| Charlie Winthrop | ||
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Home town: England, United Kingdom | ||
Occupation: Bartender at Pemberton's Model (aspiring) | ||
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- “Look, I realize that it's just a silly game, okay? But that game... is the only connection that I have to home right now. And yes, I was hoping that I could share it with everyone and that just for one day, I would forget that I'm thousands of miles away from everything that I've ever known. (...) I miss the, the terrible weather, and, and the bland food, and the bars that close at eleven, and fine, I realize I'm not doing a very good job of selling England right now, but I miss it because it's my home!”
- ―Charlie explaining his homesickness to Valentina.
Charlie Winthrop is a main character in the Hulu series, How I Met Your Father. He is portrayed by Tom Ainsley.
Background[]
Charlie is an aspiring model from England who fell in love with Sophie's roommate Valentina (an aspiring stylist) at London Fashion Week and followed her to New York. Being the son of conservative aristocrats, Charlie’s a great guy but he’s been living in a rich person’s bubble his whole life. His family cut him off when he had to choose between Valentina over his family fortune. He is now trying to make it as a working class guy and lives with Sophie and Valentina, though he would later get an apartment with Ellen.
Charlie dated Valentina but ultimately they decided to break up and just be friends. Charlie started dating a Valentina look-a-like, Courtney, among many other women as he tried to get over Valentina.
Charlie and Valentina almost rekindled things but upon realizing they want different things when it comes to kids they decide to remain friends. However, at the end of Season 2, it's revealed that eventually Charlie and Valentina have a son named Alex together.
Family[]
- Spouse: Valentina (future)[2]
- Mother: Unnamed (mentioned only)
- Sons(s): Alex (future)
- In-law(s): Juan and Raquel (future parents-in-law)
Episode Appearances[]
- Pilot (How I Met Your Father)
- FOMO
- The Fixer
- Dirrty Thirty
- The Good Mom
- Stacey
- Rivka Rebel
- The Perfect Shot
- Jay Street
- Timing is Everything
- Cool and Chill
- Midwife Crisis
- The Reset Button
- Pathetic Deirdre
- Ride Or Die
- Universal Therapy
- A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Valentine's Day
- Rewardishment
- The Welcome Protocol
- I'm His Swish
- Daddy
- Not A Mamma Mia
- Family Business
- Disengagement Party
- Working Girls
- The Jersey Connection
- Out Of Sync
- Parent Trap
- Shady Parker
- Okay Fine, It's A Hurricane
Notes and Trivia[]
- Charlie could potentially be The Father, as Sophie met him at Sid and Hannah's engagement party.
- In Okay Fine, It's A Hurricane, it is revealed that Charlie and Val will get married and have a son together, which potentially excludes Charlie from the candidates for the role of Sophie's husband and the father of her son.
- Charlie did not want children and the main reason why the broke up.