Biography

Charles Timbers has been a performer for more than 30 years; appearing in over 30+ plays in Pittsburgh, and he is an active member of SAG/AFTRA and A.E.A. He is currently the producer and director of his own show on PCTV. When he is not acting, Mr. Timbers is a full time Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner. Chuck is a collective member and board member of the Demaskus Theater Collective, and part of the Community Empowerment Associations (C.E.A) Arts Renaissance Collective.Mr. Timbers has been seen in multiple productions with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Co. and played the role of Cutler in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and at the Short North Stage Theater in Columbus, Ohio where he received the Excellence in Acting Award 2016 from the Theater Roundtable of Columbus. He has performed with New Horizons Theater C0. and Kuntu Repertory Theater Co. He was seen in The Summer King with the Pittsburgh Opera. He has also appeared with the Mendelssohn choir in the production of” Let My People Go: A spiritual Journey Along the Underground Railroad” as the narrator. Charles was also executive producer and narrator for the short film documentary” Black Mary”.

His film credits include several local and national TV commercials, industrial and student films, Black Mary, Rehabilitation of the Hill, Dead and Alive and he played the role of Dr. Hayes in the ABC TV movie The Jacksons: An American Dream. Most recently an award winning tribute to Martin Luther King “Spirit Everlasting” with the August Wilson Center here in Pittsburgh. Charles recently performed in “The Bold and the Sanctified”.

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Credits and Rewards

•  Excellence In Acting 2016 for my role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Short North Stage Theater in Columbus Ohio
• Best Supporting Actor Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2013 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Kuntu Theater
• Mary Eliza Mahoney Living Legend Award presented by the Pittsburgh Black Nurses In Action 2018 for being the 1st African American Male Nurse Practitioner in the City of Pittsburgh. Trailblazer in Nursing graduating 1976
• Certificate of Appreciation presented to Trustee Charles Timbers Full Life Deliverance Ministries