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Lee Latchford Evans Profile |
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Birth Date: January 28, 1975
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Birth Place: Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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Birth Name: Lee Latchford Evans
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Lee Latchford-Evans (born 28 January 1975) is an English Pop
singer.
He was born on 28 January 1975 in Chester, England as Lee
Evans with his middle name Latchford from the surname of
footballer Bob Latchford as his father was a life-long
Everton fan. At the point he started performing the
eponymous comedian Lee Evans was well known, and so the
Latchford name came into play and he was known as Lee
Latchford for a short time. Before long it changed to Lee
Latchford-Evans.
He studied musical theatre at Laine Theatre Arts. In 1997,
he became a member of the pop group Steps; they went on to
sell 14 consecutive Top 5 singles (a feat for a British act,
at the time bettered only by the Beatles), sold more than 12
million albums and announced their split on Boxing Day 2001.
In the same year as the Steps split, he appeared naked in
the magazine Attitude.
He has also appeared in the stage production of Grease in
London's West End playing 'Teen Angel'. It is rumoured that
he was cast in the role without the producers actually
hearing him sing. His vocals with Steps were often bass
harmonies or spoken dialogue. He is currently the lead
singer of a rock band called The Latch, along with
guitarist/songwriter Simon J. Pinto. The band release their
debut single "Miracle" on October 29, 2007 on Lair records.
Since the split, Lee has appeared in the reality television
shows The Games, Fear Factor, and I'm Famous and
Frightened!. In 2006, Lee appeared in a new reality show on
MTV called "Totally Boyband". This show was from the same
creators as the show "Totally Scott-Lee", which featured his
ex-bandmate Lisa Scott-Lee and her family.
Lee later parted company with the MTV show, Totally Boyband.
Lee was dismissed by the other band members. He only
featured in four episodes of the reality programme and was
not involved in recording their single. Other members of the
band include Dane Bowers (Another Level), Bradley McIntosh
(from S Club 7), Jimmy Constable (from 90s boyband 911) and
Danny Wood (New Kids on the Block).
In 2000, Latchford-Evans was criticized by the Anti Fascist
Action organisation for making allegedly xenophobic remarks
against asylum seekers along with fellow Steps member Claire
Richards. He stated that "there should be more jobs for
English people" with Richards continuing, "Why are we paying
for all these people to come into the country anyway?". All
accusations were vehemently denied by both Latchford-Evans
and Richards.
He will be appearing in the Modern Life? action thriller Ten
Dead Men produced by Phil Hobden, directed by Ross Boyask
and starring Pooja Shah, Brendan Carr and Terry Stone. He
has also completed filming of upcoming Britflick Cash and
Curry playing villain Casper Warrington-Boothe.
Latchford-Evans will be doing a U.K. tour with Steps in
2008, but without bandmate Ian "H" Watkins. |
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Other Information |
Was a member of the successful British pop group Steps.
Was originally scouted to play for Wimbledon Football Club.
His favourite cartoon is South Park.
Starred as Teen Angel in the London West End production of
Grease. |
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since July 3, 2008