Nine-year-old actor Charlie Tacker of Wareham is a budding actor on the Boston scene, and already has an impressive resume for such a young guy.

Charlie got his start at 4-years-old as an extra on the Ben Affleck directed movie, "The Town," and has worked on the as yet unnamed Christian Bale movie currently being shot in Massachusetts.

Closer to home, he was in the Steve Carell film "The Way, Way Back," which shot scenes in Wareham.

If Charlie keeps chugging along at the pace he is, he'll be as well known as they are, and he's pretty specific about how he'll be spending his time by that point: "In a penthouse with a waterbed and a closet full of Jordans [Nike sneakers]. In Boston."

While he's worked with some great actors, Charlie's original inspiration is one that is near and dear to the hearts of little boys and comic book nerds of any gender.

"When I was little, like three and two, I watched a lot of super hero movies and fiction movies, and then I'm like 'I wanna be Spiderman!'"

After emulating Peter Parker's post irradiated spider bite persona, Charlie's mom thought it would be prudent to show him just how the magic of movies made Spiderman's high flying adventures possible.

"[Since] my mom doesn't want me to jump off cliffs and stuff she  made me watch green screen footage and stuff, and I was like 'I wanna do that.'"

While he's had some paying gigs, the bulk of his work has been on student and independent films for which he doesn't need an Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) card.

Charlie says he wouldn't want to move to New York or Los Angeles and leave his friends in Massachusetts.

He says his friends at the John W. Decas Elementary School are very supportive of him. His mother, Lisa Zierenberg, says the staff is as well.

"The administration at Decas is amazing," says Zierenberg. "They are so accommodating, and they are all so supportive of his career and they know that his education is important to me and they do whatever they can. I'm so grateful for that."

He's currently working on the independent feature film "Firefly Jar," a movie about a boy coping with the loss of his mother.

Charlie has dealt with a number of roles that involve things he's never had to deal with in real life. One of those films is "Young Man," for which he was runner up for best actor at the Boston 48 Hour Film Project in 2012.

"It's about this little boy and his mom is really sick so he starts taking care of her. He really wants to grow up,"  explains Charlie.

Charlie doesn't mind taking on such roles, and watching clips of his films makes it apparent that he's more than capable of handling them. His wide, expressive eyes generate powerful emotion in a way that can't be taught.

"I imagine that I'm an adult, and sometimes I do really good, and sometimes it doesn't really turn out perfect," Charlie explains.

Despite his talent for dramatic roles, Charlie says he's more of a "comedy guy," and hopes some comedic roles come his way soon. In the meantime, he exercises his comedic muscles by pranking his co-stars on set.

Charlie was working with Artie Wahlberg (Yes, Mark's brother) on the set of the film "The Lady in White," and decided things were getting a little too serious.

"I had my phone in my hand and I had, like, a bottle," Charlie explains, noting that he pretended to drop the bottle's cap, "and I went 'Oh, Artie can you get that?' and he was like, 'Oh sure.' On my phone I have a fart app, so when he bent down, I pressed the phone and everyone's like, 'Artie!'"

If you'd like to check out Charlie's lead role in "I Fell Silent," it will be premiering at the Bright Family Screening Room at Emerson College's Paramount Theater, 555 Washington Street, Boston, on Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m. The film was directed by Emerson students Carson Lund and Michael Basta.

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