Biographie
Evans was born in Manchester, Jamaica on 15 November 1952 and moved to Leicester in the UK in 1961. Evans found fame on the British breakfast television broadcaster GMTV in the early 1990s as Mr. Motivator, promoting health and fitness as a way of life. He performed fitness routines live on-air in highly-colored outfits, which quickly became his trademark. His appearances on GMTV led to Evans becoming (as Mr Motivator) one of the most famous fitness instructors in the UK, a position he still holds today.
Evans' popularity on GMTV led to the release of a number of fitness videos including Mr. Motivator's 10 Minute BLTs, Mr. Motivator's 10 Minute Workouts, Body Conditioner: Shot in Barbados, BLT2: Shot in Australia, and Bums Legs & Tums. He still holds the record for most fitness DVD sales in the UK ever.
After leaving GMTV, Derrick Evans continued to release fitness videos, as well as making personal appearances, comparing sales conferences, instructing team building exercises, and motivational talks for companies and organizations. In his personal appearance work, he is famous for his catchphrases 'Be happy!' , 'Get wicked!', 'Everybody say yeah!' and 'everybody say HUH!'.
At the beginning of 2007 Evans made a comeback to TV, advertising with his all new BLT workout. The exercise video focuses on the bums, legs and Tums areas, and combines dance steps and original music. The video was shot in Jamaica.
In 2008, Derrick Evans begun to make more and more appearances, particularly in the UK, including a special club night at Jesters Nightclub (part of the Clowns Winebar and Jesters Nightclub complex), in Southampton, famous with the students from the University of Southampton. He has also recently visited Nottingham Trent University as part of a club night held in the university's Student Union building.
On 4 December 2008 it was announced that Evans would be returning to GMTV in 2009 as part of their new keep-fit campaign. This news led to Evans meeting the former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in promotion of the NHS Change4Life campaign. Evans will also soon be releasing his autobiography, which will chronicle his story of growing up in Jamaica, rising to stardom on British television, and beyond.
