Chuck Bartowski
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| Chuck Bartowski | |
|---|---|
| Chuck character | |
| First appearance | Pilot |
| Portrayed by | Zachary Levi |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 26 |
| Occupation | Computer Expert |
| Family | Dr. Eleanor Fay "Ellie" Bartowski (sister) Father Mother (Deceased) |
| Address | Los Angeles, California |
Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski is the main character of the American fictional television show Chuck on NBC. He is portrayed by Zachary Levi.
[edit] Biography
Chuck Bartowski is an affable, anxious Nerd Herd associate at Buy More (a parody of Geek Squad and Best Buy, respectively). He seems to follow a lot of the stereotypes of a generic techno-geek as video games and computer knowledge.
In the Pilot episode, Chuck accidentally downloads the entire CIA/NSA secret database into his brain through an e-mail from old friend/nemesis Bryce Larkin. Both the CIA/NSA computer and Chuck's computer are destroyed, making the information in Chuck's brain unique. The government enlists Chuck to help protect national security after it is discovered that he has the ability to 'flash' on the secret information in his brain. Chuck is protected by CIA agent Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) and NSA agent Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin).
The TV series is based on the weekly missions that Chuck, Sarah and Casey engage in, as well as Chuck's relationships with Morgan Grimes (his best friend and co-worker), his fellow Nerd Herders and co-workers, his sister Ellie (Sarah Lancaster), and her boyfriend (later fiancé) Devon (nicknamed 'Captain Awesome').
Chuck's romantic interests include CIA agent Sarah Walker (who is posing undercover as Chuck's girlfriend) and temporarily Lou (Rachel Bilson), the owner/manager of a sandwich shop. He first met each of them when they came into the Buy More with broken cell phones which Chuck was able to fix. The pilot episode establishes that his last romantic interest was Jill, a fellow Stanford student who was stolen by his friend Bryce Larkin.
With the exception of his sister, little is known about Chuck's family. It is revealed that their mother left them at some point and that their father was "never really there". No real information about either individual has been revealed.
It seems that a lot of Chuck's personality and interests in the show do somewhat mirror Levi's real life interests, and this he feels helps the character Chuck come across as more "real". [1]
