Les Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. He attended the University of Redlands, California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional career as a high school English teacher, but moved into television. He began his television career with his brother, Glen Charles. The two were writer-producers for The Bob Newhart Show, created and produced Taxi, formed the Charles-Burrows-Charles production company with James Burrows, and created and produced the television series Cheers. The brothers also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film, Pushing Tin.
Brother of Glen Charles.
He and his brother Glen have won over a dozen awards for writing and producing television comedy.
Once admitted to the Los Angeles Times that he and his brother Glen rarely give interviews because they consider themselves to be "quite boring".
