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Evan Peters
Peters at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Evan Thomas Peters (1987-01-20) January 20, 1987 (age 37) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Partner	Emma Roberts (2012-present)

Evan Thomas Peters (born January 20, 1987) is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles on the FX television anthology series American Horror Story.

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Peters was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Julie and Phil Peters, a vice president of administration for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Peters grew up in Ballwin, Missouri.^[1] He was brought up a Roman Catholic .^[2]

On only his second audition, Peters was chosen by producer Michael Picchiottino for the role of Adam in Clipping Adam. The role earned him a Screen Actors Guild Emerging Actor award at the St. Louis International Film Festival, Jury Award-Best Actor at the Eclipse Film Festival in St. George, Utah, Best Young Actor at the Down Under International Film Festival in Darwin, Australia, and Best Breakthrough Performance at the Phoenix Film Festival.

Initially, Peters mostly landed TV commercial spots, including Sony PlayStation, Progressive Insurance, Moviefone, Sour Patch Kids, Papa John's Pizza, and Kellogg. Peters would audition and continue to land promising rolls in MGM's Sleepover, Disney Channel's Phil of the Future and a starring role in the ABC series The Days. Peters also landed a role in the ensemble cast of ABC's sci-fi thriller series Invasion. He also had supporting roles in films such as Gardens of the Night, An American Crime, Kick-Ass and Never Back Down and its sequel The Beatdown, and guest starring roles on The Mentalist, House, Monk, The Office, In Plain Sight, and Parenthood. He has also starred in several theater plays, including playing Fagin in a production of Oliver Twist at the Met Theater.

Peters' breakthrough role was that of the teenage sociopathic murderer Tate Langdon in the hit FX series American Horror Story's first season, entitled Murder House. He also starred in the second season, Asylum, as Kit Walker, a man who was wrongly accused of killing his wife. He stars as frat boy Kyle in Season 3 of American Horror Story, titled Coven.

Peters will next be seen as Quicksilver in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past.^[3]

Peters is dating Emma Roberts. In July 2013, Roberts was arrested for domestic violence against Peters. She was released hours later, as Peters decided not to press charges.^[4][5]

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