Charlie Barnett (actor)

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Charlie Barnett
Born (1988-02-04) February 4, 1988 (age 36)
Sarasota, Florida, U.S. [1]
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Charlie Barnett (born February 4, 1988) [2] is an American actor. He is known for starring as firefighter/paramedic Peter Mills on the NBC drama Chicago Fire from 2012 to 2015 [3] and Yord Fandar in The Acolyte on Disney+. Among his other starring roles are Alan Zaveri on the Netflix comedy series Russian Doll , Ben Marshall on the Netflix series Tales of the City , and Gabe Miranda in the Netflix thriller series You . [4]

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Early life and education

Barnett and his sister were adopted by Bob and Danee Barnett. [5] [6] His adoptive mother is from Utah and is of Swedish descent, [7] [8] [9] while his adoptive father is a boat builder from Minnesota. [10] [6] He was raised on a sailboat near Longboat Key in Florida until he was seven. [11] He discovered theatre when he was six years old and performed in many operas and musicals with the Sarasota Youth Opera. [12] [11] Barnett is a graduate of Booker High School. [12] [5] He participated in the Carnegie Mellon Musical Theater Summer Program. After high school, Barnett attended the Juilliard School, where he graduated from the drama program class of 2010. [12] [13]

Career

For three seasons, from 2012 to 2015, Barnett starred as Peter Mills in the NBC action-drama television series Chicago Fire . [14]

In 2017, he was cast in the role of Ian Porter on The CW series Valor . [15]

In 2018, he was cast in the leading role of Alan Zaveri on the Netflix series Russian Doll . [16] [17] [18] In the same year, Barnett was cast in the main role of Ben Marshall on the Netflix miniseries, Tales of the City . [19] [20]

In 2019, he was cast in the recurring role of Gabe Miranda on the second season of the Netflix thriller You . [21] [22] In July 2019, Barnett joined Arrow for its eighth and final season, portraying John Diggle, Jr. [23] [5] His role was announced at a Comic-Con panel. [24]

Personal life

Barnett realized he was gay at the age of 13. [25] He enjoys sailing, playing Ms. Pac-Man , classic cars, and is a fan of the White Sox and Chicago Bears. [10] He has struggled with alcohol addiction. [26]

While pursuing his career, Barnett has lived in New York City, Salt Lake City, and Chicago. [27] During filming for Chicago Fire, Barnett lived with co-stars Joe Minoso and Yuri Sardarov. [10] He currently resides in Los Angeles. [28]

Awards

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Circus IslandBilly Robarts
2011 Private Romeo Ken Lee / Prince Escalus
2012 Gayby Daniel
Men in Black 3 Air Force MP No. 2
2013 The Happy Sad Aaron [30]
2020 The Stand In Simon
2022We Are Gathered Here TodayMax Stone
2024 Dreams in Nightmares [31] Reece

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Chuck MillsEpisode: "Gray"
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dr. Sam HarrisEpisode: "Cadaver"
2012–2015 Chicago Fire Peter MillsMain cast: 66 episodes/guest star: 4 episodes
2013ApexTimEpisode: "Pilot"
2016 Code Black Brian GodardEpisode: "Life & Limb"
Secrets and Lies Patrick WarnerMain cast
2017 Orange Is the New Black Wes DriscollEpisode: "The Reverse Midas Touch"
2017–2018 Valor Ian PorterMain cast
2019 Tales of the City Ben MarshallMain cast
Arrow John Diggle, Jr. Recurring role (Season 8); 4 episodes
You Gabe MirandaRecurring role (Season 2)
2019–2022 Russian Doll Alan ZaveriMain cast
2021 Special HarrisonRecurring role
Ordinary Joe [32] Eric PayneMain cast
2024 The Acolyte Yord FandarMain cast

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