Charles Mesure

Charles William David Mesure (born 12 August 1970)[1] is an English Australian actor.

Charles Mesure
Charles Mesure at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010
Born (1970-08-12) 12 August 1970
Somerset, England, UK
Alma materNewington College
NIDA
OccupationActor
Writer
Years active1997 – present

Birth and education

Mesure was born in Somerset, England. When he was five, his family moved to Australia and he grew up in Sydney. Mesure attended Newington College (1982–1987)[2] and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1995.

Career

In 1995, he moved to New Zealand where he soon picked up a few acting roles. Mesure has acted in, directed, designed, and written upwards of thirty productions for the Sydney University Drama Society while studying law. In 1998, he was nominated for a Best Actor New Zealand Television Award for his work as Ryan Waters on the New Zealand soap opera, City Life and in 2003 he won the Best Supporting Actor award for his work as Kees Van Damm on the New Zealand drama, Street Legal. Mesure appeared as a supporting character in Season 1 of the American TV series V, and was promoted to a regular series cast member for Season 2.[3]

Mesure is known internationally for his role as Kyle Hobbes in the 2009 re-imagining of V and the archangel Michael in both the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. He has played guest roles on hit shows such as Lost, Without a Trace, Bones and Stacked. Mesure has also had a recurring role as the reporter JD Pollack on Crossing Jordan. He has previously played movie roles in Boogeyman with Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel and Lucy Lawless, Mee Shee: The Water Giant with Bruce Greenwood, Rena Owen and Joel Tobeck, and Superfire with D. B. Sweeney, Chad Donella and Diane Farr.

In 2009, he played Detective-Sergeant Zane Gerard in the New Zealand drama Outrageous Fortune.[4]

In 2010, he played Alec Ross, the lead character in Television New Zealand's new drama series, This Is Not My Life.

Mesure joined the final season cast of Desperate Housewives as Ben Faulkner, a ruthless self-made contractor who shares a connection with Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams).[5] He made a guest appearance on a 2013 episode of Burn Notice, playing the head of a criminal hacking syndicate.

On 30 March 2014, he played Edwin MacKaye in the episode called "Violets" on The Mentalist. From 2014 to 2018 he guest-starred in five episodes of Once Upon a Time, as the pirate Blackbeard.[6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Boogeyman Mr. Jensen
2005 Mee-Shee: The Water Giant Watkins
2013 Mis-drop Sgt. Vaughn Short film
2018 Occupation Arnold

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996–98 City Life Ryan Waters Main role
1997–98 Mirror, Mirror II Matthew / Tobias
1997 Xena: Warrior Princess Darnelle Episode: "The Dirty Half Dozen"
1997 Xena: Warrior Princess Mercer Episode: "The Price"
1997 Duggan Billy Jamieson Episode: "Death in Paradise"
1998 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Johnny Pinto Episode: "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hercules"
1998 Tiger Country Constable Barry Gardener Television film
1999 The Life & Times of Te Tutu
1999 A Twist in the Tale Nick Martinelli Episode: "The Green Dress"
1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Archangel Michael Episode: "Revelations"
1999–2001 Xena: Warrior Princess Archangel Michael 5 episodes
2000–03 Street Legal DSS Kees Van Damm Main role; also writer of 7 episodes
2002 Superfire Trent Holbrook Television film
2003 Skin and Bone Clean Television film
2005 Briar & Graves Father Malachi Briar Unaired television pilot
2005 Lost Bryan Episode: "Hearts and Minds"
2005 Stacked Eddie 2 episodes
2005 Without a Trace Emil Dornvald 2 episodes
2005–07 Crossing Jordan J.D. Pollack Recurring role, 12 episodes
2006 Bones Pete Sanders Episode: "Aliens in a Spaceship"
2006 Cold Case Tom McCree Episode: "Forever Blue"
2007 Ghost Whisperer The Messenger Episode: "The Gathering"
2007 Las Vegas Paul Grant Episode: "It's Not Easy Being Green"
2009–10 Outrageous Fortune DS Zane Gerard Recurring role, 14 episodes
2010–11 V Kyle Hobbes Recurring role (season 1); main role (season 2); 18 episodes
2010 Kaitangata Twitch Carey Gallagher Main role, 13 episodes
2010 This Is Not My Life Alec Ross Main role, 13 episodes
2011–12 Desperate Housewives Ben Faulkner Main role (season 8), 15 episodes
2013 Agatha Christie's Marple Greg Dyson Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery"
2013 Burn Notice Jack Frakes Episode: "All or Nothing"
2014 The Mentalist Edwin MacKaye Episode: "Violets"
2014, 2015-2018 Once Upon a Time Blackbeard Season 3 (2 episodes), season 4 (2 episodes), season 6 (1 episode), season 7 (1 episode)
2014–16 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Ralf Recurring role, 5 episodes[7]
2015 Castle Liam Hollister Episode: "The Nose"[8]
2015–present The Magicians The Beast Recurring role
2016 Criminal Minds Edgar Solomon Episode: "Derek"
2016 Dead of Summer Sheriff Boyd Heelen/The Teacher Recurring role

References
  1. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 134.
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 134.
  3. Mullins, Jenna (24 July 2010). "Comic-Con Scoop: V Returns with Red Skies and Mother Trouble". E! Online. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. "Charles Mesure". Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  5. "Desperate Housewives": "V"'s Charles Mesure Joins as Series Regular, Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2011
  6. "NZ Herald: New Zealand's Latest News, Business, Sport, Weather, Travel, Technology, Entertainment, Politics, Finance, Health, Environment and Science". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  7. "'OUAT's' Charles Mesure, C. Thomas Howell Join Bravo's 'Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce' (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. "Exclusive: Castle Books Once Upon a Time's Blackbeard for Guest Spot". tvguide.com. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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