Steve Evets (born Steven Murphy; 26 July 1959) is an English actor and musician, who found fame in the leading role in the 2009 film '' Looking for Eric''.

Personal life

Born in

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, Lancashire, Evets joined the Merchant Navy after leaving school, but was kicked out after three years, after jumping ship twice in Japan and spending his eighteenth birthday in a

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'', 6 June 2009. In 1987 Evets was injured in a pub brawl and spent time on a life support machine. He was stabbed through the liver, lung and

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''. Retrieved 19 July 2010. Evets briefly worked delivering pipes alongside his acting career, and as an electrician. As there was already a Steve Murphy on the books of Equity, he decided on the palindromic stage name Steve Evets, "The first thing that popped into my head was 'Steve' backwards ... so I put that on the form."

Career

Evets's early acting work included a street theatre company formed with two friends. He moved into theatre work, and had small roles in several television series such as '' See No Evil: The Moors Murders'', '' Casualty'', ''

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'', '' The Cops'', '' Shameless'', and ''

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'', 4 July 2008. In between acting roles, he worked under the name Adolph Chip-pan, performing political comedy poetry in Manchester. He also worked as a musician, and was introduced to Mark E. Smith of the Fall in the mid-1990s, leading to Evets performing his poetry at some Fall gigs. When Smith found that Evets could play bass guitar, he was drafted into the band in Turkey after previous bassist Jim Watts had been sacked. Evets played in The Fall between 2000 and 2002, before leaving to front his own band, Dr Freak's Padded Cell, which he described as "electronic dance music with sort of very political overtones", even getting Smith to provide guest vocals on one track; Evets made a video for the track and posted it on YouTube, much to the dislike of Smith, ending their friendship. His first major film role came in 2008, playing a terminally-ill alcoholic who uses a wheelchair opposite

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's 2009 film, '' Looking for Eric''.Romney, Jonathan (2009
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'', 22 May 2009. In 2010 to 2014, he appeared as the homeless congregation member Colin in the acclaimed TV series ''

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''. He played Morty in Vertigo Films' 2012 low-budget horror film ''The Facility'' (originally titled ''Guinea Pigs'') directed by Ian Clark. He starred in a music video for Salford-based band Emperor Zero's 2011 song "Man with Red Eyes".Evets on YouTube
Retrieved 9 September 2014. Steve Evets appeared in the first three episodes of the first series of

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zombie drama '' In the Flesh'', but did not return for series 2 due to his character's death. In 2015, Evets appeared as Jim Smith in the

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series '' Death in Paradise'' episode 4.5 and he also appeared as Bertrand in the BBC TV series ''

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'' episode 2.5 "The Return". In February 2016, he appeared in the

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drama series '' Moving On''. From 2019 Steve joined the brilliant cast of '' Brassic'' (Sky TV) as a foul mouthed Farmer called Jim. There are currently 4 seasons of Brassic with the fifth being filmed in 2022.

Filmography

References

External links

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