Charlie Parker(IV)
- Actor
By the age of nine, Charlie had already lived a bizarre life on the
road. Born in Portland, Oregon, Charlie and his family constantly moved
throughout the United States. Charlie lived in six different states by
the time he entered the third grade in Seattle, Washington. Named after
both the great jazz musician Charlie 'Bird' Parker, and his
grandfather, also a professional jazz musician that had played with
Chet Baker. Charlie is part Danish, English, Irish, Native American
(Shawnee Tribe), and related to both; the Viking 'Erik the Red' and
Robert Leroy Parker, better known as 'Butch Cassidy'. Painting runs in
the family, his father is an influential American painter in the
abstract impressionist movement. Originally, Charlie pursued careers in
both music and painting. Charlie's cousin living in Hollywood, and a
friend of acting coach Stella Adler, encouraged him to try acting. As
fate would have it, Charlie and his road traveling family soon moved to
Los Angeles. Charlie now lives in Los Angeles with a rescue dog named
Bob Marley, where he's writing and pursuing his acting career.