Charlie Barnett (actor)

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Charlie Barnett
Born (1988-02-04) February 4, 1988 (age 35)
Sarasota, Florida, U.S. [1]
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Charlie Barnett (born February 4, 1988) [2] is an American actor who starred as Peter Mills, a firefighter/paramedic on the NBC drama Chicago Fire from 2012 to 2015. [3] [4] 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 . [5]

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Early life and education

Barnett and his sister were adopted by Bob and Danee Barnett. [6] [7] His adoptive mother is from Utah and is of Swedish descent, [8] [9] [10] while his adoptive father is a boat builder from Minnesota. [11] [7] He was raised on a sailboat near Longboat Key in Florida until he was seven. [3] [12] He discovered theatre when he was six years old and performed in many operas and musicals with the Sarasota Youth Opera. [13] [12] Barnett is a graduate of Booker High School. [13] [6] 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. [13] [14]

Career

For three seasons, from 2012 to 2015, Barnett starred as Peter Mills in the NBC action-drama television series Chicago Fire . [15]

In 2017, he was cast in the role of Ian Porter on The CW series Valor . [16]

In 2018, he was cast in the leading role of Alan Zaveri on the Netflix series Russian Doll . [17] [18] [19] In the same year, Barnett was cast in the main role of Ben Marshall on the Netflix miniseries, Tales of the City . [20] [21]

In 2019, he was cast in the recurring role of Gabe Miranda on the second season of the Netflix thriller You . [22] [23] In July 2019, Barnett joined Arrow for its eighth and final season, portraying John Diggle, Jr. [24] [6] His role was announced at a Comic-Con panel. [25]

Personal life

Barnett realized he was gay at the age of 13. [26]

He has struggled with alcohol addiction. [27]

While pursuing his career, Barnett has lived in New York City, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Chicago. [28] He currently resides in Los Angeles. [29]

Barnett is a graduate of the Juilliard School drama program, class of 2010. [13] [14]

He enjoys sailing, playing Ms. Pac-Man, and classic cars. [3]

During filming for Chicago Fire, Barnett lived with co-stars Joe Minoso and Yuri Sardarov. [11]

He is a White Sox and Chicago Bears fan. [11]

Awards

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Circus IslandBilly Robarts
2011 Private Romeo Ken Lee / Prince Escalus
2012 Gayby [3] Daniel
2012 Men in Black 3 Air Force MP #2
2013 The Happy Sad Aaron [31]
2020 The Stand In Simon
2022We Are Gathered Here TodayMax Stone

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [3] Chuck MillsEpisode: "Gray"
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent [3] Dr. Sam HarrisEpisode: "Cadaver"
2013ApexTimEpisode: "Pilot"
2012–2015 Chicago Fire Peter MillsMain cast: 66 episodes/guest star: 4 episodes
2016 Code Black Brian GodardEpisode: "Life & Limb"
2016 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–present Russian Doll Alan ZaveriMain 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)
2021 Special HarrisonRecurring role
2021 Ordinary Joe [32] Eric PayneMain cast
2024 The Acolyte TBAPost-production

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