Charlie Carver
{{Short description|American actor (born 1988)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Charlie Carver
| image = Charlie Carver by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Carver at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
| birth_name = Charles Carver Martensen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|31}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| other names = Charles Carver
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2008–present
| father = Robert Martensen
| relatives = Max Carver (brother)
}}
Charles Carver Martensen (born July 31, 1988) is an American actor. His better known roles include Porter Scavo on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2008–2012), Ethan on the MTV television series Teen Wolf (2013–2014, 2017), Scott Frost on the first season of the HBO television series The Leftovers (2014), and as Cowboy in both The Boys in the Band on Broadway and the subsequent 2020 film of the same name.[http://entertainment-focus.com/tv/articles/interview-charlie-and-max-carver Interview with Charlie and Max Carver] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126030602/http://entertainment-focus.com/tv/articles/interview-charlie-and-max-carver |date=November 26, 2009 }} His identical twin brother Max Carver has frequently portrayed the twin of his characters.
Early life
Carver was born in San Francisco, California, on July 31, 1988. His identical twin brother, Max, was born seven minutes later on August 1. Before he began acting professionally, he was known as Charlie Martensen. His father was a physician, historian, and author Robert Martensen, and his mother, Anne Carver (b. 1952), is a philanthropist and community activist. In 1992, Anne and her new husband Denis Sutro moved the family to Calistoga in Napa Valley. Carver attended high school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, but left to attend Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan his second year. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2012. He also studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He came out as gay on Instagram in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BAakXzjLRjn/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BAakXzjLRjn |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=limited|date=January 12, 2016|author=Charlie Carver|title=Pt 1: "Be who you needed when you were younger".}}{{cbignore}}
Career
Carver made his acting debut as an eighth-grader when he played fairy trickster Puck in his school's production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
His screen debut was with his brother in the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives; they played Porter and Preston Scavo, sons to Lynette Scavo and Tom Scavo. The brothers also appeared together in season 3 of Teen Wolf on MTV as a pair of twin alpha werewolves – Charlie played Ethan Steiner, and Max played Aiden Steiner; Charlie also appeared in Season 6B of the show.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2012/11/28/teen-wolf-season-3-cast-charlie-carver-max-carver/|first=Megan|last=Masters|access-date=January 12, 2016|date=November 18, 2012|work=TVLine|title=TVLine Items: Teen Wolf AddsDesperate Twins, Nick Cannon Signs New NBC Deal and More!}} They also appeared in the first season of HBO series The Leftovers.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Leftovers-Making-All-Changes-Season-2-71083.html|access-date=January 12, 2016|date=April 12, 2015|work=Cinemablend|first=Jessica|last=Rawden|title=The Leftovers Is Making All Of These Changes For Season 2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2385415/teen-wolf-twins-max-and-charlie-carver-land-spots-in-hbo-pilot-the-leftovers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315100407/http://www.mtv.com/news/2385415/teen-wolf-twins-max-and-charlie-carver-land-spots-in-hbo-pilot-the-leftovers/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2016|access-date=January 12, 2016|date=June 27, 2013|first=Kristina|last=Lucarelli|publisher=MTV|title='Teen Wolf' Twins Max And Charlie Carver Land Spots In HBO Pilot 'The Leftovers'}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/charlie-max-carver-join-hbos-leftovers-527813/|title=Charlie & Max Carver Join HBO's 'Leftovers'|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=June 24, 2013|access-date=August 4, 2013}}
Carver has guest starred on several shows including Hawaii Five-0, and The League. His feature film roles have included Underdogs, Bad Asses, and I Am Michael.
Carver appeared in the ABC miniseries When We Rise in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-we-rise-preview_us_58335053e4b058ce7aac66cc/ |title=Here's A Look At 'When We Rise,' ABC's New LGBTQ Rights Miniseries |newspaper=HuffPost |date=November 21, 2016 |last1=Wong |first1=Curtis M. }} The production traced the history of the LGBTQ rights movement, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969. Carver himself came out as gay in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/charlie-carver-gay-teen-wolf-87040 |title=Teen Wolf' Actor Charlie Carver Comes Out as Gay in Touching Post on Instagram, intouchweekly.com, January 12, 2016 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409213735/http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/charlie-carver-gay-teen-wolf-87040 |url-status=dead }} Carver made his Broadway debut as Cowboy in the 2018 revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band and reprised the role in the 2020 film of the same name, alongside fellow actors Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Robin de Jesús, Tuc Watkins and Michael Benjamin Washington.{{cite news |last=Clement |first=Olivia |url= http://www.playbill.com/article/the-leftovers-charlie-carver-joins-matt-bomer-andrew-rannells-and-more-for-broadways-the-boys-in-the-band |title=The Leftovers Charlie Carver Joins Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, and More for Broadway's The Boys in the Band |work=Playbill |date=December 15, 2017 |access-date=June 1, 2018}}
Carver starred in the Netflix drama series Ratched, which was released in September 2020. In 2022, Carver starred in American Horror Story: NYC. In addition to the lead role, he also co-wrote four episodes of the season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratched-sharon-stone-cynthia-nixon-10-cast-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-sarah-paulson-1202535205/|title='Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series
|author=Denise Petski|work=Deadline|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2019}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2013
| John Handon III | As Charles Carver{{cite web|url=http://www.ohio.com/news/local/underdogs-movie-to-shoot-in-north-canton-1.316957|title='Underdogs' movie to shoot in North Canton - Local |publisher=ohio.com|access-date=January 12, 2016|first=Rich|last=Heldenfels|date=June 27, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ohio.com/news/north-canton-movie-underdogs-getting-extended-local-run-1.420943|title=North Canton movie 'Underdogs' getting extended local run |publisher=ohio.com|access-date=January 12, 2016|date=August 13, 2013|first=Rich|last=Heldenfels}} |
| 2014
| Eric | Also known as Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses |
| 2015
| Tyler |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Nathaniel | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream
| Snout | |
| 2018
| Jude | |
| 2020
| Cowboy | |
| 2022
| The Twin | |
=Television=
=Stage=
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist(s) ! Role |
|---|
| 2016
| The Black Eyed Peas featuring The World | Himself |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| "Bad Habit" | rowspan="2"|Ben Platt | rowspan="2"|Boyfriend |
| "Ease My Mind" |
Awards and nominations
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3083350}}
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Identical twin male actors