Education
Tulane University.
Tulane University.
Farmer moved to New York City after graduating Cum Laude from Tulane University in 1995 to get started in the entertainment business. He is known for his role in Music Television"s film and series 2ge+her on which he portrayed "Heart-throb" Jerry O"keefe. His several visits with 2ge+her as performer on MTVs, TRL, eventually led to him being asked to substitute host the show when Carson Daly needed time official
He is also known for a stint on the United States. soap opera Guiding Light, and for his three seasons as host of While You Were Out on The Learning Channel.
He has also hosted several television shows on cable networks such as TLC, HGTV, DIY, WE, and Video Hits One. He was known for voice-overs for various projects before 2ge+her, including Daria and Celebrity Deathmatch.
Farmer co-wrote "You"re My Baby Girl" for 2ge+her"s first album, and in 2000 joined them as opening act on Britney Spears"s summer tour. He has also appeared in minor roles in movies such as Shaft Returns, Austin Powers in Goldmember (as the teenage version of Robert Wagner and Rob Lowe"s "Number Two").
In late 2001 Evan recorded and released his self-titled solo album to very little fanfare and it faded into obscurity.
In 2002, he and architect Tom Granthem started Renovolution, which renovates single-family homes and puts his strong interest and background in carpentry to good use. He is actively involved in many charities, most notably Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The Michael Cuccione Foundation, Rebuilding Together, and Bras Foreign a Cause. He responded to the Pacific Tsunami Disaster with a $10,000 donation to the Unicef Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund.
During the final season of While You Were Out he shaved his head as a show of support for his mother, who was then battling ovarian cancer.
In 2010, Farmer began hosting CMT"s weekly show, Top 20 Countdown for which he is also a producer, replacing Lance Smith, who held the job for eight years. In 2010, Farmer completed Five Episodes as Host of a brand new series for the DIY Network, titled "Door Knockers" which aired in 2011.
In addition to his job hosting CMT"s Top 20 Countdown, in 2012, Farmer filmed two television pilots as Host. The first for A&East titled Dance Marathon and the second for CMT titled CMT"s Dance Revolution.
As an Author, Farmer"s first book Breaking In: The Formula Foreign Success In Entertainment was released March 15, 2012 and features a Foreword by Kristin Chenoweth.