Evan Williams

Evan Martin Williams is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles on Degrassi: The Next Generation, Awkward and Versailles.

Williams was born in Swan Hills, Alberta, but raised in Calgary, Alberta.

He is a graduate of Henry Wise Wood Senior High School, and studied theatre at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).

He joined the Summerstock Conservatory, where he received the Phyllis Pope Award for Best Performance for playing the Rabbi in Fiddler on the Roof in 2004, before moving to Toronto to begin his film and television career.

Williams' first major role was Kelly Ashoona in Degrassi: The Next Generation.

His other notable television roles are Baxter McNab in Baxter, Luke in Awkward and Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine in Versailles, a role that gained him a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series.

Williams has worked with the charity buildOn to help build schools in impoverished areas, as well as with Free the Children in Ecuador and India.