Charlie Shotwell

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Charlie Shotwell
Born (2007-07-17) July 17, 2007 (age 17)
Madison, Wisconsin U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Charlie Shotwell (born July 17, 2007) is an American actor. He started acting professionally at the age of six. His first notable role being the young Nai Cash in the 2016 comedy-drama film Captain Fantastic for which he received nominations for SAG Awards and Young Artist Awards. [1] [2] He was lead of the Netflix horror film Eli and the coming-of-age psychological thriller John and the Hole , and appeared in the comedy film Troop Zero .

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Life and career

Shotwell was born in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2015, Shotwell made his acting debut with the war-drama Man Down , playing the son of Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara's character; Dito Montiel directed the film. [3] He then starred as the youngest member of a survivalist left-wing philosophers' family in the Matt Ross directed comedy-drama Captain Fantastic . [4] In 2017, Shotwell played the young Brian Walls in the Destin Daniel Cretton drama The Glass Castle . [5] Later, he appeared in the Tali Shalom Ezer romance-drama My Days of Mercy . [6] Soon after, Shotwell guest-starred in the episode "Lily's Law" of the tv-series Chicago Justice . Shotwell soon gained further recognition as a young John Paul Getty III in the 2017 Ridley Scott thriller All the Money in the World . [7] Then in 2018, he performed as an English convict in the drama-thriller The Nightingale . [8]

In 2019, Shotwell starred in the title role of the Netflix horror film Eli , [9] directed by Ciarán Foy. Also that year, he played Joseph in the Amazon Studios comedy film Troop Zero , about 1970s girl scouts. [10] In 2020 appears in family-thriller The Nest , playing Benjamin O'Hara, directed by Sean Durkin. [11] Also in 2020, Shotwell appears on the horror podcast Borrasca by QCODE, [12] [13] and in the pilot episode Staged Dad on YouTube . [14]

In 2021 he played John, in the coming-of-age psychological thriller [15] John and the Hole , directed by Pascual Sisto and written by Nicolás Giacobone. [16] Commenting on Charlie Shotwell's performance in Variety , Peter Debruge said that "child actor (...) goes deep in creepy family portrait [a] remarkable new talent Pascual Sisto's feature debut offers an unsettling look at a kid with something missing where his conscience should be." [17] Also in 2021, he plays Hurley, in the horror film The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre, by Max Martini. [18]

In February 2022, a short film "Whiskey Pete" was released on YouTube, directed by Stefan Colson, in which Shotwell plays the kid. [19] Also in 2022, Shotwell played the young Michael Morbius in the superhero film Morbius , and Jules Brennen in Chorus, short by Daniel J. Egbert. [20]

Personal life

Charlie Shotwell has three siblings, who are also actors: Jimmy and Henry Shotwell, and a step sister, Shree Crooks, who is Greg Crooks' daughter. They worked acting together in the pilot episode of Staged Dad [14] [21] and the short film Whiskey Pete. [19]

Filmography

Film

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Man Down Johnathan Drummer
2016 Captain Fantastic Nai Cash
2017 The Glass Castle Young Brian Walls
My Days of Mercy Benjamin
All the Money in the World Young John Paul Getty III
2018 The Nightingale Eddie
2019 Troop Zero Joseph
Eli Eli
2020 The Nest Benjamin O’Hara
2021 John and the Hole John Shay
2021The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie MassacreHurley [18]
2022 Morbius Young Michael Morbius
2022Chorus†Short, Post-production [20]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014The United Colors of AmaniDaniel1 episode
2015The ComediansSon1 episode
2016Still SingleViking BoyTelefilm
2016Dr. DelStinger RoperTelefilm
2017 Chicago Justice Sam Clark1 episode
2020Staged DadCharlie pilot episode(also credited as musician) [14] [21]

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020The IMDb Studio at Sundance Self1 episode [22]
2020 Borrasca Young Sam Walker2 episodes, [13] podcast
2022Whiskey PeteThe KidShort (also credited as musician) [19]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards)Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureCaptain FantasticNominated [2]
2017 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film -Supporting Young ActorCaptain FantasticNominated [1]

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