Charlie Shotwell

Charlie Shotwell (born July 17, 2007) is an American actor. He started acting professionally at the age of six. His first notable role was the young Nai Cash in the 2016 comedy-drama film Captain Fantastic for which he received nominations for SAG Awards and Young Artist Awards. In 2015, Shotwell made his acting debut with the war-drama Man Down, playing the son of Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara's character; Dito Montiel directed the film. He then starred as the youngest member of a survivalist left-wing philosophers' family in the Matt Ross directed comedy-drama Captain Fantastic. In 2017, Shotwell played the young Brian Walls in the Destin Daniel Cretton drama The Glass Castle. Later, he appeared in the Tali Shalom Ezer romance-drama My Days of Mercy. Soon after, Shotwell guest-starred in the episode "Lily's Law" of the TV-series Chicago Justice. Shotwell soon gained further recognition as a young John Paul Getty III in the 2017 Ridley Scott thriller All the Money in the World. Then in 2018, he performed as an English convict in the drama-thriller The Nightingale.

In 2019, Shotwell starred in the title role of the Netflix horror film Eli, directed by Ciarán Foy. Also that year, he played Joseph in the Amazon Studios comedy film Troop Zero, about 1970s girl scouts. In 2020 appears in family-thriller The Nest, playing Benjamin O'Hara, directed by Sean Durkin. Also in 2020, Shotwell appears on the horror podcast Borrasca by QCODE, John and the Hole, directed by Pascual Sisto and written by Nicolás Giacobone. Commenting on Charlie Shotwell's performance in Variety, Peter Debruge said that "child actor (...) goes deep in creepy family portrait remarkable new talent Pascual Sisto's feature debut offers an unsettling look at a kid with something missing where his conscience should be." Also in 2021, he plays Hurley, in the horror film The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre, by Max Martini.

In February 2022, a short film "Whiskey Pete" was released on YouTube, directed by Stefan Colson, in which Shotwell plays the kid.

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes 2015 Man Down Johnathan Drummer 2016 Captain Fantastic Nai Cash 2017 The Glass Castle Young Brian Walls My Days of Mercy Benjamin All the Money in the World Young John Paul Getty III 2018 The Nightingale Eddie 2019Troop Zero Joseph Eli Eli 2020 The Nest Benjamin O’Hara 2021 John and the Hole John Shay 2021 The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre Hurley 2023 Bagged Josh 2024 M.I.A. Mr. Arnolds

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2014 The United Colors of Amani Daniel 1 episode 2015 The Comedians Son 1 episode 2016 Still Single Viking Boy Telefilm 2016 Dr. Del Stinger Roper Telefilm 2017 Chicago Justice Sam Clark 1 episode 2020 Staged Dad Charlie pilot episode (also credited as musician)

Web YearTitleRoleNotes 2020 The IMDb Studio at Sundance Self 1 episode 2020 Borrasca Young Sam Walker 2 episodes, podcast 2022 Whiskey Pete The Kid Short (also credited as musician) Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film -Supporting Young Actor