Charles Randolph Korsmo (born July 20, 1978) is an American lawyer and actor. He is best known for portraying Sigmund "Siggy" Marvin in ''

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'', the Kid from the film adaptation of ''Dick Tracy'', Jack Banning in ''

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'', and William Lichter in ''

Can't Hardly Wait ''Can't Hardly Wait'' is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. It stars an ensemble cast including Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, an ...

''.

Early life

Korsmo was born in

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, the son of Deborah Ruf, an educational

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, and John Korsmo, former owner of Cass County Abstract and former chairman of the

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. He was raised in the

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suburb of Golden Valley, where he attended and graduated from Breck School in 1996. He has one older brother and one younger brother.

Acting career

Korsmo's acting roles included The Kid/Dick Tracy Jr. in ''

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''; Siggy, the son of

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's character, in ''

'', and Jack Banning, the son of

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in the 1991 film ''

''. He quit acting in 1991, and didn't appear in another film until he portrayed the supporting character William Lichter in the 1998 film ''

'', which he filmed while he was attending MIT. He then took a 20-year break from acting before returning to the screen with a role in the 2019 film '' Chained for Life''.

Post-acting career

Korsmo earned a degree in

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from the

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in 2000. He has worked for the

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, and for the Republican Party in the

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. He received his

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degree from

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in 2006. At Yale, he was a member of the

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, an organization for

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and libertarian lawyers and law students. In January 2006, he and other Yale Law students signed an open letter to

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Senator

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supporting the nomination of

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to the

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. In July 2007, Korsmo passed the New York State Bar exam. Formerly an associate in the New York office of

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LLP and a visiting professor at

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, Korsmo is a professor of corporate law & corporate finance at the

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. In May 2011, it was announced that Korsmo had been nominated by President

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as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.White House Press Announcement
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Personal life

Korsmo is married to Adrienne, with whom he has a daughter and a son.

Filmography

References

External links

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