Charles Michael Davis
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Charles Michael Davis (born December 1, 1981) is an American actor. Best known for his roles as Marcel Gerard on The CW television drama The Originals (2013–2018) and Zane Anders on the TV Land original series Younger (2017–2021). He also starred as Special Agent Quentin Carter on NCIS: New Orleans.
Early life
Davis was born in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from Stebbins High School in the Dayton suburb of Riverside in 2000, and from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is of African American and Filipino descent. His father is from Kentucky and his mother is from Manila. He has 3 sisters.
Career
Davis got his start at an Actors, Models, and Talent for Christ (AMTC) event. Davis has done print modeling and commercials for Nike and FootLocker.
Davis has had guest and recurring appearances in several notable television shows, including That's So Raven, Switched at Birth, and Grey's Anatomy. In 2011, he landed a recurring role on BET's The Game as Kwan Kirkland, a quarterback for the San Diego Sabers.
In February 2013, it was announced that Davis was cast in a lead role on The CW's new show The Originals, a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries, centered on the Original Family as they move to New Orleans, where Davis' character (a vampire named Marcel) currently rules.
In 2018, after appearing in a recurring capacity in the fourth season of the American comedy-drama Younger, Davis was promoted to the series' main cast for its fifth season.
Davis joined the cast of NCIS: New Orleans in March 2020, playing the role of Special Agent Quentin Carter, the new agent for NCIS New Orleans office.
On July 17, 2020, Davis starred alongside Laura Harrier as a couple going through a breakup in the music video for "What's Love Got to Do with It", the remix version by Kygo of the original Tina Turner song.
In March 2022 it was announced that Davis would appear in Legacies as Marcel Gerard.
Davis was in a relationship with choreographer and model Katrina Amato. However, in a September 19, 2014, episode of the CBS talk show The Talk, he disclosed that he is "newly single".
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Thanksgiving Seconds | Les | Short |
| 2010 | Night and Day | Hicks | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Proposal | Charles | Short |
| 2014 | The Learning Curve | Frank | Short |
| 2015 | Ur in Analysis | Mike | TV movie |
| Battle Scars | Ramirez | ||
| 2018 | Younger: Candy Shop | Zane | Short |
| No Sleep ‘til Christmas | Josh Wright | TV movie | |
| 2019 | Same Time, Next Christmas | Jeff Williams | TV movie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | That's So Raven | Trevor | Episode: "Save the Last Dance" |
| 2011 | Switched at Birth | Liam Lupo | Recurring cast: Season 1 |
| 2011–12 | The Game | Kwan Kirkland | Recurring cast: season 4-5 |
| 2013 | The Client List | Ben Dalton | Episode: "Cowboy Up" & "Hell on Heels" |
| Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Jason Myers | Recurring cast: Season 9 | |
| The Vampire Diaries | Marcel Gerard | Episode: "The Originals" | |
| 2013–18 | The Originals | Marcel Gerard | Main cast |
| 2017–21 | Younger | Zane Anders | Recurring cast: season 4, main cast: season 5-6, guest: season 7 |
| 2018 | Jane the Virgin | Jeffrey Mullins | Episode: "Chapter Seventy-Three" |
| Z Nation | Talker Rioter | Episode: "State of Mine" | |
| 2019 | Chicago P.D. | Blair Williams | Recurring cast: Season 6 |
| For the People | Ted | Main cast: season 2 | |
| 2020–21 | NCIS: New Orleans | Quentin Carter | Main cast: Season 6-7 |
| 2022 | Legacies | Marcel Gerard | Episode: "Everything That Can Be Lost May Also Be Found" |
| 2026 | The Rookie | Dr. Oliver Ashton | Recurring |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sideswiped | Josh | Deal Breakers | Episode 3 |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mi Ricordo | J. Ralph | |
| 2020 | What's Love Got to Do With It? | Kygo, Tina Turner |