star Luke Evans who is set to perform a song from his new 14-track album – on which he worked with the likes of Nicole Kidman and Charlotte Church.
This is the actor’s second album after releasing his debut album ‘At Last’ back in 2019.
Who is Luke Evans?
Luke Evans is an actor and singer who was born and raised in South Wales. He began his career on the stage, performing in many of London’s West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake.
Following his debut, Evans was cast in such action and thriller films as Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the re-imagined The Three Musketeers (2011).
In 2013, the actor starred as the antagonist Owen Shaw in the blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson’s three-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
Luke then went on to take on the role of Gaston in Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, alongside Emma Watson and Dan Stevens. More recently he played the Coachman in the Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio this year.
After 22 years in the industry, following graduating London Studio Centre, he’s amassed a humble net worth of $9 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.