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Rocketman Charles recently filmed the role of the Home Secretary in Inside No. 9 (BBC2). He played Parker in The English Game, created by Julian Fellowes for Netflix, Bannister in The Irregulars (Netflix), England Team Rep in The First Team (BBC2) and the Vicar in It's A Sin (Channel 4).

Prior to this he played The Economics Expert in Years & Years (BBC TV), Johnson in Temple (Sky TV) and Mr Anderson (pictured) in Rocketman (Paramount Pictures) all screened in 2019.

He played the role of Barry for the Christmas 2017 episode of Casualty (BBC TV). He appeared as the Nightclub Croupier in ITV's The Halcyon. He can also be seen as the British Ambassador in Tokyo Trial on Netflix.

He played a Consultant Surgeon to Una Stubb's character in Call The Midwife for BBC TV and also played Professor Lewis Harper in an episode of Doctors for BBC TV. He played the Clerk of the Court in Father Brown for BBC TV and the investor Keith in Eastenders.

He played the corrupt MP Patrick Graves in Night Lives, the superstitious Martin Cleary, a guest lead on Holby City, the BBC Chief Technician in The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper for Momentum Pictures/The Weinstein Company, Frobisher in the BBC Comedy Scoop and a Doctor and Psychiatrist in two independent feature films.

Other screen roles include playing BBC Announcer Douglas Smith in Round The Horne Revisited (BBC2), a Management Consultant in Ken Loach’s film Navigators, an Aristocrat in the 1950’s series Head Over Heels (ITV), a Vicar in Eastenders (BBC1), a Doctor in Hello Girls (BBC1) and Hotel Manager in Poirot (ITV).

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film & tv credits
The English Game Parker Birgitte Staermose Netflix
The Irregulars Mr Bannister Joss Agnew Netflix
The First Team England Team Rep Iain Morris/Damon Beesley BBC2
It's A Sin Vicar Peter Hoar Channel 4
Years and Years Economics Editor Simon Cellan Jones BBC TV
Temple Johnson Luke Snellin Sky TV
Rocketman Mr Anderson Dexter Fletcher Paramount Pictures
Casualty Barry Julie Edwards BBC TV
The Halcyon Nightclub Manager Stephen Woolfenden ITV
Autopsy Seymour Heller Adam Warner ITV Films
Call The Midwife Mr Carter Darcia Martin BBC TV
Doctors Prof Lewis Harper Adrian Bean BBC TV
Changeable George Cowling Tracey Neale BBC Radio 4
Father Brown Clerk of the Court Matt Carter BBC TV
Eastenders Keith Karl Neilsen BBC TV
Dan The Man Dan Georg Schmidt Cold Red Films
Night Lives Patrick Graves MP Daniel York Xanadu Films
Move On Up (TV Pilot) Gavin Russell Michael Kingsbury Media Sans Frontieres
Holby City Martin Cleary Sarah O'Gorman BBC TV
The King's Speech BBC Chief Technician Tom Hooper Momentum Pictures/The Weinstein Company
Scoop Frobisher Jack Jameson BBC TV
The Spell Psychiatrist Owen Carey Jones Carey Films
The Pharmacist Dr Bradley Patrick Von Boetticher Texture Films
Round the Horne Revisited Douglas Smith Nick Wood BBC TV
Strictly Chuckle Rodney Sasha Ransom BBC TV
Navigators John Wilson Ken Loach Parallax Films
Futurecast Howard Bryn Higgins Channel 4
Head Over Heels Barton Christopher King Carlton TV/Carnival Films
Poirot Hotel Manager John Bruce LWT Films
Eastenders Reverend Peter Graham Hendrick BBC TV
Hello Girls Dr. Taylor Dermot Boyd BBC TV
On The Other Hand Martin Murray Buesst Leverton Films
Phil Learns to Curse James Tom Ross Peckham Films
The Ultimate Truth John Flemming Nick Clark Wysiwyg Films
Eve Buckingham Martin Harwood Michael Audreson Rivendell Media
The Man Who Could Read Minds The Man Michael Audreson Rivendell Media
Soldiers Mistakes The Soldier Andrew Conway Fundamental Films