Charles Randolph "Charlie" Korsmo (born
July 20,
1978) is an
American former
child actor turned lawyer and political activist.
Korsmo was born in
Fargo, North Dakota, the son of Deborah Ruf, an educational psychologist, and John Korsmo, a hospital administrator and chairman of the
Federal Housing Finance Board.
[Charlie Korsmo Biography] He was raised in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he attended and graduated from
Breck School. He has one older brother, Ted (born 1976), and one younger brother, Joe (born 1983). Korsmo's acting roles included The Kid/Dick Tracy, Jr. in
Dick Tracy; Siggie, the son of
Richard Dreyfuss's character, in
What About Bob?, and the son of
Peter Pan in the
1991 film
Hook. He also had a role in 1998's
Can't Hardly Wait.