Biographie
Charles Carroll, born Daniel Patrick Charles Carroll in Los Angeles, CA, hails from a Catholic family with Irish and Scottish roots. Raised in Manhattan Beach, he attended Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary and later Junipero Serra High School. Awarded academic scholarships from the State of California and the Copley Foundation, he pursued Theatre studies at Loyola University, graduating in 1974. Thanks to an acting scholarship sponsored by actor Carroll O'Connor and Los Angeles attorney Charles Prince, he trained professionally at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
Upon returning to the U.S., he toured portraying Alexander Hamilton in Jefferson vs. Hamilton, a play he co-wrote about the historic financial debates shaping the nation.
In 1979, he premiered his one-man show on Walt Whitman, I Hear America Singing, at the Los Angeles Garden Theater Festival at the University of Southern California, followed by a national tour.
Charles has performed with numerous regional theaters and Shakespeare companies nationwide, including North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts; Stage West and Shakespeare in the Park in Fort Worth; Dallas Theatre Center, Stage #1, Theatre Three, and Shakespeare Festival Dallas in Texas; Shakespeare in the Park in Omaha, Nebraska; as well as the LA Shakespeare Festival and Grove Shakespeare in California. He has collaborated with renowned directors such as Edward Payson Call, Richard Risso, and Maurice Daniels of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
While performing at the Dallas Shakespeare Festival in 1986, he landed his first major film role in Robocop.
Beyond acting, Charles has taught at California State University Dominguez Hills, Richland College in Texas, and led workshops across the U.S. and at Concordia University in Montreal. He created an on-camera acting curriculum at the Film Actors Lab in Las Colinas, Texas, teaching alongside Adam Roarke and Spencer Milligan from 1987 to 1991. In 1989, he joined the faculties of K.D. Studios and S.T.A.G.E., integrating his method into their programs. He also produced and directed four short films featuring his students, using entirely student crews from local universities and professional schools. Returning to Los Angeles in 1991, he established his own On Camera Workshop, coaching both emerging actors and established professionals. He continues to perform in film, television, and theater whenever possible.
