| Charlie Harper | |
|---|---|
| Two and a Half Men character | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:CharlieHarper.jpg) Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper in "Damn You, Eggs Benedict" | |
| First appearance | "Most Chicks Won't Eat Veal" |
| Last appearance | "Of Course He's Dead"[a] |
| Created by | Chuck Lorre |
| Portrayed by | Charlie Sheen |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Charles Francis Harper |
| Alias | Charlie Waffles Dr. Charlie Harper Dr. Philip Gonzalez Gonzalez Bo Jingles Monkey-Man C. Roscoe Harper |
| Occupation | Jingle composer Children's music performer |
| Family |
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| Significant other | Lisa (ex-girlfriend) Rose (wife until death) Mia (ex-fiancée) Judge Linda Harris (ex-girlfriend) Courtney Leopold/Sylvia Fishman (ex-fiancée) Chelsea (ex-fiancée) |
| Children | Jenny (daughter) |
| Relatives | Jake Harper (nephew) Judith Harper-Melnick (ex-sister-in-law) Kandi Harper (former sister-in-law) Walden Schmidt (former brother-in-law) Silvia (aunt) Sophie (aunt) Jerry (cousin) Faye (married to Jerry) Phoebe (cousin) "Crazy" cousin Wendy (cousin) Walter (uncle) Louis (adopted nephew) |
Charles "Charlie" Francis Harper is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men during the first eight seasons of the series. Played by actor Charlie Sheen, the character of Charlie Harper is loosely based on Sheen himself. The show has garnered him four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series.[1] Although the character was written off after the end of the eighth season, the character was reprised for one episode of the ninth season by Kathy Bates, which resulted in her winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and in the series finale, "Of Course He's Dead".[2]
After being expelled from Juilliard School, Charlie moved back to Los Angeles with the intention of becoming a film composer. He met a commercial producer who listened to Charlie's work and thus, Charlie began his career writing jingles. His most famous composition is the Maple Loops song. Charlie then became a successful composer and singer of children's music, with the alias "Charlie Waffles", when the jingle business dried up. He can be frequently seen playing the Steinway grand piano in his living room. The piano was later removed from the house by Walden Schmidt.
Charlie prides himself on his bachelor/playboy lifestyle in Malibu, California[3] and drives a Mercedes, and used to own a Jaguar. He was also thinking of buying a Ferrari F430 or a Bentley.[4] His lifestyle consists of living in a two-story beachfront home, drinking excessively, smoking cigars, taking drugs, constant womanizing, gambling, and usually wearing bowling shirts and shorts. Charlie sleeps in constantly, and retains a full-time housekeeper, Berta. Money "falls into his lap" as he lives a life of free-spirited debauchery. He has a vast range of phobias, including stage fright (unless he is drunk), commitment, his mother, spiders, large birds, germs, change and hard work.
Following Sheen's dismissal from the series in March 2011, the character was written off in the ninth season, with his wife Rose implying he was killed by a train in Paris while on vacation.[5] Charlie's ghost, portrayed by Kathy Bates, returns as a hallucination to Alan, revealing that he is living in Hell trapped in a woman's body. However, in the series finale, "Of Course He's Dead," Rose reveals that Charlie had been alive all along (albeit brainwashed) and she was keeping prisoner in the basement of a house that she purchased in Sherman Oaks after returning to the United States. He escapes from Rose's basement and returns to the beach house. As he rings the doorbell, a piano that is being transported by helicopter falls from the sky, killing him. Both the character and Sheen's portrayal received a positive reception, with critics and fans feeling he was the best character on Two and a Half Men.
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- ^ Fernandez, Maria Elena (July 7, 2006). "Onscreen, Sheen's cad lifestyle pays off". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ Kenneally, Tim (March 20, 2012). "Kathy Bates to guest star on 'Men' as Charlie Harper". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ "The Two and a Half Men Men". Warner Brothers Television website. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
- ^ Heffernan, Virginia (September 22, 2003). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Swinging Bachelor's Peril: Beware of Geek Bearing Kid". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2009.
- ^ O'Connell, Kimberly Nordyke,Lesley Goldberg,Mikey; Nordyke, Kimberly; Goldberg, Lesley; O'Connell, Mikey (April 10, 2023). "21 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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