Charles Henry Sanders (born August 22, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and

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comedy-action series ''

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'', writing on all five seasons of '' Key & Peele'' and creating the

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series '' Weird City''. He is currently hosting the hit podcast 'Bald Talk' on iHeartMedia with comedian and actor

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Early life

The eldest of three brothers, Sanders was born in

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, and grew up in

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, where he graduated from St. Paul Central High School in 1998. While in high school he participated in Central Touring Theatre Company (alongside fellow comedians Nick Swardson and

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) and the school swim team and later performed at ComedySportz in

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. Sanders worked at Bryant-Lake Bowl doing sound for comedy shows, while briefly attending the

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. He then moved to

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in 2001 where he began regularly performing

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at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT), where he was a member of the improv groups "Police Chief Rumble" and "Reuben Williams". In 2004 he and his improv team "Police Chief Rumble" won "Best Sketch Group" at the Emerging Comics of New York Awards. Sanders now performs at the UCBT's

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division with his current sketch group "Shitty Jobs".

Career

Sanders has appeared as a sketch regular on ''

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'' for several years and has appeared in films such as '' When in Rome'' and ''

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''. Sanders currently stars as Officer Joe Stubeck in the

comedy-action ''

'' and has made recurring appearances on comedy programs such as '' Funny or Die Presents'' and ''

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''. For a number of years he was part of the sketch-comedy trio "The Buffoons" with comedians Bobby Moynihan and Eugene Cordero. The trio performed regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and also at Montreal's "Just For Laughs" Comedy Festival in 2007. Sanders also performed his one-man show "Minnesota Muslim" for several years, which was praised in

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and

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. Sanders has written for sketch-comedy programs such

's '' Human Giant'' and currently on the

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series '' Key & Peele''. Sanders also wrote the ''

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'' produced short film "The Big Dog", which he starred in alongside

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and Rich Sommer.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Charlie 1979 births Living people American male comedians 21st-century American comedians American male television actors American television writers American male television writers Male actors from Minneapolis Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers Screenwriters from Minnesota 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers Comedians from Minneapolis Saint Paul Central High School alumni