Charlie David
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Charles David Lubiniecki better known as Charlie David (born August 9, 1980) is a Canadian
actor, who stars in the LGBT horror
series Dante's Cove
. He has also worked as a producer, writer, and TV host on a number of shows like F.Y.E!, SpyTV, Bump!
and Crash Test Mommy. He is co-owner, alongside Derek James and Linda Carter of Border2Border Entertainment, a production house of film and television projects.
, Saskatchewan
, Canada, and raised in Yorkton. During high school, David performed in the musical group Sask Express. In 2000, he graduated from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Victoria, British Columbia
.
He then moved on to co-found the boy band
4Now, in which he played piano. The band performed around Canada and the United States and opened for acts including Destiny's Child
, The Black Eyed Peas
and Pink
. The band released two recordings and is currently on hiatus.
David later turned his attention to hosting and acting. He hosted for E! Television
, NBC
, OUTtv
, here! TV
, Pink TV, EGO, and Life Network on such shows as F.Y.E! in 2002, SpyTV in 2001, Bump!
in 2005-2006 and 2007–2008 and Crash Test Mommy in 2004-2005.
He appeared in the mini-series Terminal City
in 2005 and is in the movie A Four Letter Word (2007) and Kiss the Bride
(2008). He plays Toby in Dante's Cove. He wrote the screenplay and stars in the film Mulligans
, which had its premiere at the InsideOut LGBT
Film Festival in Toronto
in May 2007.
David is slated to star in the independent film Judas Kiss. David will play the role of Zachary Wells, a washed-up filmmaker who returns to his peculiar alma mater, where he meets his younger self and gets the chance to change his troubled past so he can avoid a disturbing future.
In addition to the movies he has been in, he also wrote several books. Mulligans, Boy Midflight and Shadowlands. He has also narrated the audiobook for Shadowlands.
David plays Toby in the LGBT horror
series Dante's Cove
. The character is portrayed in a monogamous and loving relationship with boyfriend Kevin (Gregory Michael
). David said in an interview, "What was attractive [about the role] was for me to portray a gay relationship, in which it's not always a different guy every night. Many gays and lesbians do pursue—and have—loving relationships in which we are very committed to each other. I think that is what Toby brings to the show. He is kind of a voice of reason, and has a definite dedication to his boyfriend."
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor, who stars in the LGBT horror
Queer horror
LGBT themes in horror fiction refers to sexuality in horror fiction that can often focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters and themes. It may deal with characters who are coded as or who are openly LGBT, or it may deal with themes or plots that are specific to homosexual people...
series Dante's Cove
Dante's Cove
Dante's Cove is an American LGBT-oriented supernatural soap opera. The series airs on here!, an American gay-oriented network, and on Gay.com....
. He has also worked as a producer, writer, and TV host on a number of shows like F.Y.E!, SpyTV, Bump!
Bump!
Bump! is a Canadian travel documentary television series that premiered in 2004 and originally airs on OUTtv in Canada. The program targets an LGBT audience. Currently, Bump! is hosted by Deb Pearce and Charlie David; David joined as host with the start of Season 2...
and Crash Test Mommy. He is co-owner, alongside Derek James and Linda Carter of Border2Border Entertainment, a production house of film and television projects.
Biography
Charlie David was born in ReginaRegina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada, and raised in Yorkton. During high school, David performed in the musical group Sask Express. In 2000, he graduated from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
.
He then moved on to co-found the boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
4Now, in which he played piano. The band performed around Canada and the United States and opened for acts including Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme...
, The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
and Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
. The band released two recordings and is currently on hiatus.
David later turned his attention to hosting and acting. He hosted for E! Television
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, OUTtv
OUTtv
OUTtv is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that airs entertainment and lifestyle programming for LGBT audiences.OUTtv's licensee is OUTtv Network Inc. which is 55.9% owned by Shavick Entertainment, 24.94% owned by Pink Triangle Press, 15% owned by Peace Point Entertainment...
, here! TV
Here! (TV network)
here! is an American premium television network targeting the LGBT audiences. Launched in 2002, here! is available nationwide on all major cable systems, fiber optics systems, and Internet TV providers as either a 24/7 premium subscription channel, a video on demand service, and/or a subscription...
, Pink TV, EGO, and Life Network on such shows as F.Y.E! in 2002, SpyTV in 2001, Bump!
Bump!
Bump! is a Canadian travel documentary television series that premiered in 2004 and originally airs on OUTtv in Canada. The program targets an LGBT audience. Currently, Bump! is hosted by Deb Pearce and Charlie David; David joined as host with the start of Season 2...
in 2005-2006 and 2007–2008 and Crash Test Mommy in 2004-2005.
