Charlie Korsmo

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Early life

Korsmo was born in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of Deborah Ruf, an educational psychologist, and John Korsmo, former owner of Cass County Abstract and former chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board.[1] He was raised in the Minneapolis suburb of Golden Valley, where he attended and graduated from Breck School in 1996.[2] He has one older brother and one younger brother.

Acting career

Korsmo's acting roles included The Kid/Dick Tracy Jr. in Dick Tracy; Siggy, the son of Richard Dreyfuss's character, in What About Bob?, and Jack Banning, the son of Peter Pan in the 1991 film Hook. He quit acting in 1991, and didn't appear in another film until he portrayed the supporting character William Lichter in the 1998 film Can't Hardly Wait, which he filmed while he was attending MIT.[3] He then took a 20-year break from acting before returning to the screen with a role in the 2019 film Chained for Life.[4]

Post-acting career

Korsmo earned a degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.[5] He has worked for the Environmental Protection Agency, and for the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 2006.[6]

At Yale, he was a member of the Federalist Society, an organization for conservative and libertarian lawyers and law students.[7] In January 2006, he and other Yale Law students signed an open letter to Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter supporting the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. In July 2007, Korsmo passed the New York State Bar exam.[8] Formerly an associate in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and a visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School,[9] Korsmo is a professor of corporate law & corporate finance at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland.[10]

In May 2011, it was announced that Korsmo had been nominated by President Barack Obama as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.[11]

Personal life

Korsmo is married to Adrienne, with whom he has a daughter and a son.[12]

Filmography

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The handprints of Charlie Korsmo in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Men Don't Leave Matt Macauley Filmed in 1988
Dick Tracy Kid Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture
Heat Wave 12-Year-Old Jason
1991 What About Bob? Sigmund "Siggy" Marvin
The Doctor Nicky MacKee
Hook Jack Banning Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor
Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture
1998 Can't Hardly Wait William Lichter
2019 Chained for Life Herr Director
2024 A Different Man Ron Belcher

References

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