Charles Shaughnessy

Charles Shaughnessy

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ActorSoundtrackProducer
Born
February 9, 1955
Awards
4 wins, 9 nominations

Charles was born into a show business family. His father, Alfred Shaughnessy, was the principal writer for the popular London Weekend Television/ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) and his mother, Jean Lodge, was an actress. He started appearing in plays during school. He attended Eton College…

Biography

Charles was born into a show business family. His father, Alfred Shaughnessy, was the principal writer for the popular London Weekend Television/ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) and his mother, Jean Lodge, was an actress. He started appearing in plays during school. He attended Eton College and read law at Magdalene College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he joined Footlights, a comedy revue. After graduating, he decided to return to acting and enrolled in a London drama school, which led to him to touring in a repertory company. Eventually moving to America to follow the actress he later married, he got his break on The Nanny (1993).

Actor

Days of Our LivesDays of Our Lives(1965)as Shane Donovan, Drew Donovan
The IrrationalThe Irrational(2023)as Charles Earl Raclette
General HospitalGeneral Hospital(1963)as Victor Cassadine, Alistair Durban
The WinchestersThe Winchesters(2022)as Porter J. Hobbes
DrivenDriven(2018)as Andy Westin

Producer

Night Comes(2026)

Soundtrack

The NannyThe Nanny(1993)

Self

Dial the GateDial the Gate(2020)as Self
Entertainment TonightEntertainment Tonight(1981)as Self, Self - Guest Co-Host
Celebrity Family FeudCelebrity Family Feud(2008)as Self - Contestant
The Jimmy Star Show with Ron RussellThe Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell(2014)as Self - Guest
Dish it Out!Dish it Out!(2010)as Self - Guest

Archive Footage

Inside EditionInside Edition(1988)as Self
Entertainment TonightEntertainment Tonight(1981)as Self
The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy AwardsThe 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards(2011)as Self (segment: Daytime Gives Back)
Hannah MontanaHannah Montana(2006)as Byron
Making the Nanny(2005)as Maxwell Sheffield

Known for

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Charles Shaughnessy in Mad Men (2007)Lisa Banes, Charles Shaughnessy, Jeremy Strong, and Betty Gilpin in Masters of Sex (2013)Charles Shaughnessy in The Magicians (2015)Caroline Lagerfelt, Charles Shaughnessy, and Adam Campbell in NCIS (2003)Charles Shaughnessy and Stana Katic in Castle (2009)Charles Shaughnessy

Credit Score: Charles Shaughnessy

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Mad Men120.0020078.716116289688
2The Nanny19.5019937.211254884
3The Magicians5.0020157.60060113
4The Tale of Despereaux1.0020086.10041487
5Your Highness0.9520115.500107759
6The Wild Thornberrys0.9520025.70115843