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Gaius Charles

American actor (born 1983)

Field	Value
name	Gaius Charles
image	Gaius Charles by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Charles at the 2023 WonderCon
education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Drew University (MA)
birth_date
birth_place	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
years_active	2006–present
occupation	Actor

Drew University (MA) Gaius Charles (born May 2, 1983) is an American actor known for his portrayal of Brian "Smash" Williams in the television drama, Friday Night Lights. He also played Dr. Shane Ross on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy and a recurring role on the NBC historical-drama series Aquarius, as Black Panther leader Bunchy Carter. He also played a role on NCISs ninth season as Jason King, an arson investigator for the Baltimore Police Department.

Early life

Charles was born on May 2, 1983, in Manhattan, New York. He was raised in New York City and Teaneck, New Jersey.

Charles graduated from Teaneck High School in 2001. He attended Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama. He also studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, Australia. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Drew University.

Career

In 2017, Charles starred in the first season of NBC's television drama series Taken, based on the Taken film franchise. He has appeared in multiple television series, including his most notable role in Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, and Aquarius, in which he portrayed Civil Rights Activist and Black Panther Bunchy Carter, and Necessary Roughness.

Charles made guest appearances on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Blindspot, Comedy Central's Drunk History, in which he portrayed Muhammad Ali, NCIS, Pan Am, and Law & Order: SVU. His film credits include the independent features The Stanford Prison Experiment, Toe To Toe, and The Messenger. He's also worked on studio films like Salt and Takers. In addition to film and television, Charles starred in the Labyrinth Theater Company's production of Othello alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz. He received positive reviews for originating the roles of “EZ” in Beau Willimon's play Lower Ninth and “Malcolm” in director Thomas Kail's Broke-ology.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Toe to Toe	Kevin
The Messenger	Recruiter Brown
2010	Salt	CIA Officer
Takers	Max
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Paul Vogel
2016	Batman: Bad Blood	Luke Fox/Batwing (voice)	Video
2021	Land of Dreams	David
2022	Alice	Joseph

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Book of Daniel	Carver	Episode: "Betrayal"
2006–08	Friday Night Lights	Brian "Smash" Williams	Main cast: Season 1–2, recurring cast: Season 3
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jadon Odami	Episode: "Fight"
2011	Pan Am	Joe	Episode: "Truth or Dare"
2012	NCIS	Baltimore Detective Jason King	Episode: "Rekindled"
Necessary Roughness	Damon Razor	Recurring cast: season 2
2012–14	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Shane Ross	Recurring cast: Season 9, main cast: Season 10
2015	Six Guys One Car	Larry	Recurring cast: season 2
Drunk History	Muhammad Ali	Episode: "Cleveland"
2016	Blindspot	Sgt. Charlie Napier	Episode: "Scientists Hollow Fortune"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Ruben Mackenzie	Episode: "Watchdogs"
2015–16	Aquarius	Bunchy Carter	Recurring cast
2017	Taken	John	Main cast: season 1
2019	Drunk History	Moses Fleetwood Walker	Episode: "Baseball"
2019–20	God Friended Me	Rev. Andrew Carver	Main cast: season 1, recurring cast: season 2
2020–22	Roswell, New Mexico	Roy Bronson	Recurring cast: season 2, guest: season 3–4
2022	Queens	Tomas	Recurring cast
The Wonder Years	Mr. Brady	Episode: "Black Teacher"
2023–present	The Walking Dead: Dead City	Perlie Armstrong	Main cast

References

Mike Rose, cleveland com. (2024-05-02). "Famous birthdays list for today, May 2, 2024 includes celebrities David Beckham, Ellie Kemper".
(14 July 2014). "Grey's Anatomy's Gaius Charles Joins NBC's Charles Manson Drama Aquarius". TVLine.
Rohan, Virginia. (November 26, 2007). "Teaneck actor got in the zone to land ''Friday Night Lights'' role". [[The Record (Bergen County).
"GAIUS CHARLES as Smash Williams". [[NBC]].
Goldberg, Lesley. (July 16, 2012). "'Grey's Anatomy' Admits 'Friday Night Lights' Alum". Hollywood Reporter.

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