V A N T A S T I C - The Van Hansis Fanlisting

Biography

Evan Vanfossen Hansis (born September 25, 1981) is an Emmy nominated American actor. Hansis, who uses the name Van professionally, currently stars on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Luke Snyder, the son of one of the show's signature supercouples, Holden and Lily Snyder (played by Jon Hensley and Martha Byrne) - although his biological father is Damian Grimaldi. He made his first appearance on December 14, 2005, taking over the role from Jake Weary. Shortly after taking over the role of Luke, the character came out as a gay man in a storyline in spring 2006.

Hansis received a BFA in Acting from the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004.

He has traveled extensively, having studied theatre in Moscow during his time at Carnegie Mellon. He also visited various countries in Latin America as a child.

He has worked professionally at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, in productions of On the Razzle, Twelfth Night, and The Indian Wants the Bronx. Prior to joining ATWT, Hansis also starred in the Broadway play, The Laramie Project. Currently he can be seen in the Off-Broadway play, Die Mommie Die! at New World Stages in NYC, balancing his time between the play and ATWT. The play runs through February.

He is originally from Greenfield, MA but currently lives in New York.

Edited from Wikipedia.