charlesfraser

Screen Actors Guild • Actors' Equity Association • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

"The comic high point of the show" - Saint Paul Pioneer Press

Charles Fraser is an actor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The nation's leading regional theater, the Guthrie Theater, and the internationally recognized Theatre de la Jeune Lune are amoung his stage credits as well as Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic. He can also be seen in a variety of regional and national television commercials.

Biography

Charles was a part of the Guthrie Theater's national tour of Othello. He was also featured in the Guthrie's production of The Comedy of Errors and their tour of Ah, Wilderness! For Theatre de la Jeune Lune, he played the role of Valère in their national tour and encore presentation of Tartuffe. He sailed the Bahamas onboard Disney Cruise Line's flagship, Disney Magic, during its Millennium Cruise as an improvisational actor in the Off Beat Comedy Club.

In the feature film The Completely Remarkable, Utterly Fabulous Transformation of a Regular Joe, he played the title role.  He is also featured in the short film Hinkleton.

In 2005, Charles played the masked role of Harlequin in The Triumph of Love at Park Square Theatre where the Saint Paul Pioneer Press called him "the comic high point of the show, even without benefit of his expressions." He spent the entire summer in Plainview, Minnesota, playing the role of Speed in Jon Hassler Theater’s production of The Odd Couple. He closed out the year by returning to his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, to perform in The Woman In Black at New Stage Theatre.

Charles has an ongoing association with Thirst Theater, a Monday night showcase at Joe’s Garage in Minneapolis. He has been seen in the short scenes Lucky, Shared Information, and the monologue Jesus Is My Drinking Partner, which was a part of the premiere round and can be heard on-line.

He was a company member of Mystery Café for six seasons where he performed in such productions as Let’s Kill The Boss, Till Death Do Us Part, and Trial by Jury. Other Twin Cities' credits include: the Minnesota Shakespeare Project's tour of A Midsummer-Night's Dream; the Brave New Workshop's Flanagan's Wake at the Palace Theater in St. Paul; Illusion Theater; ComedySportz; three seasons with CLIMB Theatre Company; and appearances at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theatre.

His summer stock credits include: Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew with the Southern Festival of Theatre in Oxford, Mississippi; three seasons as the title role in the Indiana historical outdoor drama Young Abe Lincoln, where he can be heard on the cast recording; and, was featured in The Nerd, Godspell, and as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls with Minnesota Festival Theatre in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Charles is also part of the creative team behind Time of Your Life, a full-length, improvised musical, based on an audience member’s life.

On television, he has been seen on Comedy Central's "Trigger Happy TV" and a variety of national and regional commercials.

He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts/Performance from the University of Mississippi.