Lee EvansFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: British actor Lee Evans established himself as a comedy star in his homeland before making the move to Hollywood. Raised in London, Evans was inspired to enter show business by his cabaret performer father. Focusing on physically and verbally dexterous standup comedy, Evans soon made a name for...Read More

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The History of Mr. Polly

Actors: Lee Evans, Anne-Marie Duff, Julie Graham

Synopsis: Director Gillies MacKinnin and screenwriter Adrian Hodges team to adapt Victorian author H.G. Wells' intimate drama about a man who has forsaken his dreams to lead a life of suffocating mediocrity. Alfred Polly (Lee Evans) was once a man with truly extraordinary dreams, but unfortunately Alfred Read More

2006
Undertaking Betty

Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts, Lee Evans, Robert Pugh

Synopsis: Directed by Nick Hurran, Undertaking Betty revolves around the competitive world of undertaking in the Welsh countryside. One of the most respected names in the biz -- Plotz Funeral Homes -- is directed by Boris Plotz (Alfred Molina), whose youthful dreams consisted of two decidedly cheerier Read More

11/11/05
Doogal

Actors: Tom Baker, Jon Stewart, Robbie Williams, Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Bill Nighy, William H. Macy, Jim Broadbent, Whoopi Goldberg, Joanna Lumley

Synopsis: A plucky little girl and her dog join their magical pals to save the world in the computer-animated comedy-adventure for the whole family. The Enchanted Village is a happy place ruled by the good-natured wizard Zebedee where young Florence and her dog, Doogal, come to play with their friends Read More

2/11/05
Freeze Frame

Actors: Lee Evans, Sean McGinley, Ian McNeice, Colin Salmon, Rachael Stirling

Synopsis: They say that just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean someone isn't really out to get you, and a man learns the truth behind that little joke in this British thriller. Sean Veil (Lee Evans) was accused of the gruesome murder of a woman and her two children on the basis of circumstantial Read More

12/10/04
The Medallion

Actors: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies

Synopsis: Though it's an English-language film, the fantasy action comedy The Medallion is one of the highest-budgeted movies to come out of Hong Kong. Cop Eddie Yang (Jackie Chan) and his partner, Interpol agent Arthur Watson (Lee Evans), are in pursuit of international human-smuggling crimelord Snakehead (Julian Sands Read More

8/22/03
Jester Till

Actors: Lee Evans, Sharon Alexander, Doug Parker Band, Ellen Kennedy, Ian James Corlett

2003
Dinotopia

Synopsis: Based on the children's books by author/illustrator James Gurney, the three-part, six-hour ABC miniseries Dinotopia got under way when a pair of teenaged half brothers, Karl and David Scott, took over the controls of their father Frank's (Stuart Wilson) private plane. Not surprisingly, the boys Read More

2002
Lee Evans - So What Now? [TV Series]

Actors: Lee Evans

Synopsis: Created primarily as a showcase for madcap physical comedian Lee Evans, Lee Evans - So What Now? is a marvelous excuse for the actor to freak out in ways Jim Carrey never thought possible. The series begins with Lee kicked to the street by his significant other. After he meets up with his rotund Read More

2001
The Martins

Actors: Lee Evans, Kathy Burke, Linda Bassett, Eric Byrne, Terri Dumont

Synopsis: A man who wants to give his family the good things in life decides to start stealing them in this dark comedy from England. Robert Martin (Lee Evans) is a working-class loser -- or at least he might be working-class if he had a job -- who is obsessed with entering contests, certain a big prize Read More

2001
The Ladies Man

Actors: Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, Will Ferrell, Lee Evans, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

Synopsis: Yet another recurring character from Saturday Night Live makes the jump to the big screen in this comedy. Leon Phelps (Tim Meadows) is the host of a radio call-in show in which he dispenses advice on the fine art of seduction, for which he seems to have quite a talent -- rather surprising, seeing Read More

10/13/00
There's Something About Mary

Actors: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott

Synopsis: The Farrelly Brothers set this romantic comedy in their home state of Rhode Island. In 1985, when teen-nerd Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren Jenson (W. Earl Brown), his concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary Jenson (Cameron Diaz Read More

7/15/98
The Fifth Element

Actors: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry

Synopsis: Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the site of an event that transpired centuries earlier. Aliens, it seemed, arrived to collect four Read More

5/7/97
Mouse Hunt

Actors: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Eric Christmas

Synopsis: Gore Verbinski, the TV-commercials director responsible for the Budweiser frogs, directed this Adam Rifkin screenplay about two brothers (Nathan Lane and Lee Evans) who inherit a string factory and a decaying country home after the death of their father (the late William Hickey, in his last role). Read More

1997
Funny Bones

Actors: Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Caron, Jerry Lewis

Synopsis: Tommy Fawkes (Oliver Platt) is a struggling stand-up comedian who has tried for years to get out from under the shadow of his father, George Fawkes (Jerry Lewis), himself a famous humorist. Tommy finally scores a showcase spot at a major resort in Las Vegas, but when opening night rolls around Read More

1995
The World of Lee Evans [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Lee Evans, Caroline Aherne, John Thomson, Prunella Scales, Tony Selby

Synopsis: This British comedy anthology consisted of four short plays, each written by and starring Lee Evans in the zany tradition of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean. The playlets placed Evans in a variety of universally recognizable situations, enabling him to gracefully (?) segue into visual and verbal Read More

1995