Charlie Tahan


Charles Tahan is an American actor. His notable roles include Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix original crime drama Ozark, the voice of Victor Frankenstein in the Disney 3D stop-motion-animated fantasy horror comedy Frankenweenie, Ben Burke in the Fox dystopian mystery thriller series Wayward Pines and the young Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in the Fox/DC Comics superhero drama Gotham.

Life and career

Tahan was born and raised in Glen Rock, New Jersey, where he attended Glen Rock High School. He is the middle of three children with an older brother, Willie and a younger sister, actress Daisy Tahan. Tahan played Ethan in the post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film I Am Legend and appeared in the horror film Burning Bright, Tahan co-starred with Zac Efron in the drama Charlie St. Cloud, based on Ben Sherwood's 2004 novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. He also voiced Victor Frankenstein in the Disney 3D stop-motion-animated fantasy horror comedy Frankenweenie, directed by Tim Burton. In 2010, he had a recurring role as Calvin Arliss in the twelfth season of the NBC police procedural drama '.
In 2009, Tahan co-starred as William Woolf in the drama The Other Woman with Scott Cohen and Natalie Portman.
In 2015, Tahan had a recurring role in two episodes of the first season of the Fox superhero drama Gotham. He played a young Dr. Jonathan Crane. In 2017, he returned to the show early in the fourth season until the role was recast to David W. Thompson. From 2015 to 2016, he starred as Ben Burke in the Fox dystopian mystery thriller series Wayward Pines created by M. Night Shyamalan.
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007High Fallsunknown
2007I Am LegendEthan
2007'Little Jeff
2007Once Upon a FilmHank
2008Quality TimeBoy
2008Nights in RodantheDanny Willis
2008FringeBen StocktonTelevision series
2009'William
2010Burning BrightTom
2010Charlie St. CloudSamuel "Sam" St. CloudChris Massoglia plays an older Sam in an alternate ending.
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2010'Calvin ArlissTelevision series
2010MeskadaKeith
2012FrankenweenieVictor FrankensteinVoice role
2012Blue BloodsMichael KeenanTelevision series
2013Blood TiesMichael
2013Blue JasmineYoung Danny
2013The HarvestAndy
2014Life of CrimeBo Dawson
2014Love Is StrangeJoey
2015, 2017GothamJonathan Crane / ScarecrowTelevision series
2015–2016Wayward PinesBen BurkeTelevision series
2016Wiener-DogWarren
2017–presentOzarkWyatt LangmoreTelevision series
2017Super Dark TimesJosh
2018The Land of Steady HabitsCharlie
2018–Castle RockDean MerrillTelevision Series
2019PomsBen
2019The Lumineers IIIJuniorMusic Video
2020Drunk BusMichael
2020UnsubscribeWhitey