Evan King is an actor/improviser. Evan grew up in Houston, TX with a love for entertaining his family and friends. In 1988 Evan enrolled in acting classes at APM Studios under casting director Gary Chason . Evan spent the 1990s perfecting the craft of method acting & creating original characters like the DJ emotionally stuck in the '90s "Freakjuice". Since 2002 he has performed in various theaters, comedy clubs and coffee houses in Houston and Austin, including Houston's Laff Stop.
In 2009 Evan released his first short online at FunnyOrDie.com 12 Minutes to Heaven: Fate (2009) a romantic comedy short that he wrote, directed and stared in with the actress Sofia V. Mendez The story of two method actors in love, filmed on location at Russo's New York Pizzeria in Houston, TX with the owner Anthony Russo as himself. The film was inspired by his experience of living in New York City in 2001 where he took a summer acting workshop at NYU. In 2010 Evan appeared in the short film The Final Flight of Sherman Brown (2010) The film won an award for 'Best Ensemble Acting' at Houston's 48 Hour Film Project. In 2011 Evan starred with actress Genevieve Simmonsin APPosition (2011) a romantic comedy about cell phone APPs directed by Corky Loesch. In 2012 Evan played "Tony Reeves" in the Twilight Zone parody 7 Minutes of Mayhem (2012).
Early 2013 saw Evan play a Russian golf ball salesman "Vlad" in the comedy golf web series Fore! (2013). Later that year Evan played "Vlad" again on 'Great Day Houston' to promote the show. Evan can next be seen playing "Mr. Costin" in the pilot for the High School comedy sketch show "Tenured" (2014)_ online November 2014.
