Actor | Writer | Director
Synthetic Human Partner Since 01-08-2008 | Click to view IMDB page
Charlie played Gene in Synthetic Human’s Drain, wrote and directed Synthetic Human Pictures’ short film I’m Voting Republican, and starred in their production of Her Special Day in 2008. Charlie recently won Best Actor at the 2010 Rebel Mayhem Film Festival for his performance as Lucas in the Synthetic Human film Contingency.
His directing credits include The Rivals, Twelfth Night, An End, a Middle, and a Beginning – Stories from Anton Chekhov, and The Curse of the Starving Class.
Charlie appeared in the world premiere of The Gratitude of Wasps at North Carolina’s DeepDish Theatre, and at PlayMakers Repertory Theater in Cyrano de Bergerac, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Richard II. On the west coast, Charlie has appeared at South Coast Repertory, P.C.P.A., The Odyssey, and L.A. Stage Company (Cloud Nine – L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle Award), and has appeared in television and film, including the movie version of Stephen King’s Christine and Sean von Lembke’s Alice.
He holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has taught for Duke University’s Talent Identification Program. For the 2007-2008 season he acted and taught improv with Arizona’s Essential Theatre Company, and appeared in a new play in Phoenix. He has written several original scripts, a short play, The Chekhov Class, and a couple of adaptations. He loves Synthetic Human. “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat.”
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FILMOGRAPHY WITH SYNTHETIC HUMAN PICTURES:
A Stray (2012) – Line Producer
Tension of Skin (2010) – Line Producer
Contingency (2010) – Lucas (actor)
Being Nigel (2010) – Writer / Co-Director
Pattern: Response (2009) – Writer / Assistant Director
Amazon Commercial (2009) – Writer / Actor
The Chekhov Class (2009) – Writer / Director / Ivan (actor)
ROMANaBOTTLE (2008) – V.P. of Quatro (actor)
Her Special Day (2008) – Cult Leader (actor)
I’m Voting Republican (2008) – Writer / Director / Producer
Common Ground (2008) – Assistant Director
¨C23C (2008) – Assistant Director
¨C24C (2007) – Gene (actor)
ADDITIONAL FILMOGRAPHY:
¨C25C (1983) – ‘Columbia Pictures Corporation’ / Shoppie (actor)
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