Jeffrey Dahmer Isn't the First Serial Killer Evan Peters Has Played
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If you didn't know who Evan Peters was before the mini-series Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story premiered, you sure do now. Netflix's second-biggest series ever turned Evan into an overnight success for those people who weren't already fans of his work on various seasons of American Horror Story.
The Emmy-winning actor does creepy really, really well, but he is so much more than his murderous roles. Below are all kinds of fun, strange, and interesting facts about the Missouri native.
He used to play goofy roles
Now, Evan is known for playing wicked characters, such as Jeffrey Dahmer and villains on American Horror Story, but before that, he started out playing silly characters, such as Seth Wosmer on Disney Channel's Phil of the Future.
He also played Russell in the 2004 movie Sleepover. He was a clumsy skateboarder who, in one scene, raided a girl's dresser drawer and proudly held up one of her bras.
He accidentally flashed one of his co-stars
Evan shared on Conan in 2016 that while filming American Horror Story: Asylum, he accidentally showed his testicles to co-star Jessica Lange during an entire take of a scene. He realized he did not apply the "c*ck sock" correctly, only covering part of his privates. Whoops!
"I basically am leaned over Jessica Lange's desk in a hospital gown, bare-assed," he told Conan O'Brien. "We did the scene and afterwards Sarah [Paulson, another co-star] comes up to me, kisses me on the cheek, and was like, 'Aw, sweetheart. It's OK.'" Confused, Evan then learned what happened: "I look over and Ms. Lange's telling the PA that, apparently, my balls were in her face the whole shot."
He once humped a TV camera in front of a live audience
Also during an interview on Conan, Evan talked about his character on American Horror Story: Cult humping the TV, so he went and demonstrated his ~skills~ on one of Conan O'Brien's TV cameras. The battery ended up falling out of his microphone, thanks to his gyrations.
He used to date one of his American Horror Story co-stars
Evan dated Emma Roberts on and off again for seven years. Per People, their relationship had many ups and downs, including an alleged domestic violence incident, with Emma reportedly getting arrested. "It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding," Emma and Evan's reps told People back in 2013. "Ms. Roberts was released after questioning and the couple are working together to move past it."
In 2014, Evan and Emma got engaged, but they called off their engagement in 2015. They ended their relationship for good in 2019.
He used to date Halsey
Evan dated the singer from 2019 to 2020, and, as of this writing, Halsey appears to have been his last public relationship.
He currently seems to be single
In September 2022, Elle Australia reported that Evan "hasn't been photographed with anyone this year," and "appears" to be single.
He's related to actor Tom Welling
According to both Evan's IMDb page and The Things, Evan is distant cousins with Smallville and Cheaper By the Dozen star Tom Welling.
He played a serial killer before playing Jeffery Dahmer
Although you know him as the title role on Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Evan's American Horror Story: Hotel character, James March, was based on America's first serial killer, H.H. Holmes.
He guest-starred on Criminal Minds
Evan appeared on a season 5 episode as a kidnapped kid who was miraculously reunited with his family several years after his abduction.
He has a tattoo he regrets
In a 2015 video interview for Nylon Magazine, Evan shared he has a tattoo that says "Mom" on his arm and a thumbs up on his hand. The latter was "the stamp that got [him] into the W hotel." He regrets it because it has to be covered by makeup when he works and he constantly has to explain to people that it's not a current club stamp.
He did commercials when he first started out
Besides being in a Progressive commercial, Evan also did ads for Sour Patch Kids, PlayStation, Corn Pops, and more. In an interview with W Magazine, Evan said, "They don’t give you anything. I thought I was gonna get Sour Patch Kids, I thought I was gonna get a PlayStation. I didn’t get anything, but I did like it. I thought they were fun."
He came to L.A. because he wanted to meet Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
In that same interview with W Magazine, Evan shared his cinematic crush growing up was the Olsen twins. "Yeah, they kind of got me out to L.A. in a way, because I was like, 'I gotta meet ’em!'"
He went to high school with Blake Lively
Speaking to James Franco for an article in Hero Magazine in 2016, Evan shared he and the Gossip Girl star went to Burbank High School together. When James asked Evan for more details, he said, "She definitely was there, I’m just trying to figure out if she was in my grade or not. And also if she was acting or not. I don’t remember if she was acting during high school. Then years later Blake Lively is blowing up and it was a shock."
He is an Aquarius
Evan was born on January 20, 1987. He'll turn 36 in 2023.
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