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Biography
Charlie Shotwell (born July 17, 2007) is an American child actor. He started acting professionally at the age of six, his first role being the young Nai Cash in the 2016 comedy-drama film Captain Fantastic. He is currently most known as the lead of the Netflix horror film Eli, and Joseph in the comedy film Troop Zero.
Career
In 2015, Shotwell made his acting debut with the war-drama Man Down, playing the son of Shia Lebeouf and Kate Mara; Ditto Montiel directed the film . He then starred as the youngest member of a dysfunctional family in the Matt Ross directed comedy Captain Fantastic. In 2017, Shotwell played the young Brian Walls in the Destin Daniel Cretton drama The Glass Castle. Later, he appeared in the Tali Shalom Ezer romance-drama My Days of Mercy . Soon after, Shotwell guest-starred in the episode "Lily's Law" of the tv-series Chicago Justice. Shotwell soon gained further recognition as a young John Paul Getty III in the 2017 Ridley Scott thriller All the Money in the World. Then in 2018, he performed as an English convict in the drama-thriller The Nightingale . Recently, Shotwell has starred in the title role of the Netflix horror film Eli, directed by Ciaran Foy.
In 2018, Deadline announced that Shotwell was cast in the comedy film Troop Zero. Shotwell is set to appear in the family-thriller The Nest , directed by Sean Durkin, and the Max Martini horror film, The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre. He will also play the young Michael Morbius in the upcoming superhero film Morbius.