Chris Evans says he's bracing for playful harassment from his friends, but knows his mom will love it. "She’s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about"

He born in Boston, USA, in 1981.He played lead role in the captain America : The first Avenger and The Avengers series movies.

Regardless, his mom Lisa is delighted by the news. "I am not surprised at all," she tells PEOPLE. "Our family will be beside themselves."

If you were to tell a middle school-aged Chris Evans that he would one day be named PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, "he'd be pumped!" the star tells the magazine in this week's cover story. "

"This whole thing is tough to be interviewed about," he says with a laugh. "It feels like a weird form of humble bragging."

"That's absolutely something I want," he says. Just don't expect him to talk much about that when it happens: "Some things you want just for you, or just for my family and my friends."

"The most enjoyable aspect of my career right now is feeling secure enough to take my foot off the gas," he says.

"He say's the sexiest thing about Boston... maybe our universities. We've got a lot of good schools. Let's give education a plug, that's damn sexy."

This year alone, he starred in Pixar's Lightyear, Netflix's Gray Man and filmed three new movies, including 2023's Ghosted for AppleTV+