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name: "Chad Charlie"
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:55:56.008959+00:00"
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# Chad Charlie

Writer. Born in Seattle.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer

## Biography

Chad Charlie is an Afro-Indigenous writer, filmmaker, actor and comedian from the Ahousaht First Nation. A native of Seattle, he began his career in stand-up comedy and spoken word poetry in 2008 before moving into film and television.

He worked as a staff writer and story editor on the FX series *Reservation Dogs* (2022–2023), also appearing as the character Marc Don, and co-wrote the episodes "Roofing" and "Dig" with Sterlin Harjo. He has written for the Prime Video series *Elle* (2026) as executive story editor. His short films include *Uuʔuu~tah* (2019) and *Firecracker Bullets* (2022).

Charlie is a Film Independent Amplifier Fellow and has been selected for the Sundance Episodic Lab and imagineNATIVE Directors Lab. In 2025 he signed with Verve for representation.

*Sources: deadline.com, imdb.com, reservationdogs.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)

## Also known for

- *Elle* (2026), Executive Story Editor, Writer

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