{{Short description|American actor (born 1955)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} '''Charley Lang''' (born October 24, 1955) is an American actor, director, psychotherapist and professor of psychology.

The fourth of seven children born to Charles and Joan (nee Blanc) Lang and raised in London, England and Wayne, New Jersey, Lang made his stage debut in the title role of his DePaul Catholic High School production of ''Oliver!''. After touring the U.S. and around the world with National Players<ref>{{Citation |title=National Players |date=2026-03-19 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Players&oldid=1344343196 |access-date=2026-03-23 |language=en}}</ref> as Richard Miller in Eugene O’Neill’s ''Ah Wilderness!'' he received a BFA in Drama from Catholic University<ref>{{Citation |title=Catholic University of America |date=2026-02-20 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catholic_University_of_America&oldid=1339347766 |access-date=2026-03-23 |language=en}}</ref> in 1978. The following Fall, Lang made his Broadway debut as Young Charlie in the Tony Award-winning production of ''Da''<ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Internet Broadway Database |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/da-4057#Replacements |url-status=live}}</ref> starring Barnard Hughes. Subsequent stage work includes the Broadway productions of ''Once a Catholic'',<ref>{{Cite web |year=1979 |title=Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/production/once-a-catholic-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004468 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Mass Appeal'',<ref>{{Citation |title=Mass Appeal (play) |date=2026-01-04 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mass_Appeal_(play)&oldid=1331059809 |access-date=2026-03-23 |language=en}}</ref> and the 1985 revival of O'Neill's ''Strange Interlude''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1985 |title=Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Charley-Lang/}}</ref>

thumb|Lang in Los Angles at the opening of La Traviata, 2022

== Television and film == Lang moved to Los Angeles in 1982 to pursue work in TV and film, where his many guest-star roles<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charley Lang |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485709/ |url-status=live |website=IMDB}}</ref> include ''LA Law'', ''Matlock'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Murder She Wrote'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''NYPD Blue'', ER, and the films ''Fire in the Sky'' and ''Hear No Evil''. He was the original Rob Stemkowski on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charley Lang as Rob Stemkowski |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10181348/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_sm_2#amzn1.imdb.concept.name_credit_group.7caf7d16-5db9-4f4f-8864-d4c6e711c686 |url-status=live |website=IMDB}}</ref> After guesting on ''The West Wing'' as Congressman Matt Skinner, Lang pitched an idea involving Log Cabin Republicans<ref>{{Cite web |title=Log Cabin Republicans |url=https://logcabin.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> to creator Aaron Sorkin, which became a major storyline in the subsequent West Wing episode ''The Portland Trip''.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2000 |title=The Portland Trip |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745702/ |url-status=live |website=IMDB}}</ref>

An LGBT rights activist, Lang produced and directed three award-winning documentary films: ''Live to Tell: The First Gay & Lesbian Prom in America'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994 |title=Live To Tell: The First Gay & Lesbian Prom in America |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4x4PBPvlc4 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Battle for the Tiara'',<ref>{{Cite web |year=1997 |title=Battle for the Tiara |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176516/ |url-status=live |website=IMDB}}</ref> and ''Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKBT3cBcik |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Psychology == In 1996 Lang received a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles,<ref>{{Citation |title=Antioch University Los Angeles |date=2025-10-26 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antioch_University_Los_Angeles&oldid=1318790129 |access-date=2026-03-23 |language=en}}</ref> becoming a licensed psychotherapist two years later. As professor of psychology at Antioch<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charley Lang Antioch University |url=https://www.antioch.edu/faculty/charley-lang/ |url-status=live |website=Antioch University}}</ref>, he created numerous graduate and undergraduate courses, including ''Madness in American History & Film'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madness FA25.docx |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QGqnV9kqMOvWdzFRN4bSePXi7pngYW3H/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105825104805110823335&rtpof=true&sd=true&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Google Docs |language=en}}</ref> ''Queer Counseling & Narrative Practice'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=QCNP Syllabus SU25.docx |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jzk_KO7_MA6sX54HzUh6p7WlHDZuwaB_/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105825104805110823335&rtpof=true&sd=true&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Google Docs |language=en}}</ref> ''Documentary Film & The American Psyche'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Am Psyche WI26 syllabus.doc |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qf8wo-VklCUxNddIBeKJAcZt56dz54eL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105825104805110823335&rtpof=true&sd=true&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Google Docs |language=en}}</ref> and ''Shakespeare Deconstructed: Gender & Power Play''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shakespeare WI24.doc |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJ5N_FJ4qeoCBk2o5WzscfnR01OflhVP/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105825104805110823335&rtpof=true&sd=true&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Google Docs |language=en}}</ref> Lang was for many years Director of the Postmodern Therapy Training Program at the California Family Counseling Center <ref>{{Cite web |title=CalFam |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/treatment-rehab/calfam-counseling-encino-ca/304860 |url-status=live |website=Psychology Today}}</ref>and is co-founder of Narrative Counseling Center,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Narrative Counseling Center |url=https://narrativecounselingcenter.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> providing support for individuals, couples and families throughout California.

== Publications == Published work includes ''Narrative'' ''Therapy Approaches in the Treatment of Trauma''<ref>{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=Narrative Therapy Approaches in the Treatment of Trauma |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tg9yX3sqcUgNQTY45WQrnobi7om7zSCn/view?usp=sharing |url-status=live}}</ref> for The Therapist Magazine and ''Narrative Therapy with Couples: Promoting Liberation from Constraining Influences''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Handbook of Couples Therapy |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Handbook+of+Couples+Therapy-p-9780471694403#tableofcontents-section |url-status=live}}</ref> in the Handbook of Couples Therapy.<ref>John Wiley & Sons. Inc., 2005</ref>

== Personal life == After the repeal of Proposition 8 in California, Lang married his long-time partner Jaymes Mihaliak<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pilates by Jaymes |url=https://pilatesbyjaymes.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Husbands Jaymes & Charley |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5go5658YiY|website=YouTube|url-status=live|year=2014}}</ref> on May 3, 2014, ten years to the day of first meeting.

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