Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo is an American actor, lawyer, and academic who first drew notice as a child performer. He was born in Fargo, North Dakota. His early screen roles included the Kid in Dick Tracy (1990), Siggy in What About Bob? (1991), and Jack Banning in Hook (1991), after which he stepped away from acting. He returned for Can't Hardly Wait (1998) as William Lichter, a part he filmed while studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he completed a physics degree in 2000. He went on to earn a law degree from Yale Law School in 2006 and later held a visiting professorship at Brooklyn Law School. At Case Western Reserve University School of Law, he teaches corporate law and finance. He acted again as Herr Director in Chained for Life (2019).