Charlie Barnett (born February 4, 1988)
is an American actor who starred as Peter Mills, a firefighter/paramedic on the
NBC drama ''
Chicago Fire'' from 2012 to 2015.
Among his many starring roles are Alan Zaveri on the
Netflix
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comedy series ''
Russian Doll'', Ben Marshall on the Netflix series ''
Tales of the City
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'', and Gabe Miranda in the Netflix thriller series ''
You''.
Early life and education
Barnett and his sister were adopted by Bob and Danee Barnett.
His adoptive mother is from Utah and is of Swedish descent, while his adoptive father is a boat builder from
Minnesota
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.
He was raised on a sailboat near
Longboat Key in Florida until he was seven.
He discovered theatre when he was six years old and performed in many operas and musicals with the Sarasota Youth Opera.
Barnett is a graduate from
Booker High School.
He participated in the
Carnegie Mellon
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Musical Theater Summer Program. After high school, Barnett attended the
Juilliard School
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, where he graduated from the drama program class of 2010.
Career
For three seasons, from 2012 to 2015, Barnett starred as Peter Mills in the
NBC action-drama television series ''
Chicago Fire''.
In 2017, Barnett was cast in the role of Ian Porter on
The CW
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series ''
Valor''.
In 2018, Barnett was cast in the leading role of Alan Zaveri on the
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...
series ''
Russian Doll''.
In the same year, Barnett was cast in the main role of Ben Marshall on the Netflix miniseries, ''
Tales of the City
''Tales of the City'' is a series of nine novels written by American author Armistead Maupin from 1978 to 2014, depicting the life of a group of friends in San Francisco, many of whom are LGBT. The stories from ''Tales'' were originally seria ...
''.
In 2019, Barnett was cast in the recurring role of Gabe Miranda on the second season of the Netflix thriller ''
You''. In July 2019, Barnett joined ''
Arrow
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'' for its
eighth and final season, portraying
John Diggle, Jr. His role was announced at a Comic-Con panel.
Personal life
Barnett realized he was gay at the age of 13.
Barnett has struggled with alcohol addiction.
He resides in
Los Angeles
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.
Barnett is a graduate of the
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most eli ...
drama program, class of 2010.
He enjoys sailing, playing Ms. Pac-Man, and classic cars.
While pursuing his career, Barnett has lived in
New York City
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,
Los Angeles
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,
Salt Lake City
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and
Chicago
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During filming for ''Chicago Fire'', Barnett lived with co-stars
Joe Minoso and
Yuri Sardarov.
He is a
White Sox
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and
Chicago Bears fan.
In April 2022, he announced that he was engaged to set designer Drew Bender.
Awards
*
Out Magazine's'' Out100 Entertainers of the Year list for 2019
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
*
Official Twitter
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1988 births
Living people
Actors from Sarasota, Florida
21st-century American male actors
American male television actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Male actors from Florida
Juilliard School alumni
American gay actors
21st-century LGBT people
LGBT people from Florida
African-American male actors
LGBT African Americans