Charlie Bushnell

Charlie Bushnell

Charlie Bushnell stars as Bobby Cañero-Reed in the Disney+ coming-of-age comedy series "Diary of a Future President" that follows 13-year old Cuban-American Elena and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States while navigating the ups-and-downs of middle school. Bobby is Elena's sweet and mischeivous older brother who is now a freshman in high school. Los Angeles-native Charlie Bushnell was born into an artistic family and was always destined to be in entertainment. The son of a musician, grandson of a jazz singer and nephew to a film and television actor, at just 10 years old he started making movies with his friends. While binge-watching “Stranger Things”, he made the decision to pursue acting. In the beginning, Bushnell self-trained by memorizing his favorite film monologues. He participated in school plays and eventually started taking professional acting classes at John Rosenfeld Studios, Ruskin Academy, amongst others. Auditions quickly followed and he soon landed the role of Bobby Cañero-Reed in the Disney+ coming-of-age comedy series "Diary of a Future President."