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BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES ESTEN
Charles Esten was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States as Charles Esten Puskar III. He is an American actor, singer and comedian. Esten is best known for his role as country singer Deacon Claybourne on the American Broadcasting Company/CMT drama Nashville, which he starred from 2012 to 2018.
CHARLES ESTEN AGE
Charles Esten Puskar III is 53 years old in 2018. He was born on September 9, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
CHARLES ESTEN FAMILY
Esten was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the father of Cynthia Puskar and Charles Puskar, a prominent local businessman and business partner for former Pittsburgh Steelers center Ray Mansfield. He has a younger sister, Cathy Puskar. The family moved to Alexandria, Virginia when he was nine years old after his parents divorced where he lived with his younger sister and mother.
CHARLES ESTEN WIFE
Esten has been married to Patty (née Hanson), since November 2, 1991. The two met while in college. They have three children.
DAUGHTER OF CHARLES ESTEN
- Addie Puskar
- Taylor Puskar
CHARLES ESTEN HEIGHT
Charles Esten Puskar III stands at a height of 6′ 1″ tall.
CHARLES ESTEN’S CAREER
Esten has appeared as a guest star on various television series including Married… with Children, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, ER, NCIS: Los Angeles, Jessie, The Mentalist and The Office. he was part of the main Nashville cast, starring as Deacon Claybourne. He has also contributed to soundtracks as a singer and songwriter. He co-wrote “I Know How to Love You Now” with Deanna Carter, which was featured in the Season 3 premiere. Esten appeared as a Celebrity Contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and won 500 $000 for his charity.
In 2017, Esten appeared in a series of television and radio commercials as Carl Hardee, Sr., the fictional founder of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee fast food chains. On July 9, 2018, it was announced that Esten had a recurring role in TNT’s upcoming thriller Tell Me Your Secrets. According to TVLine, “The drama follows three characters with equally disturbing backstories: Emma (played by American Horror Story’s Lily Rabe) once faced off against a dangerous killer, John (Hamish Linklater of Legion) is a former serial predator on the hunt. of redemption, and Mary (Amy Brenneman of Private Practice) is a grieving mother determined to find her missing daughter. According to the synopsis, ‘As each of them is pushed to their limits, the truth about their past and their motives grows increasingly murky, blurring the lines between victim and aggressor.’ ‘
CHARLES ESTEN NET WORTH
Charles Esten has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
CHARLES ESTEN VISIT
- Thursday, June 6, 2019
8:00 PM
Charles Esten & Friends: Light Up Summer Night
3rd and Lindsley Bar & Grill, Nashville, Tennessee, USA - Saturday, October 19, 2019
7:00
p.m. Charles Esten
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom - Sunday, October 20, 2019
7:00
p.m. Charles Esten
Barrowland, Glasgow, UK
Only a few tickets left - Monday, October 21, 2019
8:00
p.m. Charles Esten
Ulster Hall, Belfast, United Kingdom - Wednesday, October 23, 2019
7:00
p.m. Charles Esten
The Sage Gateshead (Sage One), Gateshead, United Kingdom - Thursday, October 24, 2019
7:00
p.m. Charles Esten
O2 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom - Friday, October 25, 2019
7:00
p.m. Charles Esten
O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom - Sunday, October 27, 2019
6:45 PM
Charles Esten
Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
SONGS BY CHARLES ESTEN | MUSIC BY CHARLES ESTEN
- Sanctuary
- Half way home
- i love you beer
- Know
- No one will ever love you
- I love you (but I don’t love you)
- You are where I belong
- Believe
- He is not me
- through the blue
CHARLES ESTEN
Movies from 1998 to 2000
1988: Sale of the Century
1989: On TV
1990: Scrabble
1993: Cheers
1993: Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994: Murphy Brown
1995-1996: The Crew
1996: Star Trek: Voyager
1998-2000: The Brian Benben Show
1998: Instant Comedy with the Groundlings
1999: Jesse
2000: Group of Five2006: Le Bureau
2012-2018: Nashville
2012: Nashville:
2013: Nashville:
2014: Nashville:
2015: Nashville:
CHARLES ESTEN THE OFFICE
The Office is an American television sitcom where Charles Esten played the role of Josh Porter.
CHARLES ESTEN WHO DOES IT BELONG TO ANYWAY
Who does it belong to anyway? an improv comedy television show where Charles Esten starred as the Performer.
CHARLES ESTEN NASHVILLE
Charles Esten starred in Nashville an American musical drama television series playing the role of Deacon Claybourne.
CHARLES ESTEN JESSIE
Jessie is an American comedy television series where he appeared as Morgan Ross, playing the father of the four Ross children and a famous director.
CHARLES ESTEN ON INSTAGRAM
How do you see Deacon evolving throughout the series?
That’s the nature of learning and growing: you take three steps forward, one step back. Sometimes it’s one step forward, three steps back. When we started it was Deacon. Then, finally, the relationship changed: it started to take a step forward, a step back. Now we’re in that positive realm, where he’s maybe doing just one. It’s a natural progression if you’re looking to learn something in this world, and he’s learned a lot in those six seasons.
Deacon learned so much from Rayna [Jaymes, played by Britton], so much from his work with Alcoholics Anonymous, his niece Scarlett [O’Connor, played by Clare Bowen]. When he got another chance to be with Rayna again, he tried to up his game and be a better man. And the time he found out he was a father, that’s a pretty realistic portrayal of a man maturing, I think. This is the first thing you want to grow for; you find a woman who wants to make you a better man. Then you think, “Oh my God, I’m going to have kids. I really have to get attached. It’s okay to be the one who drinks a little too much and fights with your fists when you’re younger, but you have to get out of it.
