Charlie "Chuck" Brown is the main protagonist of the Peanuts comic strip and The Peanuts Movie. Notable exclusions are the film Snoopy Come Home (1972), It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown (1974), Snoopy! The Musical(1975), What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! (1978), and Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011), all where he's the deuteragonist, and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), where he and Snoopy are the tritagonists. His many struggles are based off the childhood of his creator Charles Monroe Schulz. He attempts to do what is right for others, though sometimes it dissatisfies them. He has a dog named Snoopy and a little sister named Sally.
He has a crush on the seldom-seen, seldom-named Little Red-Haired Girl. Despite encountering bullies, like Lucy Van Pelt, or those that are minor adversaries, his greatest adversary is himself. He always gets abused by his friends, especially Lucy, who calls him a "blockhead". To always have a boy's voice, he is almost always voiced by different boys. In the miniseries This is America, Charlie Brown, he is voiced by Erin Chase, the exceptional voice artist (as Chase was a girl).
In the 2015 film The Peanuts Movie, he was voiced by Noah Schnapp.
He also appeared in the Peanuts-Pixar crossover Mamma Mia, Charlie Brown!, where he ends up in Italy and meets Luca Paguro whom he finds out that the both of them share some qualities.