He appeared in the mini-series Terminal City
Terminal City (TV series)
Terminal City was a Canadian mini-series about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer while running a failing reality tv show turning it into a hit as her life and body begin to change.- Cast :* Maria del Mar ... as Katie...
in 2005 and is in the movie A Four Letter Word (2007) and Kiss the Bride
Kiss the Bride (2008 film)
Kiss the Bride is a romantic comedy, directed by C. Jay Cox, which had a limited release in April 2008. It stars Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner and James O'Shea...
(2008). He plays Toby in Dante's Cove. He wrote the screenplay and stars in the film Mulligans
Mulligans (film)
Mulligans is a romantic drama film written by actor/writer Charlie David and directed by Chip Hale. Interestingly, the settings and characters were American, but were all portrayed by Canadian actors.- Plot :...
, which had its premiere at the InsideOut LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
Film Festival in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
in May 2007.
David is slated to star in the independent film Judas Kiss. David will play the role of Zachary Wells, a washed-up filmmaker who returns to his peculiar alma mater, where he meets his younger self and gets the chance to change his troubled past so he can avoid a disturbing future.
In addition to the movies he has been in, he also wrote several books. Mulligans, Boy Midflight and Shadowlands. He has also narrated the audiobook for Shadowlands.
David plays Toby in the LGBT horror
Queer horror
LGBT themes in horror fiction refers to sexuality in horror fiction that can often focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters and themes. It may deal with characters who are coded as or who are openly LGBT, or it may deal with themes or plots that are specific to homosexual people...
series Dante's Cove
Dante's Cove
Dante's Cove is an American LGBT-oriented supernatural soap opera. The series airs on here!, an American gay-oriented network, and on Gay.com....
. The character is portrayed in a monogamous and loving relationship with boyfriend Kevin (Gregory Michael
Gregory Michael
Gregory Michael is an American actor who most recently starred as "Grant," a fraternity brother, on the ABC Family television series Greek.-Biography:...
). David said in an interview, "What was attractive [about the role] was for me to portray a gay relationship, in which it's not always a different guy every night. Many gays and lesbians do pursue—and have—loving relationships in which we are very committed to each other. I think that is what Toby brings to the show. He is kind of a voice of reason, and has a definite dedication to his boyfriend."
Awards
Charlie David was honored by Out Magazine as one of the "Out 100" for Remarkable Contributions to Gay Culture in 2005.Producer
- 2004: Is He... (short) (associate producer)
- 2008: Mulligans (executive producer, producer)
- 2008: For My Wife... (documentary) (executive producer)
- 2009: Beyond Gay: The Politics of PrideBeyond Gay: The Politics of PrideBeyond Gay: The Politics of Pride is a 2009 award-winning documentary directed by Bob Christie, where he examines relevance of Gay Pride celebrations internationally, against the backdrop of opposition to such events in a number of countries...
(documentary) (executive producer) - 2009-2012: Bump! (TV series) (associate producer)
- 2011: Judas Kiss (executive producer)
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
| 2002 | Holy Terror | David | |
| 2002 | Time Machine: St. Peter - The Rock | St. James | TV movie |
| 2003 | The Sparky Chronicles>The Sparky Chronicles: The Map | Hippie | |
| 2004 | Is He... | Jake | |
| 2005 | Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Reefer Madness (2005 film) Reefer Madness premiered on April 16, 2005 on the Showtime cable network. It is a television movie version of the 1998 musical, and stars Alan Cumming as the Lecturer, Ana Gasteyer as Mae, and Kristen Bell as Mary. The movie also stars siblings Christian and Neve Campbell as Jimmy Harper and Miss... |
Male Dancer | |
| 2005 | Playing the Role | The Actor | |
| 2005 | Terminal City Terminal City (TV series) Terminal City was a Canadian mini-series about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer while running a failing reality tv show turning it into a hit as her life and body begin to change.- Cast :* Maria del Mar ... as Katie... |
Rick | TV series |
| 2005 2007 |
Dante's Cove Dante's Cove Dante's Cove is an American LGBT-oriented supernatural soap opera. The series airs on here!, an American gay-oriented network, and on Gay.com.... |
Toby | TV series |
| 2006 | The L Word The L Word The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood... |
Speed Dater | TV series |
| 2006 | Godiva's Godiva's Godiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting... |
Attractive Man | TV series |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty Ugly Betty Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea... |
Scott | TV series |
| 2007 | A Four Letter Word | Stephen | |
| 2007 | Kiss the Bride Kiss the Bride (2008 film) Kiss the Bride is a romantic comedy, directed by C. Jay Cox, which had a limited release in April 2008. It stars Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner and James O'Shea... |
Joey | |
| 2008 | Mulligans Mulligans (film) Mulligans is a romantic drama film written by actor/writer Charlie David and directed by Chip Hale. Interestingly, the settings and characters were American, but were all portrayed by Canadian actors.- Plot :... |
Chase Rousseau | |
| 2010 | 2 Frogs in the West | Brett | |
| 2010 | Judas Kiss | Zachary Wells | |