Max Charles

Max Joseph Charles (born August 18, 2003)^[1] is an American photographer and actor. He appeared in the 2012 film The Three Stooges, as young Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man, and had a role in the ABC comedy science fiction series The Neighbors. In 2014, Charles voiced Sherman in DreamWorks' Mr. Peabody & Sherman. He played the recurring role of Spin in Disney XD's Lab Rats: Bionic Island. He voiced Kion on the Disney Junior series The Lion Guard, and Harvey on the Nickelodeon series Harvey Beaks. He also played Zach Goodweather on seasons two through four on the TV series The Strain, replacing Ben Hyland from the first season. Max Charles also voiced Buddy G in the direct-to-video Scooby-Doo film Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown.

Max Charles
Born	Max Joseph Charles[1] (2003-08-18) August 18, 2003 (age 21) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations	Actor photographer [2]
Years active	2010–present

External image
Charles at an event for The Strain in 2017

Early life

Charles was born in Dayton, Ohio^[3] on August 18, 2003.^[1] He has three older brothers, Logan, Brock, and Mason who are also actors.^[4]

Career

He first appeared in a third-season episode of the HBO series True Blood in 2010.^[5] His later television guest starring work includes the Fox series Raising Hope,^[6] the NBC series Community,^[7] the TV Land series Hot in Cleveland,^[8] and the Disney Channel series Jessie.^[9] Charles has also had roles in the 2010 television film November Christmas^[8] and the 2011 direct-to-DVD film Spooky Buddies.^[10]

In early 2012, Charles appeared in The Three Stooges as Peezer, a young orphan who encounters the three title characters.^[11] That year, he also appeared in the films Least Among Saints^[12] and White Space.^[13] In 2012, Charles played a young Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man, a role whose adult counterpart was Andrew Garfield.^[14][15] In fall 2012, Charles began co-starring in the ABC comedy science fiction series The Neighbors.^[16] Charles voiced Sherman in DreamWorks Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014).^[17][18]

Charles has four brothers, and received his first audition after a producer asked one of his brothers to audition for a role; Charles asked his mother if he could accompany his brother, and was hired for his first acting role. In The Three Stooges, Charles can be seen in a scene with all three brothers.^[12] Charles is represented by CESD Talent Agency and Symington Talent Management.^[18] In January 2015, he was cast as Zach Goodweather, on the television series The Strain.^[19]

He voiced the title character in the Nickelodeon series Harvey Beaks.^[20]

He also had a recurring role in the Disney XD TV series Lab Rats as Spin.^[21]

Charles voiced Kion on the Disney Channel television film The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar and its subsequent Disney Junior TV series The Lion Guard.^[22][23]

Charles was cast as Ali's best friend in the independent imaginary reality film, Ali’s Realm, which was released in 2020.^[24]

Charles was cast as the voice of "Young Long" in the Sony Pictures Animation film, Wish Dragon, which was released in 2021.^[25]

Photography

In November 2023, Charles began a photography business entitled MJCCREATIVE.^[26][27]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	True Blood	Hunter Savoy	Episode: "Everything Is Broken"
	Raising Hope	Male Student	Episode: "Blue Dots"
	November Christmas	Gordon Marks	Television film
2011	Spooky Buddies	Joseph[28]	Direct-to-video film
	My Life As an Experiment	Cooper	Television film
	Community	Young Pierce	Episode: "Celebrity Pharmacology 212"
	Hot in Cleveland	Marcus	Episode: "Elka's Snowbird"
2011–2015	Super Spies	Jake	Seasons 2-4
2012	Jessie	Axel	Episode: "World Wide Web of Lies"
	Robot Chicken	School Kid, Cruel Kid	Voice, episode: "Executed by the State"
	Scent of the Missing	Charlie Johnson	Television film
2012–2014	The Neighbors	Max Weaver[29]	44 episodes
2012–2016	Adventure Time	Young Jay, Terry, Hugo[30]	Voice, 4 episodes
2012–2022	Family Guy	Additional voices	11 episodes
2013	The Haunted Hathaways	Teddy Munroe[31]	Episode: "Haunted Cookie Jar"
2013–2019	American Dad!	Boy, Camper	Voice 5 episodes
2014	Rizzoli & Isles	Kevin Silver[32]	Episode: "Tears of a Clown"
	The Legend of Korra	Skeptical Spirit[30]	Voice, episode: "Korra Alone"
	Constantine	Henry	Episode: "Rage of Caliban"
	Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas	Michael Hobbs[30]	Voice, television special
	Northpole	Kevin Hastings[33][34]	Television film
2015	Lab Rats	Spin	7 episodes
	Childrens Hospital	Billy	Episode: "With Great Power..."
	The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar	Kion	Voice, television film
2015–2017	The Strain	Zach Goodweather[35]	33 episodes
	Harvey Beaks	Harvey Beaks[30]	Voice, 52 episodes
	The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show	Sherman[30]	Voice, 52 episodes
2016–2019	The Lion Guard	Kion[30][36]	Voice, 74 episodes
2017	The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar	Kion	Voice, television film

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Unstable	Oliver March
	The Three Stooges	Peezer[37]
	Least Among Saints	Dylan[38]
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Young Peter Parker[39]
2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Sherman[40][30]	Voice
	The Last Survivors	Alby
	American Sniper	Colton Kyle[41]
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Bobby[30]	Voice
2017	Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown	Buddy G.[30]	Voice, direct-to-video
2020	Ali's Realm	Charlie
2021	Wish Dragon	Young Long[42]	Voice

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actor	The Neighbors	Nominated	[43]
		Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with Isabella Cramp and Ian Patrick)		Won	[43]
2016	42nd Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	The Strain	Nominated
2017	43rd Saturn Awards			Nominated	[44]
2018	44th Saturn Awards			Nominated	[45]