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Characters of the DC Extended Universe
Characters of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), the 2013–2023 shared DC film franchise: Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Harley Quinn, Shazam, Blue Beetle, and their recasting in James Gunn's DCU.
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the MCU's film and TV cast, also called MCU heroes and villains, adapted from Marvel Comics with notable divergences such as Kamala Khan's bangle powers and Mar-Vell.
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A–L
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A–L covers MCU figures from Ant-Man to Loki, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, and Phil Coulson, the connective S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with the most tracked appearances.
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z surveys MCU characters from Mandarin, Ms. Marvel, Namor, and Nick Fury to Shang-Chi, Shuri, Thor, Vision, and Wanda Maximoff, with canon boundaries and phase context.
Charade (1963 film)
Charade (1963) is an American romantic comedy-thriller, also called a Hitchcockian caper, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Paris, with music by Henry Mancini and a 2022 National Film Registry selection.
Charak: Fair of Faith
Charak: Fair of Faith (चरक) is a 2026 Hindi thriller directed by Shieladitya Moulik, produced by Sudipto Sen, released 6 March 2026; a missing-children mystery set during the Charak Mela festival, CBFC 'A' certified.
Charan Raj
Charan Raj, born in 1958 in Belgaum, India, is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter known for villain roles in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada cinema since 1982.
Charas (चरस) (1976 film)
Charas (चरस) is a 1976 Hindi action thriller written, produced, and directed by Ramanand Sagar, starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ajit, and Amjad Khan, about a drug-smuggling racket spanning Uganda, India, Rome, and Malta.
Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games
Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 7 episode 7 (2011), in which the Gang plays their self-invented three-level drinking game; sequel Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo followed in season 11.
Charisma (カリスマ) (1999 film)
Charisma (カリスマ, Karisuma) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1999 Japanese allegorical thriller starring Koji Yakusho as a suspended detective drawn into a forest conflict over a poisonous tree; Cannes 1999, Japan release 26 February 2000.
Charisma Carpenter
Charisma Carpenter (born 1970, Las Vegas) is an American actress who played Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel; in 2021 she accused Joss Whedon of toxic on-set behavior.
Charithra Chandran
Charithra Chandran (Charithra Surya Chandran) is a Scottish-born British-Tamil actress known for Edwina Sharma in Bridgerton season 2, Alex Rider, One Piece's Miss Wednesday, and her West End debut.
Charity Shop Sue
Charity Shop Sue, aka Sue Tuke, is the fictional Bulwell, Nottingham charity shop manager played by Selina Mosinski in the 2019 YouTube mockumentary by Dead Sweet TV, later an LGBTQ+ icon and social media star.
Charity Wakefield
Charity Wakefield, full name Charity Rose Wakefield, is an English actress and producer known for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (2008) and Mary Boleyn in Wolf Hall (2015).
Charlayne Woodard
Charlayne Woodard (born Charlaine Woodard, 1953, Albany, NY) is an American actress and playwright, Tony-nominated for Ain't Misbehavin', two-time Obie winner, and author of the solo plays Pretty Fire, Neat, In Real Life, and The Night Watcher.
Charlbi Dean
Charlbi Dean (Charlbi Dean Kriek, 1990–2022), South African actress and model from Cape Town; Spud films, Black Lightning's Syonide, and Yaya in Cannes Palme d'Or winner Triangle of Sadness; died of sepsis in New York.
Charle
Charle (Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar, வேல்முருகன் தங்கசாமி மனோகர்), born 1960, Tamil film comedian and character actor, debut Poikkal Kudhirai (1983), 550-800+ films, PhD from Tamil University 2019.
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍, Ah Sa), born 1982 in Vancouver, is a Hong Kong Canadian actress and singer, one half of Cantopop duo Twins with Gillian Chung, and a multi-nominated Hong Kong Film Award actress.
Charlene Holt
Charlene Holt (Verna Charlene Stavely, 1928-1996), American actress and former Miss Maryland; discovered by Howard Hawks via a lipstick commercial; played Maudie in El Dorado (1966), Tex Connors in Man's Favorite Sport?, and Hippolyte in the 1974 Wonder Woman TV movie.
Charlene McKenna
Charlene McKenna, Irish actress born 1984 in Glaslough, County Monaghan, known for Pure Mule, Raw, Ripper Street, Peaky Blinders, Vienna Blood, and Clean Sweep; 2009 IFTA and Golden Nymph winner, married to Adam Rothenberg.
Charlene Tilton
Charlene Tilton is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lucy Ewing on Dallas from 1978 to 1990, and later returned for the 2012 revival.
Charles Baker (actor)
Charles Baker (born 1971, Washington, D.C.) is an American character actor, writer, and director, best known as Skinny Pete in Breaking Bad and El Camino, with stage roots in Fort Worth and later roles in The Pitt and The Mandalorian.
Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford (Charles Ambrose Bickford), 1891 to 1967, was an American character actor nominated for Academy Awards for The Song of Bernadette, The Farmer's Daughter, and Johnny Belinda.
Charles Bluhdorn
Charles Bluhdorn (Karl George Bluhdorn), Austrian-born American industrialist (1926–1983), founder-chairman of Gulf and Western Industries and owner of Paramount Pictures, builder of a $5.3 billion conglomerate.
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer, French film actor (1899-1978) of the romantic-lead era, star of Algiers, Conquest, and Gaslight, four-time Oscar nominee, honorary Oscar 1943, co-founder of Four Star Television.
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, 1921–2003), American actor of Lithuanian descent, coal miner and WWII B-29 gunner turned star of The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Death Wish; distinct from the British prisoner Michael Peterson of the 2008 film Bronson.
Charles Burnett (director)
Charles Burnett (born 1944, Vicksburg, Mississippi) is an American independent filmmaker of the L.A. Rebellion, maker of Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger, and Nightjohn, MacArthur Fellow and 2017 honorary Oscar recipient.
Charles Chaplin Jr.
Charles Chaplin Jr. (Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr., 1925-1968) was an American actor, elder son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey; appeared in Limelight, High School Confidential!, and 1959 films, wrote My Father, Charlie Chaplin (1960).
Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn (1877-1961), American character actor and stage producer, Oscar winner for The More the Merrier (1943); Georgia-born, Broadway from 1901, Hollywood films from Boss Tweed (1933).
Charles Cyphers
Charles Cyphers (1939-2024) was an American character actor, Sheriff Leigh Brackett in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), and Halloween Kills (2021), also in Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, Escape from New York, and Major League.