Biography
About
A character actor whose career reads as a body of work rather than a résumé.
Charlie Hudson III is an actor from Montgomery, Alabama, whose work moves between the American regional stage, Off-Broadway, Broadway and prestige television.
He trained at Alabama State University and at the Brown University / Trinity Repertory Consortium, MFA Class of 2007, with festival work at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2003 and 2006.
In New York he has appeared at The Public Theater, Signature Theatre and MCC Theater, and was part of the company of the 2014 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun — the production that won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
On screen his credits include Daredevil: Born Again, Archive 81, The Night Of and The Good Fight. In 2025 he returned to Yale Repertory Theatre as Hodge Bishop in Spunk.
Training
Brown University / Trinity Repertory Consortium
MFA · Class of 2007
Alabama State University
BA · Class of 2004
Photo by Clifton Prescod
The Journey
One route, seven stops.
Montgomery
Origin
Born in Montgomery, Alabama.
Alabama State
Foundation
BA · Class of 2004.
Williamstown
Professional stage development
Williamstown Theatre Festival · 2003, 2006.
Brown / Trinity
Graduate actor training
MFA · Class of 2007.
New York
Off-Broadway and professional theatre
The Public Theater, Signature Theatre, MCC Theater.
Broadway
A Raisin in the Sun · 2014
Company of the Tony Award-winning revival for Best Revival of a Play.
Stage + Screen
Television, streaming, film and theatre
Daredevil: Born Again, Archive 81, The Night Of, Yale Repertory Theatre.