Charlie Gillespie

Charlie Gillespie
Charlie Gillespie
	Gillespie at the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Born	August 26, 1998 (age 26); Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	2014–present

Charles Gillespie (born August 26, 1998) is a Canadian actor and singer. His credits include The Outlaw League (Le gang des hors-la-loi) (2014), Degrassi: Next Class (2017), Charmed (2018), Speed Kills (2018), The Rest of Us (2019), and Runt (2020). However, he is most notable for his role as Luke Patterson in the Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms (2020).^[1]^[2]

Early life

Charles Jeffrey Gillespie was born on August 26, 1998, in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada. He has three older brothers and a younger sister.^[1]^[3]

Gillespie began playing music at a young age, as his mother encouraged him and his siblings to take music lessons.^[4] He is able to play guitar, bass, trombone, tuba, piano, violin, and saxophone.^[5]

Career

In 2014, Gillespie made his film debut in The Outlaw League (Le gang des hors-la-loi).^[6] His film and television appearances include Charmed (2018),^[7] he was in season 4 of Degrassi: Next Class (2017),^[7] starred alongside John Travolta and Katheryn Winnick in Speed Kills (2018), worked with Heather Graham in The Rest of Us (2019),^[7] and starred alongside Cameron Boyce and Nicole Elizabeth Berger in Runt (2020).^[7]

In 2019, Gillespie was cast in the role of Luke Patterson in the Netflix musical series Julie and the Phantoms, which premiered in 2020.^[8] He stars alongside Jeremy Shada, Owen Joyner, and Madison Reyes.^[8] With Reyes, he wrote and performed the song "Perfect Harmony".^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Outlaw League (La gang des hors-la-loi)	Tiger
2018	Speed Kills	Andrew Aronoff
2019	The Rest of Us	Nathan
2020	Runt	D-Rat Ronnie
2021	Love You Anyway	Lucas Parker
2022	The Class	Jason
2023	Suze	Gage
	Totally Killer	Teen Blake Hughes
	Deltopia	Jack	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Galala	Localhost	TV Host
2017	Degrassi: Next Class	Oliver	Recurring role (season 4); 2 episodes
2017	The Next Step	Marcus	Episode: "Oh Brother! Why Art Thou Here?"
2018	2nd Generation	Brody Johnson	6 episodes
2018	Charmed	Brian	2 episodes
2019	Consequénces	Pierre-François Létourneau-Robichaud	6 episodes
2019	I Am the Night	Surfer Hank	Episode: "Pilot"
2020	Julie and the Phantoms	Luke Patterson	Main role

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Soundtracks	US	UK Soundtracks	Australian Albums	NZ Albums
Julie and the Phantoms: Music from the Netflix Original Series	Released: September 10, 2020 Label: Maisie Music Publishing Format: CD, digital download, streaming	4	163	13	35	36

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2017	Joey Awards^[10]	Best Leading Actor	2nd Generation	Nominated
2017	Joey Awards^[10]	Best Ensemble (with cast)	2nd Generation	Nominated
2021	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Musical Moment (shared with Madison Reyes, Owen Joyner and Jeremy Shada)	Julie and the Phantoms	Won
2023	Calgary International Film Festival	Special Jury Citation for Performance, Best Canadian Narrative Film Competition	Suze	Won

References

^ ^a ^b ""Julie and the Phantoms" Breakout Charlie Gillespie on Julie & Luke Romance and Season 2 Wishes (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight.
^ Fraser, Emma (2020-10-13). "The Julie and the Phantoms costumes mix '90s nostalgia with contemporary cool". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
^ "A Closer look at Charles Gillespie's upbringing, his career, and Girlfriend?". TheNetline. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ "Exclusive Interview: Pop-Culturalist Chats with Julie and the Phantoms' Charlie Gillespie". Pop-Culturalist.com. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ "Julie and the Phantoms: Meet the cast of the Netflix series in our exclusive videos". BT.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
^ "La gang des hors-la-loi (The Outlaw League)". rarefilmfinder.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Charlie Gillespie Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Julie and the Phantoms Cast Interview on How They Became a Real Band". Collider. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ "Julie and the Phantoms' Madison Reyes Isn't Here for Anything That Stands in the Way of Team Juke". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ "2017 Nominations". www.joeyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

External links

Charlie Gillespie at IMDb
Charlie Gillespie on Instagram

[:0-1] ""Julie and the Phantoms" Breakout Charlie Gillespie on Julie & Luke Romance and Season 2 Wishes (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight.

[2] Fraser, Emma (2020-10-13). "The Julie and the Phantoms costumes mix '90s nostalgia with contemporary cool". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

[3] "A Closer look at Charles Gillespie's upbringing, his career, and Girlfriend?". TheNetline. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[4] "Exclusive Interview: Pop-Culturalist Chats with Julie and the Phantoms' Charlie Gillespie". Pop-Culturalist.com. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[5] "Julie and the Phantoms: Meet the cast of the Netflix series in our exclusive videos". BT.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.

[outlaw-6] "La gang des hors-la-loi (The Outlaw League)". rarefilmfinder.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

[tv-7] "Charlie Gillespie Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.

[julie-8] "Julie and the Phantoms Cast Interview on How They Became a Real Band". Collider. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[madison-9] "Julie and the Phantoms' Madison Reyes Isn't Here for Anything That Stands in the Way of Team Juke". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[10] "2017 Nominations". www.joeyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

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