- After completing Hook (1991) at the age of 13, Charlie made an active decision to stop acting as he craved a normal life away from fame and Hollywood pressures. He returned to acting seven years later for one final film Can't Hardly Wait (1998).
- Accepted a postion with the Missile Defense Team of the U.S. Government. (2000)
- When he chose to stop acting, a number of the roles that he turned down went to Elijah Wood.
- A member of the class of 2006 at the Yale University School of Law. Along with two other students, he received the William K.S. Wang prize, which is awarded to the "student or students demonstrating superior performance in the introductory corporate law course." [2005]
- He held a 4.0 average in physics at M.I.T.
- He currently serves as Deputy Domestic Policy Analyst for the House Republican Policy Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Graduated from Yale Law School on May 31, 2006 with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.
- Has stated that his performance in Dick Tracy (1990) is his personal favorite.
- Turned down the role of John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) due to having prior obligations with What About Bob? (1991). The part went to newcomer Edward Furlong.
- Fox studio was offering him $1 million to play the role of Mark Evans in The Good Son (1993) that went to Elijah Wood.
- Graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Class of 2000 with a degree in physics.
- He got involved in acting because he was bored in elementary school.
- Works as a special assistant with the EPA in Washington, D.C. (January 2002)
- Korsmo was nominated for the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation by President Barack Obama. (2011)
- His parents divorced in 1989. His attorney father, John, never remarried. His mother, Deborah Ruf, soon married Jim Wittman, an owner of a truck maintenance company. From his mother's remarriage, he now has four step-siblings.
- Raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Managed the Fighting Cox, the Congressional softball team sponsored Cox, in spring 2003.
- Cleveland, OH: Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (August 2012)
- Nowadays, he prefers to be called "Charles," not "Charlie."
- Visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School teaching Torts and Land Use Controls. (August 2009)
- While at Yale Law, he was a member of the Federalist Society, an organization for politically conservative law students.
- Parents are John, 51, chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board, and Deborah Ruf, 52, a Minneapolis educational consultant. [as of January 2002].
- Has a cameo in Forrest Gump (1994) as the young boy on the school bus with his left hand over his face as young Forrest Gump (Michael Humphreys) boards the bus.
- Has two children with his wife, Adrienne Jones - Lilah Nell Korsmo (b. April 17, 2010) and William Korsmo (b. 2012).
- Has two brothers, John Edward "Ted" Korsmo II (born in 1976) and Joseph Ruf "Joe" Korsmo (born in 1983). Ted graduated from Breck School in Golden Valley, Minnesota in 1995, and then from New York University in 1999 with a BFA in Film/TV Production and Screenwriting. Joe graduated from Breck School in 2001, and then from The University of Pennsylvania in 2005 with a BA in Marketing.
- Graduated from Breck School in Golden Valley, Minnesota, in the Class of 1996.
- Attending Law School (March 2007)
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