Biography
Starting out as a 10-year-old stand-up comic, the Baltimore-born Charles burst out of the Hollywood gate as the lovestruck schoolboy Knox Overstreet, one of Robin Williams' "Dead Poets Society" (1989). He co-starred with Christina Applegate in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" (1991) and as a closeted college student, he charmingly romanced both Stephen Baldwin and Lara Flynn Boyle in "Threesome" (1994). A certain type of fan adored the …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series | |
2009 | Cast as Will Gardner, a colleague-turned-lover of Julianna Margulies' character on the CBS drama "The Good Wife" | |
2008 | Played a man seeking couples' therapy with his wife on the HBO drama series "In Treatment" | |
2007 | Joined cast of the short-lived ABC series "Six Degrees" | |
2006 | Created the role of Mark for Richard Greenberg's "The Well-Appointed Room" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago | |
2005 | Cast as a detective in John Singleton's "Four Brothers" | |
2004 | Appeared on the New York stage in a revival of Neil LaBute's "The Distance From Here" | |
2004 | Cast opposite Jay Mohr in the comedy "Seeing Other People" | |
2003 | Joined forces with Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell in the big-budget action feature "S.W.A.T." | |
1998 | Cast in the leading role of sports anchor Dan Rydell on ABC's "Sports Night" | |
1998 | Played a neurotic New Yorker who travels to Savannah to meet his girlfriend's family in "Meeting Daddy" | |
1996 | Acted opposite Ashley Judd in the HBO biopic "Norma Jean & Marilyn" | |
1994 | Portrayed the sexually-confused college roommate of Stephen Baldwin and Lara Flynn Boyle in "Threesome" | |
1993 | Appeared in the TV-movie "Cooperstown" (TNT), starring Alan Arkin and Graham Greene | |
1991 | First romantic lead, "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" | |
1990 | Made TV acting debut as civil rights worker Andrew Goodman in the NBC docudrama "Murder in Mississippi" | |
1989 | Played Jay in the stage production of "The Dance Lesson" at Long Wharf Theatre in Connecticut | |
1989 | Cast in a memorable role as Knox Overstreet in "Dead Poets Society" | |
1988 | Made feature acting debut in John Waters' "Hairspray" | |
| Acted in local summer stock productions | ||
| Studied acting at the Stagedoor Manor in New York's Catskill Mountains | ||
1979 | Began performing stand-up comedy by age eight | |
| Raised in Baltimore, MD | ||
Awards
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Good Wife |
2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in The Good Wife |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Good Wife |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Sports Night |