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Carver in 2017, photo by DFree /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Charles Carver Martensen
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Birth: July 31, 1988
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scottish, likely Danish, Welsh, and French-Canadian
Charlie Carver is an American actor, and writer. His roles include the series Desperate Housewives , Teen Wolf , The Leftovers , When We Rise , Ratched , and American Horror Story: NYC , which he also wrote for; the films Underdogs (2013), Bad Asses , I Am Michael , Fist Fight , A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017), In the Cloud , The Boys in the Band (2020), and The Batman (2022); the made-for-tv movie Fred 3: Camp Fred ; and the music video for “Where Is the Love?”
Charlie is the son of Anne (Carver), a philanthropist and community activist, and Robert Martensen, a physician, historian, and author. His identical twin brother is actor Max Carver , who was born seven minutes later, on the next day. They are from a wealthy, upper-class family. Their maternal grandfather, G. W. Douglas Carver, was an oil promoter, partner in the Carver Dodge Oil Company of Denver, developer of several Indonesian oil fields, and horse breeder.
Charlie’s paternal grandfather was Lorenz Thomas “Marty” Martensen, Jr. (the son of Lorenz Thomas Martensen and Marie/Mary Eleanor Copenhafer). Charlie’s grandfather Lorenz was born in Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa. Charlie’s great-grandfather Lorenz was born in Bredtstatt, Germany, the son of Zacharius Martensen and Agatha Andreasen, and likely had Danish ancestry. Marie was born in Illinois, the daughter of John Copenhafer and Mary A. Shettle.
Charlie’s paternal grandmother was Bernice Helen Sommer (the daughter of Walter Ludwig Sommer and Anna P. Jaehnig). Bernice was born in Wisconsin, and was of German descent. Walter was the son of Wilhelm Fredrich Sommer and Louise Augusta Fredericka Sprenger.
Charlie’s maternal grandfather was G. W. Douglas Carver (George William Douglas Carver, the son of Clifford Nickels Carver and Helene/Helena Philae Olive Virginia Maxwell). Charlie’s grandfather G. W. was born in Glen Cove, New York. Charlie’s great-grandfather Clifford was the son of Amos Dow Carver and Inez Scott Morgan. Helene was born in England, the daughter of John Grenfell Maxwell and Louise Selina Bonynge, and had English, Irish, and distant German, ancestry.
Charlie’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Hitchcock (the daughter of Fremont Bodine Hitchcock and Pauline Chamberlain). Margaret was born in Illinois. Fremont was the son of Howard Horace Hitchcock, whose mother was Canadian, and of Nellie Watters, whose own parents was Scottish. Pauline was the daughter of Paul F. Chamberlain and Frances Margaret Harbaugh.
Sources: Marriage record of Charlie’s parents – http://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Charlie’s paternal grandfather, Lorenz Thomas “Marty” Martensen, Jr. – http://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Charlie’s paternal great-grandfather, Lorenz Thomas Martensen – https://www.familysearch.org
Charlie’s paternal grandmother, Bernice Helen Sommer, on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Charlie’s maternal grandfather, G. W. Douglas Carver – http://www.nytimes.com
Charlie’s maternal grandmother, Margaret Hitchcock, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org