Charlie Sanders (actor)
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August 22, 1979
Charlie Sanders | |
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| Born | Charles Henry Sanders III August 22, 1979 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor/Writer/Comedian |
Charles Henry Sanders (born August 22, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and Writers Guild Award–winning writer[1] best known for starring as Officer Joe Stubeck in the MTV comedy-action series Death Valley, writing on all five seasons of Key & Peele and creating the YouTube Premium series Weird City. He is currently hosting the podcast "Bald Talk" on iHeartMedia with comedian and actor Brian Huskey.
The eldest of three brothers, Sanders was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Saint Paul, where he graduated from St. Paul Central High School in 1998. While in high school he participated in Central Touring Theatre Company (alongside fellow comedians Nick Swardson and Colton Dunn) and the school swim team and later performed at ComedySportz in Minneapolis.[2]
Sanders worked at Bryant-Lake Bowl doing sound for comedy shows, while briefly attending the University of Minnesota.[2] He then moved to New York City in 2001 where he began regularly performing improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT), where he was a member of the improv groups "Police Chief Rumble" and "Reuben Williams". In 2004 he and his improv team "Police Chief Rumble" won "Best Sketch Group" at the Emerging Comics of New York Awards. Sanders now performs at the UCBT's Los Angeles division with his current sketch group "Shitty Jobs".
