Biography

Charles Melton

Posted on Oct 30, 2020, Modified : Jun 17, 2021 admin

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Charles Melton is one of the famous American actor as well as a model who was known for his role in the movies like “The Sun Is Also a Star” as Daniel Bae and “Bad Boys for Life” where he was also known for his series “Riverdale” as Reggie Mantle. He was seen actively workings as an actor from the year 2014 to now.

Quick Info
Full Name	Charles Michael Melton
Date of Birth	January 4, 1991
Birth Place	Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
Parent(s)	Sukyong Melton and Phil Melton.
Occupation	Actor, Model
Partner(s)	Camila Mendes (Separated)
Net worth	US $3 million

Personal Life and Relationship

On January 4, 1991, Charles Melton was born in Juneau, Alaska, the U.S. as a son of a mother, Sukyong Melton, and father, Phil Melton. He has a sister sibling whose name is Tammie.

Melton used to be in a relationship with Camila Mendes, where they openly showed their love in public and did some posts on his social media. Later, they decided to live separately, so Charles Melton is not in any relationship.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Charles Melton holds an American nationality and belongs to the Asian-American ethnicity. His father is a white American who had English ancestry, and his mother is a Korean immigrant.

He is currently 29 years old with a height of 6 feet 1 inch and 85kg. He had got dark brown eyes with dark brown hair color. As he was born on January 4, his zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Early Life and Education

Charles Melton had to move frequently as his father worked for the military, where they had to live for five years in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, South Korea. They also settled down in Manhattan, Kansa, where Melton attended Manhattan High School and graduated in 2009.

After that, he joined Kansas State University, where he used to play football under coach Bill Snyder as a defensive back with the team.

After that, he decided to leave school to focus on his acting career, so; he went to Los Angeles, California, in 2012. He was also seen working as a dog walker on the app “Wag,” an American pet care company that offers a technology platform.

Career

Charles Melton started his career in the year 2014 after he had been cast into an American musical comedy-drama television series “Glee,” where he appeared in the episode of “New New York.” The series was aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015.

Later, in 2015, he was cast as Mr. Wu in the fifth season of the FX horror anthology television series “American Horror Story: Hotel,” which Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk and premiered on October 7, 2015, to January 13, 2016. He was seen appearing in 2 episodes of the series.

Later, in the same year, he was cast as Colin in a short movie, “Bad Friend” After, he was cast in Chris’s role in a short film, “The Channel” in 2016. In the same year, he was also seen playing in the music video “Save My Soul” by Jojo, a famous American singer, songwriter, and actress.

Likewise, Charles Melton was repeatedly seen playing the role of Reggie Mantle, which is a fictional teenage character of an American teen drama television series “Riverdale,” where it was based on the characters of Archie Comics.

He was frequently seen playing the role of Reggie Mantle in the series, where his outstanding performance received positive feedback, and he became able to earn more attention. The drama has been aired from 2017 to now, where he was a regular cast member of the theater.

In the year 2018, Charles Melton played Cage’s role in an American social science fiction thriller web movie, “The Thinning: New World Order,” which is a sequel to the film of 2016. “The Thinning.” Michael J. Gallegher directed the movie.

Further, he was cast into the lead role as Daniel Bae is an American teen drama movie “The Sun Is Also a Star” in 2019, directed by Russo-Young and written by Tracy Oliver. The film “The Sun Is Also a Star” is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon.

Charles Melton became the first Asian-American actor who became able to play the lead role in a teen romance film from a major Hollywood studio, which is also known as one of the most outstanding achievements for his acting career.

In 2019, he also appeared in the music video “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” by Ariana Grande, an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

In the year 2020, Charles Melton played Rafe’s role in an American action-comedy movie “Bad Boys for Life,” which is the sequel to Bad Boys II movie of the year 2003, where it was the third installment in the Bad Boys trilogy. The film “Bad Boys for Life” was directed by director Adil and Bilall, written by Chris Bremner, Peter Craig, and Joe Carnahan.

Melton was also cast as a Chris in an upcoming American drama movie “Swing,” directed by director Michaell Mailer and the screenplay was by Vojin Gjaja.