Charlie Carver (Charles Carver Martensen) was born in San Francisco, CA to parents Robert Martensen, a doctor and writer, and Anne Carver, a philanthropist and community activist. Max and his identical twin brother Charlie have different birthdays; Charlie was born on July 31, and Max was born seven minutes later on August 1. At a young age, he moved up to a small town in the Napa Valley, California's wine country. It was there, in school, that Charlie had his first exposure to acting. He went on to study acting at ACT San Francisco, the Interlochen Arts Academy, the University of Southern California, and at a private studio, The Imagined Life in Los Angeles.

Filmography

• The Beauty — Co-Executive Producer
• 2022The Batman — The Twins
• American Horror Stories — Writer, Producer
• Ratched — Huck
• 2020The Boys in the Band — Cowboy Tex
• 2018In the Cloud — Jude
• 2018Mr. Real Estate — Frank Stanton
• 2017A Midsummer Night's Dream — Snug
• 2017Fist Fight — Nathaniel
• When We Rise — Michael Smith
• 2015I Am Michael — Tyler
• 2014Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses — Eric
• The Leftovers — Scott Frost
• 2013Restless Virgins — Dylan
• 2013Underdogs — John Handon III
• 2012FRED 3: Camp Fred — Hugh Thompson
• American Horror Story — Adam Carpenter, Writer, Executive Producer
• Teen Wolf — Ethan Steiner
• Hawaii Five-0 — Travis Kealoha
• The League — Trophy Kevin
• Desperate Housewives — Porter Scavo

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2020The Boys in the Band: Something Personal — Self
• 2019Stonewall Outloud — Self
• Wolf Watch — Self