He made his feature film debut in Matthew Parkhill’s Dot the I, with other early films including Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice, with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons; and Lasse Hallström’s Casanova, starring Heath Ledger. His breakout performance was in the lead role of Tristan Thorn in Matthew Vaughn’s Stardust, based on the Neil Gaiman novel. His film credits include King of Thieves, The Theory of Everything in 2014, There Be Dragons, Glorious 39,and Stone of Destiny.
On television, Charlie has featured in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, the very first episode of Downton Abbey, Mike Barker’s epic miniseries Moby Dick, and mini series for Netflix Treason in 2022Â
Charlie made his West End stage debut in Harold Pinter’s The Lover and The Collection at the Comedy Theatre, with other stage credits including The Prince of Homburg in the Donmar Warehouse and Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford at the Southwark Playhouse. He appeared in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Incognito by Nick Payne and Harold Pinters Betrayal which debuted in London’s west end and then transferred to Broadway where it was nominated for a Tony”