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Birthday: Sep 09, 1965
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Charles Esten

Charles Esten Puskar III (September 9, 1965), also known as Chip Esten, is an American actor, musician and comedian. He is best known for his role as country singer Deacon Claybourne on the ABC/CMT drama Nashville (2012-2018), which subsequently kickstarted his own musical career. He's also known for his comedy (as Chip Esten) on the US version of the improv series Whose Line Is it Anyway?.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Postman Michael 1997
The Sleepwalker Killing Mark Schall 1997
Drew Carey's Improv All Stars Self (as Chip Esten) 2001
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Bill (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona") 2002
Grizzly Night Gary Bunney 2024
Water Under the Bridge Don 2003
Signing Day Coach Crew Marshall 1970
The Easy Kind Tye 2024
Swing Vote Lewis 2008
Die Helene Fischer Show 2017 Self 2017
61* Kevin Maris 2001
Nobody Knows Anything! Conner Fulton 2004
Thirteen Days Maj. Rudolf Anderson 2000
Nashville in Concert 2018
Late Last Night Beverly Hills Cop 1999
Tubydi Padastro 2021
American Family Larry Bogner 2007
Series Cast Year
Star Trek: The Next Generation Divok 1987
Jack & Jill 1999
Providence Ted Shannon 1999
Star Trek: Voyager Dathan 1995
The Office Josh Porter 2005
Cold Case John 'The Hawk' Hawkins 2003
The Winner 2007
Jesse Tad 1998
JAG Pete "Pistol" Ayers 1995
Big Love 2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine Joe Campbell 2006
The Mentalist Rick Bregman 2008
ER Barry Grossman 1994
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show Self 2004
On the Spot 2003
Wilfred Nick 2011
Diagnosis: Murder Joe Carter 1993
NCIS: Los Angeles 2009
The Brian Benben Show 1998
Nashville Deacon Claybourne 2012
Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Self 2011
Enlightened Damon Manning 2011
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Self 2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Self 1998
Jessie Morgan Ross 2011
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
CMT Music Awards Self - Host 2002
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
The Crew Randy Anderson 1995
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993
Outer Banks Ward Cameron 2020
Just Shoot Me! Jake 1997
Cheers Marine 1982
The Drew Carey Show Chip 1995
Homestead: The Series Cain Ross 2024
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