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Gareth Evans profile
Actor

Gareth Evans

Directing

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Acting credits

3

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.9

Low visibility

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Movies: 11Series: 2Crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 142013

IMDb ID: nm2153088

Known for: Directing

Born: April 6, 1980

Age: 45

Place of birth: Hirwaun, Cynon Valley, Wales

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2025

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.75

Wikidata: Q4207234

Also known as

Gareth Huw Evans

Other jobs

Director (6)Writer (2)Editor (1)Executive Producer (1)Production Sound Mixer (1)

Biography

Gareth Huw Evans (born April 6, 1980) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor, and action choreographer. He is best known for the Indonesian action crime films Merantau (2009), The Raid (2011), and The Raid 2 (2014), and for bringing the Indonesian martial art of pencak silat into world cinema through these films.  He is also known for co-creating, co-writing, co-directing, and executive producing the Sky Atlantic/AMC action crime drama television series Gangs of London(2020–present) alongside Matt Flannery, based on the 2006 video game of the same name.

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