Charles Mayer

Charles Mayer (born 13 February 1970) is an English actor. Early life Charles Mayer was born in South Tidworth, Hampshire, England, the son of Jennifer-Ann Wright, a retired RAF Intelligence officer and Martin Mayer, an RAF test pilot. He has one elder and one younger sister, with two nieces and two nephews. He passed the Regular Commissions Board and in 1992 entered Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the Welsh Guards. After the Platoon Commander's Battle Course, he took over a platoon in Northern Ireland in January 1993. He spent four years as an officer in Northern Ireland, two years as an instructor at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, two years on ceremonial duties in London, and a further two years in Tidworth, working in an office 100 yards from where he was born. After completing ten years of service, Mayer left the army, decided to become an actor, and entered the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2002. Film In Kojo Productions’ ‘’The Pack’’ dir. Nick Robinson in 2015, and in 2017 Luke Shanahan’s ‘’Rabbit’’. In writer/director Daniel Hsia's feature film Shanghai Calling (2012) Mayer plays the supporting role of Jensen.