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name: "Charles Aitken"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-aitken"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 August 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T23:23:56.111622+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Aitken

Actor. Born 17 August 1979 in England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 August 1979, England
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60221129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2531628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1476053

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Knick*](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md) (82)

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## Biography

Charles Aitken is an actor. Born in England on 17 August 1979, he was raised and educated in the United States. He earned a degree in history from Duke University in 2001 and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 2004.

Aitken began his professional career on stage as a child and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television roles include Henry Robertson in *The Knick* (2014–2015), appearances in *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), *Madam Secretary* (2015) and *Outlander* (2026), and films such as *Happy Death Day* (2017) and *Happy Death Day 2U* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Matthew Rogers — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *The Knick* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Cornelia's Brother — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cunk on Life* (2024), as Waylon Jackalope IV
- *Daddy's Head* (2024), as James
- *The Lazarus Project* (2022), series, as Matthew Rogers — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md)
- *Save Sandra* (2021), as Dr. Mitchell
- *I Hate Suzie* (2020), series, as Eli
- *Happy Death Day 2U* (2019), as Gregory Butler
- *Summer Days, Summer Nights* (2018), as Scott
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, as Peter
- *Happy Death Day* (2017), as Gregory Butler
- *RSC Live: Coriolanus* (2017), as Cominius
- *Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot* (2014), as Robert Winter
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as William
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Major Patrick Ferguson
- *The Knick* (2014), series, as Cornelia's Brother, Henry Robertson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *The Girl on the Train* (2014), as Spider
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, as Dr. Japeth Leeds / The Jersey Devil
- *Fergus* (2013), as Will
- *RSC Live: As You Like It* (2010), as Oliver
- *Othello* (2008), as Iago
- *Bonkers* (2007), series, as Tim Barker
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Thomas Nelson

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