Charlie Ray Reid, born Charlie Wayland Ray Reid, is an American actor who resides in South Texas. Charlie booked his first major role at the young age of 6 and can be seen playing as Alex Thomas in faith based feature filmed titled The Reason (2016) starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Tatyana Ali. Since The Reason, Charlie has gone on to book supporting role of Johnny in the Sundance indie feature film titled Little Woods (2017) starring Lily James and Tessa Thompson. Charlie also stars as young Eric Bourquin in the soon to be released National Geographic miniseries titled The Long Road Home (2017) to air this fall.