Charles Tahan (born June 11, 1998) is an American actor. Starting as a child actor, with appearances in the 2007 films American Loser and I Am Legend, he has progressed through teen and adult roles. His notable roles include Sam St. Cloud supernatural drama film Charlie St. Cloud (2010), Ben Burke in the Fox dystopian mystery thriller series Wayward Pines (2015–16), the young Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in the Fox/DC Comics superhero drama Gotham (2014–17), and Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix original crime drama Ozark (2017–2022).
Early life Tahan was born and raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey, where he attended Glen Rock High School.Rohan, Virginia. "Glen Rock's Charlie Tahan stars in Fox's Wayward Pines", The Record (Bergen County), June 9, 2015, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 21, 2016. Accessed August 30, 2018. "'People kind of always assume that if you're a child actor, you don't have friends or anything, but I've never experienced that really,' says Tahan, who is finishing his junior year at Glen Rock High School." He is the middle of three children. His younger sister is actress Daisy Tahan.
Career Tahan played Ethan in the post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film I Am Legend (2007) and appeared in the horror film Burning Bright (2010),Lionsgate Burning Bright For DVD in August Tahan co-starred with Zac Efron in the drama Charlie St. Cloud (2010), based on Ben Sherwood's 2004 novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. He also voiced Victor Frankenstein in the Disney 3D stop-motion-animated fantasy horror comedy Frankenweenie (2012), directed by Tim Burton. In 2010, he had a recurring role as Calvin Arliss in the twelfth season of the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In 2009, Tahan co-starred as William Woolf in the drama The Other Woman.
In 2015, Tahan had a recurring role in two episodes of the first season of the Fox superhero drama Gotham. He played a young Dr. Jonathan Crane. In 2017, he returned to the show early in the fourth season until the role was recast to David W. Thompson. From 2015 to 2016, he starred as Ben Burke in the Fox dystopian mystery thriller series Wayward Pines created by M. Night Shyamalan.
Starting in 2017, Tahan starred as Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark.
In 2022, Tahan filmed a role in the romantic comedy Things Like This, directed by his Super Dark Times costar Max Talisman.
In 2024, Tahan made his directorial debut with the short film Taxon. Written by Tommy Aiken and himself, the short was released on January 4 on the video hosting platform Vimeo.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 2007 American Loser Jeff 'Little Jeff' Once Upon a Film Hank I Am Legend Ethan 2008 Nights in Rodanthe Danny Willis 2009 The Other Woman William 2010 Meskada Keith Burrows Charlie St. Cloud Sam St. Cloud Burning Bright Tom Taylor 2012 Frankenweenie Victor Frankenstein Voice 2013 Blood Ties Michael Pierzynski Blue Jasmine Young Danny Life of Crime Bo Dawson The Harvest Andy 2014 Love Is Strange Joey Hull 2016 Wiener-Dog Warren 2017 Super Dark Times Josh 2018 The Land of Steady Habits Charlie 2019 Poms Ben III Junior Sparks 2020 Drunk Bus Michael Unsubscribe Whitey Main antagonist 2021 Montauk Marcus previously called Kingfish 2022 The Pale Blue Eye Cadet Loughborough 2023 I'll Be Right There Mark 2024 Taxon Polaroid doctor Also director, writer and editor Witchboard Richie A Complete Unknown Al Kooper
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2008 Fringe Ben Stockton Episode: "The Equation" 2010–2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Calvin Arliss 4 episodes 2012 Blue Bloods Michael Keenan Episode: "Some Kind of Hero" 2015–2016 Wayward Pines Ben Burke 12 episodes 2015–2017 Gotham Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow 4 episodes 2017–2022 Ozark Wyatt Langmore 27 episodes 2018 Castle Rock Dean Merrill 3 episodes 2020 FBI: Most Wanted Doug Timmins Episode: "Hairtrigger" Monsterland Nick Smith / LoneWolf Episode: "Eugene, Oregon" TBA Myron Bolitar Roger Quincy Recurring role, upcoming series
Awards AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.Actor Awards2019Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesOzark20212023Saturn Awards2011Best Performance by a Younger ActorCharlie St. CloudYoung Artist Award2013Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role (Feature Film) – Young ActorFrankenweenie
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