Charles Vandervaart may not be handsome, but he's got a jaw-dropping physique. His IMDB biography tells us that he acquired his muscles: "playing hockey, rock climbing, basketball, soccer, football, swimming, kayaking, sailing, cross country running, triathlons and combat training." How do you play combat training? Born in 2000, he's been on screen since 2010, but I'm only going to check out his performances since 2017 for gay roles or subtexts.
Lost in Space (2021): a remake of the classic sci-fi series about a family of colonists getting lost en route to their new life in Alpha Centauri. Charles plays Liam Tufeld, one of the competitors for daughter Penny's attention.
Holly Hobbie (2018-2021): Wasn't there a Holly Hobbie doll in the 1970s? This is a live-action teencom on Hulu starring a girl with Big Dreams in a small Canadian town. Charles plays her brother, Robbie Hollie. I watched his only centric episode: "Heather suspects that Robbie is hiding a secret." No, not being gay. He's secretly making artisanal jams, like blueberry-bacon.
The Murdoch Mysteries (2013-2021): Charles plays John Brackenreid in 22 episodes. In "The Republic of Murdoch," his father believes that his interest in the arts signifies that he's gay, and forces him to fight to prove that he's actually straight. Dismal.
The Craft: Legacy (2020): Some high school girls are witches. Charles plays the brother of the main witch. He's got a closeted older brother and a bisexual buddy (Nicholas Galitzine, left), who is murdered (not for being bi).
Every Day (2018): A teenage girl falls in love with a disembodied spirit named A, who inhabits a new body every day. Boy and girl bodies, cisgender and transgender, but she ends up with Owen Teague. Personally, I'd rather date Colin Ford (left). Charles isn't one of the bodies.
The Stanley Dynamic (2014-2017). A Canadian teencom with an odd gimmick: Twin brothers, one live-action (Charles), the other a toon (Taylor Abrahamse). Apparently both are retro girl-crazy.
It appears that Charles has played mostly straight guys who you come out to. But he's only 21. Give him a few more years of kayaking, swimming, triathlons, and combat training.
He is a good looking young man
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