Charles Gunning

Charles Gunning was born in Waxahachie Texas As a child growing up in Dallas he always aspired to be an artist He was an active participant in the music and art scenes while residing in Austin Texas where he lived for 20 years Charles has lived in Los Angeles California since 1991 Charles studied Television and Film at The University of Texas at Austin and at the Conservatory of The American Film Institute in Hollywood Joel Coen and Ethan Coen discovered Charles and cast him into his first major movie in the critically acclaimed Millers Crossing 1990 Charles attained culthero status for his role in the smashhit Richard Linklater film Slacker 1990 He also appeared in the beautifully done Walter Hill film Wild Bill 1995 with Jeff Bridges and Ellen Barkin Charles Gunning CoStars as Slim in his latest film Richard Linklaters The Newton Boys 1998 starring Matthew McConaughey Ethan Hawke and Dwight Yoakam Charles Gunning has had numerous Roles on television series including High Incident 1996 ABC Lois Clark The New Adventures of Superman 1993 ABC ER 1994 NBC Cybill 1995 CBS Murder She Wrote 1984 CBS Star Trek The Next Generation 1987 Fox and Dr Quinn Medicine Woman 1993 CBS He has appeared in TV movies Attack of the 5 Ft 2 Women 1994Showtime and Bonanza The Return 1993 NBC among others and in a number of highprofile commercials Charles Gunning is a versatile badguy actor whose roles have ranged from coldblooded psychopaths the Devil Weirdoes Drunks Gangsters Murderers Hitmen Aliens and Cops He also specializes in dark comedies In June of 1993 Charles Gunning won the mantle of Archetypal Screen Villain in a poker game from Hollywood Icon Jack Elam