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Charles Esten

Charles Esten

Birthday: 1965-09-09 | Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Charles Esten Puskar III, known professionally as Chip Esten, is an American actor, musician and comedian. Esten is best known for his role as country singer Deacon Claybourne on the ABC/CMT drama Nashville from 2012 to 2018 which subsequently kickstarted his own musical career.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Grizzly Night

as    Gary Bunney

2024
The Easy Kind

as    Tye

2023
2023 CMT Music Awards

as    Self

2020
Outer Banks S1

as    Ward Cameron

2017
2012
Nashville

as    Deacon Claybourne

2011
2008
1%

as    John Tipton

2008
Swing Vote

as    Lewis

2004
Nobody Knows Anything!

as    Conner Fulton

2004
2003
Water Under the Bridge

as    Don

2002
Twelve Miles to Trona

as    Bill

2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as    Bill (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")

2001
Drew Carey's Improv All Stars

as    Self (as Chip Esten)

1997
The Sleepwalker Killing

as    Mark Schall

1
Signing Day

as    Coach Crew Marshall