is a character from the fictional universe of
Highlander movies, portrayed by actor
Philip Akin .
Born in
Seacouver in 1956 to a Black mother and an Italian father, Charlie faced life as both as a bi-racial and under-privileged person. He grew up in an area of the city known as "The Zone". In 1977, Charlie joined the Navy and became a Navy Seal, and his military career lasted 12 years. After his career in the Navy ended, he opened De Salvo Martial Arts, where he met
Duncan MacLeod . Later, he sold the dojo to MacLeod, though he stayed on as manager.
He fell in love with Balkan revolutionary Mara Leonin, and he traveled with her to her homeland to help in her quest to free her people. Mara was killed by the Immortal arms dealer Andrew Cord, and 3 months later Charlie met the same fate at Cord's hand on August 31 1995.
