In 2011 Lee embarked on a 67 arena date tour, which included a staggering six nights at both the O2 and Wembley Arenas, played to a sell-out 600,000 people across 16 arena stages throughout the UK and Ireland. First day sales saw an amazing 227,424 tickets sold and firmly established Roadrunner as the fastest and biggest day one selling UK comedy tour of all time.
The release of Roadrunner in 2011 was groundbreaking as the first ever 3D stand-up comedy DVD. His previous DVD release in 2008 'Big -- Live At the 02' broke all previous stand-up DVD sales records when it sold a staggering 259,399 during its first week and became the biggest week one release for a non film DVD of all time -- a record it still holds today!
In September 2011 Lee's autobiography The Life Of Lee was released becoming a number one bestseller and making the top 30 bestselling books of 2011.
Lee Evans has won many accolades in the comedy world including 'Special Contribution To Comedy' Award at The British Comedy Awards 2011, the highly coveted 'Perrier Award' and the Time Out Award for Comedy. He has experienced huge success as an international film star in The Martins (2001), There's Something About Mary (1998), The Fifth Element (1997), Mouse Hunt (1998)and Funny Bones(1995). In addition to his film work, Lee has also appeared on BBC ONE in his own sitcom series Lee Evans- So What Now?and appeared in the 2009 Doctor WhoEaster special (BBC ONE), where he played an evil Welsh scientist, again to much critical acclaim.
