Luke Evans was born to Yvonne and David Evans on April 15, 1979, in Aberbargoed, a small town in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales. He was an only child. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Cardiff, where he studied under the supervision of Louise Ryan, an established singing coach. In 1997, he won a scholarship to The London Studio Centre in Kings Cross, London. He graduated in 2000.