Biography
Charles Michael Melton (born January 4, 1991) is an American actor. After working as a fashion model, Melton ventured to acting with guest roles on the television series Glee (2014) and American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016). His breakthrough came with his portrayal of Reggie Mantle in the CW series Riverdale (2017–2023). Melton gained recognition for his leading role in the romance film The Sun Is Also a Star (2019). Melton earned nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Golden G...
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Complete Filmography
Warfare
2025
as Jake
A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the eve...
Love Hangover
2025
Official music video for “Love Hangover” by JENNIE & Dominic Fike
May December
2023
as Joe Yoo
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do resea...
Image Book
2023
as Self
When asked to create something for the “Où en êtes-vous?” (“Where Are You?”) collection commissioned and posed by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Haynes...
Secret Headquarters
2022
as Hawaii
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When...
Wake
2022
as Hank
A nuanced story of friendship, forbidden love and self-awareness in the face of grief.
Heart of Champions
2021
as Chris
During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over ...
Mainstream
2021
as Charles Melton
A young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side o...
Bad Boys for Life
2020
as Rafe
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami pol...
The Sun Is Also a Star
2019
as Daniel Jae Ho Bae
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads -...
The Thinning: New World Order
2018
as Cage
Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.
Faces Without Eyes
2015
as Doc
Doc and Iris's date night takes a turn for the worse when Doc's disturbing plans for Iris emerge.
K-Pop: Lost In America
N/A
A breaking K-pop group finds themselves mistakenly stranded in Waco, Texas, just days before their American debut at Madison Square Garden. Left with ...
Love Child
N/A
as Easy
A woman is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband, but when a handsome vagabond stranger appears, her precocious 11-year-old hatches a plan...
Her Private Hell
N/A
An edgy, hypnotic and unhinged thriller based on an original story that promises “lots of glitter, sex, and violence.”
In Waves
N/A
as AJ
AJ, a shy teenager, meets Kristen while in high school in Los Angeles. Kristen is passionate about surfing… and she’s the most beautiful per...