A professional actor since his appearance as an elf in a Mastercard Christmas commercial in 1970, Chuck was bitten by the acting bug while attending the University of Dubuque. His stage credits include A Raisin in the Sun, David Hare's Plenty at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Eli: A Mystery Play, A Christmas Carol, and Our Town at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. His film debut was in Continental Divide with John Belushi. Chuck's TV credits include Wings, Almost Perfect, Brotherly Love, Live Shot, and the film A Boy From Mars at the Kennedy Spacecraft Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.