Kim Basinger played Charlie and Sam's mother.
I agree with all who say he is too young to play Charlie but this...
He played Charlie in North of 60.
Before he was approached, Woody Allen considered playing Charlie.
Jackman plays Charlie, a washed-up ex-fighter who enters hulking robots into showdowns at country fairs.
Adam Sandler plays Charlie, who lost his wife and children in the terror attacks, a fact the film dances around until very near the end.
She then later played 'Charlie' in the E4 show, Misfits in the first episode of the third season.
McGrath played Charlie in the Australian crime series Rush.
We weren't thinking just about Christopher Hancock, who played Charlie so well, it was that we liked the character and it seemed a waste.
He made his first film appearance in Raging Bull, in 1980, playing "Charlie."