Charles W. Gray – Actor/Director/Writer/Producer (LA)
Charles has a myriad of experience in the Entertainment Business. Born into a "Hollywood Showbiz Family" he started off at the early age of (7) singing impromptu with his father's vocal group, "The Ink Spots". With providence, he formed his own band "Songbird" and shortly thereafter acquired a record contract, with GRT, which took him from L.A. to Canada. After several years of touring, recording and "Rockin de House", Charles became interested in the closeness and intimacy of the Theater. Accordingly, he became a thespian, his hunger to understand the inner-workings of this medium was the catalyst to his writing, producing and directing for the stage. Eventually he become Artistic Director of his own theater company, (Black Arts Theater), having had several successes along the way. "For Colored Girls...","Aint Noth'n but a Party", "Fences", etc. Synchronous to this was television & film, one of Charles' first ventures into television was "The Nice Show" CBC, in which he wrote, produced and starred. Finding his niche, Mr. Gray, for the past fifteen years, with his own company and as a freelancer has produced, directed and written for Film/Television/Stage and worked with...CBS, ABC, NBC, BET, USA, The FAMILY CHANNEL, SHOWTIME, FOX and others. And all the while Charles never stopped acting, from small independent works to “Hollywood blockbusters” Charles has garnered quiet the resume. “The Human Stain”, with Sir Anthony Hopkins”, “Stella”, with Bette Midler, “Ellen Foster” with Julie Harris, “Champaign Charlie” with Hugh Grant, “The District”, “Soul Food”, “Family Law” just to name a few.
Presently Mr. Gray's interest is to produce independent theatrical/internet cable films for domestic and international market place. To this end, Mr. Gray has recently formed Masala Roux Filmworks, Neo-Noir Cinema International in which his primary purpose will be to develop, produce, and distribute culturally diverse projects, which will be of the highest caliber, brilliance, while at the same time maintaining an acumen of the marketplace and it’s fiscal actualities.