Max Charles Biography

Max Charles (born August 18, 2003) is an American child actor. In addition to his appearance in the 2012 film The Three Stooges, Charles played a 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 Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman alongside Ty Burrell. He also played a recurring role in Lab Rats: Bionic Island as Spin. He currently voices Kion in The Lion Guard.

Life and career

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

In early 2012, Charles appeared in The Three Stooges as Peezer, a young orphan who encounters the three title characters. That year, he also appeared in the films Least Among Saints and White Space. In 2012, Charles played a young Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man, a role whose adult counterpart was Andrew Garfield. In fall 2012, Charles began co-starring in the ABC comedy science fiction series The Neighbors. Charles voiced the boy Sherman in DreamWorks Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Mr. Peabody was voiced by actor Ty Burrell. Directed by The Lion King director Rob Minkoff, the film was released on March 7, 2014.

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. Charles is represented by CESD Talent Agency and Symington Talent Management. In January 2015, he was cast as Zach Goodweather, in the television series The Strain.

He voices the title character in the Nickelodeon series Harvey Beaks

He also had a recurring role in the Disney XD TV series Lab Rats.

Charles voices Kion in the Disney Channel television film The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar and its subsequent Disney Junior TV series The Lion Guard.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	True Blood	Hunter	Episode: "Everything Is Broken"
	Raising Hope	Male Student	Episode: "Blue Dots"
2011	Community	Young Pierce	Episode: "Celebrity Pharmacology 212"
	Hot in Cleveland	Marcus	Episode: "Elka's Snowbird"
2012	Jessie	Axel	Episode: "World Wide Web of Lies"
	Robot Chicken	School Kid / Cruel Kid	Episode: "Executed by the State"
2012-16	Adventure Time	Additional voices	4 episodes
	Family Guy		6 episodes
2012-14	The Neighbors	Max Weaver	Main role
2013, 2016	American Dad!	Boy	2 episodes
2013	The Haunted Hathaways	Teddy Munroe	Episode: "Haunted Cookie Jar"
2014	Rizzoli & Isles	Kevin Silver	Episode: "Tears of a Clown"
	The Legend of Korra	Skeptical Spirit	Voice role Episode: Korra Alone
	Constantine	Henry	Episode: "Rage of Caliban"
	Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas	Michael Hobbs	Voice role Television special
2015	Lab Rats/Bionic Island	Spin	7 episodes
	Childrens Hospital	Billy	Episode: "With Great Power..."
	The Strain	Zach Goodweather	Starring role (Season 2)
2015-present	The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show	Sherman	Voice role
	Harvey Beaks	Harvey Beaks
2016	The Lion Guard	Kion

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	November Christmas	Gordon Marks	Television film
2011	Spooky Buddies	Joseph	Direct-to-video film
	My Life As an Experiment	Cooper	Television film
2012	Scent of the Missing	Charlie Johnson
	Unstable	Oliver March
	The Three Stooges	Peezer
	Least Among Saints	Dylan
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Young Peter Parker
2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Sherman	Voice role
	The Last Survivors	Alby
	American Sniper	Colton Kyle
	Northpole	Kevin Hastings	Television film
2015	The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar	Kion	Voice role; Television film
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Bobby	Voice role

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actor	The Neighbors
		Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with Isabella Cramp and Ian Patrick)
2016	42nd Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	The Strain