Charles Melton

Charles Michael Melton was born on January 4, 1991, in Juneau, Alaska, to Sukyong and Phil Melton. His father is an American with English ancestry; At one point, the family lived in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, South Korea, for about five years. where Melton graduated from Manhattan High School in 2009. Melton studied at nearby Kansas State University, where he played as a defensive back on the football team under coach Bill Snyder. ==Career==

He was first successful as a model, having booked gigs for Dolce & Gabbana, Kenneth Cole and MAC. After recurring during the second season, Melton officially became a series regular on Riverdale starting with the third season. In 2019, he starred in his first feature film as Daniel Bae in The Sun Is Also a Star, the film adaptation of the book of the same name by Nicola Yoon. Because of that movie, he is the first Korean-American and Asian-American actor to lead a teen romance film from a major Hollywood studio. In 2023, he co-starred in the Todd Haynes directed Netflix drama film May December where he acted alongside Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. Melton's performance received critical acclaim, winning Best Supporting Actor from the Gotham Independent Film Awards, National Society of Film Critics Awards and the New York Film Critics Awards. He also received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award. He starred in Warfare, an A24 war movie written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza. He is set to star in Love Child with Elizabeth Olsen with a release date to be announced. He will also star in Beef season 2 alongside Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, and Yuh-Jung Youn, as well as Her Private Hell alongside Sophie Thatcher and Havana Rose Liu. His charity work includes serving as a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics International. ==Personal life==

Melton dated Riverdale co-star Camila Mendes from October 2018 to December 2019. They dated again briefly in 2021. He dated Chase Sui Wonders from early 2022 until that summer. He dated Chloe Bennet in the spring/summer of 2023. Melton is currently in a relationship with director Camille Summers-Valli. In January 2026, it was announced that Summers-Valli was pregnant with their first child. On March 9, 2026, Melton confirmed the birth of their child via Instagram. Melton has two sisters, Patricia and Tammy. Tammy works with him as his producing partner. ==Filmography==

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