---
name: "Charles B. Wessler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-b-wessler"
fi1m_id: "charles-b-wessler"
imdb_id: "nm0921853"
tmdb_id: 7408
wikidata_id: "Q5075343"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 May 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T14:49:43.928636+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 B. Wessler

## Identity

Charles B. Wessler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-b-wessler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-b-wessler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0921853
- **TMDB ID:** 7408
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5075343
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Wessler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075343, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7408

Producer. Born 16 May 1955 in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 May 1955, Los Angeles
- **Active:** 1994–2018
- **Also known as:** 찰스 B 베슬러
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Farrelly](https://film.one/person/peter-farrelly.md), [Bobby Farrelly](https://film.one/person/bobby-farrelly.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (2), 2000s 55 (1), 2010s 44 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 57 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 2, Romance 2, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,112m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Wessler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075343, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7408

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Green Book*](https://film.one/film/green-book.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles B. Wessler (born 16 May 1955) is an American film producer. He began his career as a production assistant on films including *Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses?* (1977), *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980) and *Return of the Jedi* (1983). He later worked at The Ladd Company and Zoetrope Studios before producing television specials for HBO.

Wessler is best known for his long collaboration with the Farrelly brothers. Their first feature together was *Dumb and Dumber* (1994). He produced *There's Something About Mary* (1998), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, as well as *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), *Shallow Hal* (2001), *Stuck on You* (2003), *Hall Pass* (2011), *The Three Stooges* (2012), *Movie 43* (2013) and *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014). In 2018 he produced *Green Book*, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Movie 43* (2013), Fi1m 24, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Palmer* (2021), Producer
- *Green Book* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014), Producer
- *Movie 43* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *The Three Stooges* (2012), Producer
- *Hall Pass* (2011), Producer
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Stuck on You* (2003), Producer, Story
- *Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd* (2003), Producer
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *A Nero Wolfe Mystery* (2001), series, Producer
- *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), Executive Producer
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *Bushwhacked* (1995), Producer
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)
- *It's Pat: The Movie* (1994), Producer
- *Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim* (1987), Producer
- *Cold Feet* (1984), Producer
- *Chilly Scenes of Winter* (1979), Production Assistant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2019: Best Picture (won), for *Green Book*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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