Birthplace: Asmara, Ethiopia
Occupation: Actor
High school: in Towson, Maryland
College: Graduated from Tulane University
Stage credits: Include Sparky in Forever Plaid, Gene Daly in The Daly News, Chip in On The Town, Phil in Boy's Life, Will in Some Enchanted Evening, and "The Boy" of the off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. (the cast of "the fantasticks")
Television credits: Include Steve on "Guiding Light," and providing voices for MTV's "Daria" and "Celebrity Death Match (for the Backstreet Boys)." Also several national commercials.
Interesting facts: Evan was on tour with the "Backstreet Boys of Russia," Na-Na, in 1997
Current role: As Jerry O'Keefe from 2gether
What's coming up: Evan has a small part in the upcoming film "Shaft," featuring Samuel Jackson, which will be in the theaters on July 4, 2000.
brief biography written by Evan himself
"Ok, so here's a brief history... I was born in Asmara Ethiopia (my dad went to VMI and served his four years there instead of Vietnam) I went to High school in Towson Maryland and College at Tulane. The Fantasticks Bio covers some of the work I've done but some points of interest are that I did the voices of the Backstreet boys on Celebrity Death Match, and toured with the "Backstreet Boys of Russia" in `97 in Russia's most sucessful band to date called Na-Na. I just finished a small part in the re-make of the Film "Shaft" with Samuel Jackson due out on July 4th (don't blink or you'll miss me in the opening scene!) I'm not sure if you knew this as well, but track 7 of the 2gether album I actually wrote with Nigel (using some of the Gunn cousins lyrics - they wrote the movie) which is the song I sing at the beginning of the movie when I get "discovered" by Bob Buss. OK, I think that's more than one person should ever mention about themselves at one time..... but since I can't send any pictures, I hoped that would suffice."
Jerry O'Keefe/Evan Farmer Evan was a onetime member of Na-Na, Russia's version of the Backstreet Boys, and would perform in front of 50,000 people a night before eventually returning to America to become an actor. He was filming a part in the upcoming Shaft remake when MTV called about joining the band. He screen-tested via satellite, and won the part within hours. "My character is the one in the band who confronts the serious issues," says Evan. "He's sort of like the dramatic backdrop for the show's comic themes."
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