CHARLES DOUGHERTY has been a working actor for over 30 years. In addition to appearing with Minnie Driver in the film BEAUTIFUL, directed by Sally Field Mr. Dougherty can be seen with Martin Landau in the film AN EXISTENTIAL AFFAIR.  You will also find him in a starring role in the Roger Corman film, WELCOME TO OBLIVION.  Charles has guest starred in numerous television shows from HAPPY DAYS to MONK and has appeared in over 200 television commercials, many of them memorable classics. Trained at the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco and the Drama Studio, London, Mr. Dougherty’s theatre work includes THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY, directed by Fionnula Flanagan at Theatre West in Los Angeles as well as the Off-Broadway production of KID CHAMPION. A well known acting instructor, Charles teaches Improvisational Theatre for U.S. Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and at Hampshire College.  He is an Artist-in-Resident at Pearl Studios, NYC; as well as the University Kentucky and Pepperdine University as an on camera instructor. He brings a wealth of knowledge with him to the L.A. Backstage Tour Actor’s Forum