Charlie Carver

Charlie Carver
Carver at San Diego Comic Con International in 2013
Born	Charles Carver Martensen (1988-07-31) July 31, 1988 (age 28) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Relatives	Max Carver (twin brother)

Charlie Carver (born Charles Carver Martensen; July 31, 1988) is an American actor. His best known roles include Porter Scavo on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, Ethan on the MTV television series Teen Wolf, and Scott Frost on the first season of the HBO television series The Leftovers. His twin brother Max Carver has frequently portrayed the twin of his characters.

Charlie Carver was born in San Francisco, California, on July 31, 1988. His identical twin brother Max was born seven minutes later on August 1. Before he began acting professionally, he was known as Charlie Martensen. His father Robert Martensen was an author and medical researcher in history at the National Institutes of Health and his mother Anne Carver is a philanthropist and community activist. In 1992, Anne Carver and her new husband Denis Sutro moved the family to Calistoga in Napa Valley. He attended High School at St. Paul’s Boarding School in Concord, New Hampshire, but left to attend Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan, in his sophomore year. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2012. He also studied acting at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Carver made his acting debut as an eighth-grader when he played fairy trickster Puck in his school's production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.