Happy Birthday! Evan Peters Turns 30 Years Old Today

01/20/2017 09:54 pm EST

Evan Peters is an American actor, who has appeared in a variety or horror, science fiction, and superhero TV shows and movies.

For comic book fans, Peters is best known for his role as Todd Haynes in Kick-Ass and Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse. While Peters didn't have a lot of screen time in X-Men: Days of Future Past, his big scene was widely considered one of the best scenes in the movie. The fan reaction he received subsequently got the actor more time in X-Men: Apocalypse.

In addition to his movie roles, Peters is also a popular television actor. Peters has played various roles in American Horror Story, including James March, Jimmy Darling, Kyle Spencer, Kit Walker, Tate Langdon, and most recently in American Horror Story: Roanoke Nightmare he played Edward Phillipe Mott and Rory Monahan. He also played Jesse Varon in Invasion and Jack Daniels in One Tree Hill, and guested on episodes of The Office, The Mentalist, In Plain Sight, The Ghost Whisperer, and Criminal Minds. American Horror Story was also renewed for another season, so he will most likely return as well.

Back on the movie front, Peters has also starred in The Lazarus Effect, Safelight, and Elvis & Nixon. He's got the upcoming Bart Layton directed American Animals coming later this year, and is also starring in Dabka alongside Al Pacino, Melanie Griffith, and Barkhad Abdi. Dabka is slated for release in 2017 as well.

Evan Peters was born on January 20, 1987 in St. Louis, Missouri. He turns 30 years old today.

Happy Birthday, Evan Peters!

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