As a musician, what was the best part of playing this character, who is so revered as a musician by his contemporaries?
The first time I shot a scene at the Bluebird [Cafe], I was sitting with these amazing players around me: I have Gary Nicholson around me, Pam Tillis is singing harmonies on this song, and I’m holding a pre-war Martin [guitar] in my hand, playing this magnificent instrument. I am in this sacred institution, the Bluebird; At the back of the room is the lovely Hayden Panettiere [who plays Juliette Barnes], who has tears slowly streaming down her face at the ineffable beauty of what I’m playing, and I’m like, “This is going to be a good job. ‘
It came from the very beginning; as soon as I heard the name Deacon Claybourne, I wanted to play this guy. As soon as I read the script [and saw] that Callie [Nashville creator Khouri] was creating a guy who was flawed but tried hard and loving – a guy who didn’t want to tell you too much, but you l put behind a guitar, and it will tell you anything.
Honestly, I love everything down to the wardrobe. It’s very comfortable to wear these flannel shirts every day. Deacon had the same pair of boots for six years; they solved them once or twice.
And the music for the show? What’s it like hearing your own songs on TV and playing songs written by some of the best in the business?
I get to sing songs written by the greatest songwriters in this city [and] I have some of my own on this show. In fact, that is also part of it. I always say it’s like the song: life is beautiful at the end of the day; I did everything I could.
I want to look back and say that I did everything I could. I feel like I can do this. I am not a young man; I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve been doing jobs like this for a long time.
Now that the show is over, what’s next for your own music?
The short version is that it will continue the same way. I could concentrate even more on it. Lots of writing in this city, appointments are made well in advance. I couldn’t write because of the show!
I’ll be able to dub the music for a while, waiting for the next acting job. It might take some time before that happens; there is no knowledge. It depends on the role. It has to be something that inspires me, so I’ll dig in, write as much as I can, start touring more.
I don’t have a schedule in mind for recording or releasing new music. I try to cross the finish line as hard as I can for the show. I will have plenty of time after the hat.
Have you ever worried about the character taking over your own music?
I don’t usually care; people will do what people do. Believe me, there’s an overlap between the two of us: he – I’m saying like Deacon is a real guy – this character influenced my music. I’m sure he did.
If you look at the 54 songs released last year, you think, “Wow, that was really influenced by playing Deacon.” Some of the darker ones – I wrote the song ‘Looking For The Light’ with Dennis McCoskey and Charlie Worsham. Is it me? Is it deacon? It’s both.
If it’s new to someone, no one seems to react against it. I may have more worlds inside me than Deacon. Deacon stays in his lane and opens up from that lane, but maybe he has a narrow path. If I’m anything, I like to expand and go from ultra-quiet song and take you to something where the full band takes it, E Street Band style. I like to make people feel things about acting. I like to feel a spectrum of things: sometimes sad, sometimes uplifted, sometimes laughing. That’s what you hope to do.
What has been the engagement with the Nashville fan base? I mean, Deacon Claybourne is totally stupid.
I know it was written as a leading male character, written in all the ways that would make this guy appealing. That’s great; it’s a big role to play. Ultimately, what stood out to me the most in terms of fan reaction was that the things he went through and went through on the show seemed to resonate with people. From the start, whether it was addiction, cancer, life issues, or difficulty raising children, all of these different things seemed like a touchpoint for different people.
I scheduled a performance called Charles Esten Sings Deacon Claybourne’s Songs; it sold out pretty quickly, so we booked another one, and it also sold out. I’ve been playing Deacon songs as part of my shows for the past six years. I curated a Spotify playlist just so I could familiarize myself with his work and dig in. It’s really nice to see this body of Deacon Claybourne music. All that music is where the rubber hits the road on those issues that Deacon went through. These songs, they sing of this pain.
I loved being a deacon for those six years. As I put all of this together, I realized that wasn’t quite true for me, because whenever I want, I can just sit behind a guitar and play these songs. For a little while, I may be back in his boots.
What was the hardest part of playing this character?
At first, I felt like I knew who this guy was. I thought of it for the grace of God. I was able to empathize and feel those things. I’ve lived long enough and I’ve been doing it long enough. I have a Rayna in my life, but we haven’t had to spend all these years apart. You think, ‘Man, what would that be?’ I felt like I figured it out pretty quickly, even in terms of the audition. From there, I would think about it a lot.
Most of the time I felt it. When you see Deacon moved, it’s me who gets moved by the situation and the great actors I’ve been surrounded by. In the first season, shortly after the pilot, we had a few months off. That time, I remember going back to the second season thinking, “Do I know what it’s like to be Deacon? Do I remember? Then you walk in the door, and you put those boots back on, and those jeans, and that denim shirt, and you hold that guitar, and you sit across from Connie Britton, and you go back to being that guy.
What did you learn from Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes?
I learned so much. I was already a fan of watching Friday Night Lights. It was immediately apparent that she was committed to telling the truth and telling the truth, as she said. You felt like you were talking with someone who was actually listening to you and actually responding to you. It was the answer to enhance any scene.
There was almost a ‘BS meter’ starting to go off – not that she would call you for anything. When you’re playing with someone who’s being very honest right now and doing something that’s a little accented or ‘actor-y’, it feels more like that than when your stage partner joins you. I loved the way she would fight those things that didn’t seem real.