Charles Esten Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in economics
• Moved shortly after college to Los Angeles to learn comedic improv at the Groundlings Theater
• Made his theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in the musical Buddy, where he played the lead role of Buddy Holly and performed for Queen Elizabeth
• Originally appeared in the British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?; he later moved to become a regular in the US version
• Tours through the United States with the improv group called Whose Live Anyway?; the group is made up of him and of his former Whose Line Is It Anyway? cast mates
• His son Chase took Esten's Nashville TV daughter Lennon Stella to his senior prom