Charles Heller

Charles Heller is the protagonist of the 2025 spy thriller The Amateur, played by Rami Malek, a brilliant but introverted CIA cryptographer who seeks revenge. When the agency refuses to pursue her killers, Heller blackmails them into training him as a field agent so he can hunt them down himself, using his intellect as his primary weapon. The film follows his transformation from a desk analyst into an unconventional spy, tracking down a conspiracy that is bigger than he initially imagined.