Evan Evagora

Evan Evagora
Evagora at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
EducationKew High School
OccupationActor
Years active2019–present

Evan Evagora is an Australian actor.[1] He is best known for his role as the Romulan Elnor on the television series Star Trek: Picard (2020–2022).

Biography

Early life

Evagora was born in Melbourne,[2] the youngest of seven children born to Marie and Xristos.[2] His parents both migrated to Australia: his mother, who is of Cook Islands Māori descent, from New Zealand when she was 20, and his father from Cyprus when he was three.[2]

Evagora grew up in Melbourne,[1] where he went to Kew High School.[3][4] His interests at school included sport, particularly boxing and Australian rules football.[2] He also took an interest in theatre, writing a play in which he took the part of Rove McManus.[3][4]

Evagora appeared to be destined for a sports career. He won a state boxing championship,[1][3] and played for Fitzroy Football Club in both Victorian Amateur Football Association and Victorian Football Association games.[3] After school he spent a year travelling around Europe with friends. Evagora then went to film school in South Melbourne.[2][3][4]

Career

While at film school Evagora was scouted[2] as a model by a company that represents models and actors,[3][4] and later moved to Sydney for his acting[2] and then to Los Angeles.[3]

Evagora played the role of Nick Taylor in the film Fantasy Island which was released in February 2020.[3][4]

Evagora has a starring role in Star Trek: Picard as Elnor, a Romulan hand-to-hand combat expert.[1] He is the first Australian to be a regular cast member in a Star Trek TV series.[3] His role quickly received a "Space Legolas" nickname from Internet users, based on similarities with the character from The Lord of the Rings films, including the name style.[5][6]

In an Australian magazine interview published in November 2019, Evagora said he would be filming in season 2 of Star Trek: Picard in 2020.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Fantasy Island Nick Taylor

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Secret City Patron Uncredited
Episode: "Broken Bird"
2020–22 Star Trek: Picard Elnor 15 episodes
2020–22 The Ready Room Himself 2 episodes
2021 Home and Away Mike Episode: "Episode 7566"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2022 The Quarry Nicholas "Nick" Furcillo Voice, motion capture and likeness

References

  1. ^ a b c d Idato, Michael (29 December 2019). "Hollywood's next generation of Aussie stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Evan Evagora – Star Trek: Picard Cast Member". CBS. CBS Interactive. 2020. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wigney, James (23 February 2020). "Melbourne actor Evan Evagora's new frontier stuns his mother". Herald Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 14 March 2020. (Subscription required.)
  4. ^ a b c d e "Evan's new frontier". Herald Sun. Melbourne. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020 – via PressReader.
  5. ^ DeCandido, Keith R.A. (14 February 2020). "Jean-Luc as St. Jude — Star Trek: Picard's 'Absolute Candor'". tor.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020. his Tolkien-ish name aided in that
  6. ^ "'The Ready Room' Breaks Down Star Trek: Picard Episode 5, 'Stardust City Rag'". CBS. 20 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ Bennett, Abby; Summers, Meg (23 November 2019). "Evan Evagora". Doingbird. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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