What Is Chris Evans' Net Worth and Salary?
Chris Evans is an American actor and director who has a net worth of $110 million. Chris Evans is best known for playing Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He began his acting career in the early 2000s with teen comedies like "Not Another Teen Movie," before gaining attention for his role as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in "Fantastic Four" and its sequel. Though those films were moderately successful, it was his 2011 debut as Captain America in "The First Avenger" that catapulted him to global stardom. Over the next decade, Evans became one of the MCU's most recognizable faces, appearing in multiple "Avengers" films and concluding his run in "Avengers: Endgame."
Outside of Marvel, Evans demonstrated range in a variety of roles. He starred in the dystopian thriller "Snowpiercer," the heartwarming drama "Gifted," and the critically acclaimed murder mystery "Knives Out." He made his directorial debut with "Before We Go" and received strong reviews for his Broadway performance in "Lobby Hero." More recently, he took on roles in action and comedy films like "The Gray Man," "Lightyear," and "Ghosted."
Evans is also known for his philanthropic work, especially with children's cancer charities, and for co-founding the civic engagement site A Starting Point.
Highest Paid Actors
During his peak Marvel years, Chris Evans consistently ranked among the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. In years when he had major releases, especially Marvel films, his annual earnings easily topped $30 million thanks to upfront salaries, backend bonuses, and endorsement deals. Between June 2018 and June 2019 alone, he earned $44 million from acting fees and other business ventures. That was enough to make him one of the highest-paid actors in the world.
Marvel Salaries
For the very first "Captain America" movie, Chris Evans earned a relatively paltry salary of $300,000. He earned $15 million per film for "Avengers: Infinity War," "Captain America: Civil War," and "Avengers: Endgame." In total, Chris has likely earned $75 million-$100 million for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Early Life
Christopher Robert Evans was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1981. He grew up nearby, in the town of Sudbury. He has three siblings, sisters Carly and Shanna and brother Scott. His parents divorced in 1999, and he has three younger half-siblings from his father's second marriage. Chris has described his family as similar to the von Trapp family from "The Sound of Music." The family was always singing and dancing, as they were all influenced by their mother, Lisa, a youth theater director. Evans' younger brother, Scott, is also an actor who has appeared on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live." His sister Carly graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a high school drama and English teacher. Additionally, his uncle Mike Capuano is a Massachusetts congressman.
Evans graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, where he wrestled and played lacrosse in addition to performing in school and community theater productions. The summer before his senior year, he interned for a casting company in New York City and took classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career
Evans' first credited appearance in his career was in "Biodiversity: Wild about Life!" (1997), a short educational video. Other early projects of his include modeling the character of Tyler in Hasbro's "Mystery Date" board game. His acting career really started when he was cast as a supporting character in the teen comedy-drama "Opposite Sex," which aired during the summer of 2000. The show also featured actors like Milo Ventimiglia. Subsequently, Chris built up his acting repertoire with appearances in shows like "The Fugitive," "Skin," and "Boston Public." As for his early film work, he appeared in "Not Another Teen Movie" (2001) and the independent films "Fierce People" (2005) and "London" (2005). His big breakthrough came in 2005 when he was cast as superhero Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, in the film adaptation of the "Fantastic Four" comic book. He reprised the role in the 2007 sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." He continued to star in films such as "Sunshine" (2007), "Street Kings" (2008) alongside Keanu Reeves, "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" (2008) with Bryce Dallas Howard, "Push" (2009) with Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle, and "Puncture" (2010). He continued his work in comic book adaptations with "The Losers" (2010), a comic series from DC Comics imprint Vertigo, and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)."
Evans' first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was in 2011 when he starred as Captain America in "Captain America: The First Avenger." He reprised his role as the superhero in "The Avengers" (2012), "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). He also made brief appearances in MCU films like "Ant-Man" (2015) and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017). He has stated that he has retired from portraying Captain America since "Avengers: Endgame."
Despite all of the time he dedicated to filming in the MCU, Chris managed to work on quite a few other projects around the same period. These films include the romantic comedy "What's Your Number?" (2011) opposite Anna Faris, the biographical film "The Iceman" (2012), "Snowpiercer" (2013) directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, the family drama "Gifted" (2017), the Netflix thriller "The Red Sea Diving Resort" (2019), and the murder mystery "Knives Out" (2019).
Evans made his directorial debut in 2014 with "Before We Go," an independent romantic drama that was screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Furthermore, he made his Broadway debut in 2018 in a production of Kenneth Lonergan's "Lobby Hero." Although the production only made a limited run, Evans' performance was well-reviewed.
In 2020, Chris starred in the Apple TV+ series "Defending Jacob" based on the novel of the same name, and in 2021, he made a cameo in the Netflix comedy "Don't Look Up." In 2022, Evans voiced Buzz in Disney/Pixar's "Lightyear" and starred in the Netflix thriller "The Gray Man." In 2023, Chris appeared alongside Ana de Armas in the Apple TV+ comedy film "Ghosted" and co-starred with Emily Blunt in Netflix's "Pain Hustlers."
In 2024, Evans returned to the holiday genre with "Red One," an action-comedy co-starring Dwayne Johnson that blended festive themes with high-octane adventure.
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Personal Life
Evans has dated several high-profile actresses. He first met Jenny Slate on the set of "The Gifted," and they dated on and off for a while, eventually splitting for good in March 2018. From 2001 to 2006, Evans dated actress Jessica Biel. He has also been linked to actresses Minka Kelly, Lily Collins, and Kate Bosworth. Chris married actress Alba Baptista in September 2023.
Real Estate
In 2013, Chris paid $3.52 million for a home in the Hollywood Hills. He listed this home in May 2025 for $6.995 million. Before that, he purchased a $1.26 million Hollywood Hills home in 2007, which he sold in 2014 for $1.4 million after using it as his primary residence during his early Marvel years. Chris also owns a sleek, modern apartment in Boston, staying close to his East Coast roots.