As a youth, actor Gaius Charles was anything but the imposing sports-minded figure he would one day cut with his first major primetime role. A studious, theatre-trained actor, the rugged east coast-born Charles allowed his talents to guide him, using a long history of dramatic and comedic stage productions to find the right intensity of Brian “Smash” Williams, the Texas-bred running back for the Dillon Panthers of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” (2006- ).Charles was born in Manhattan, NY on May 2, 1983. From there, he was whisked off to the outer borough of Queens, where he was raised during his
