NBC Insider One Chicago Meet Chicago P.D.'s New "Odd Duck" FBI Agent Charlie Boyden (EXCLUSIVE)

On Season 14 of P.D., the Intelligence Unit has a newcomer in their midst with questionable motives.

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Key Takeaways

  • Season 14 of Chicago P.D. introduces FBI Agent Charlie Boyden, played by Kyle Selig, who joins the Intelligence Unit to evaluate CPD resource usage and immediately creates tension within the 21st District.
  • Showrunner Gwen Sigan describes Charlie as an “odd duck” whose awkward, earnest personality makes him difficult for Hank Voight to read, leaving both Voight and viewers unsure if he's trustworthy.
  • Kyle Selig is known for his Broadway work in Mean Girls: The Musical, The Book of Mormon, and Water for Elephants, along with TV appearances in series including Evil, FBI: International, and Welcome to Flatch.

The Intelligence Unit has received an unexpected shake-up with the arrival of FBI Agent Charlie Boyden (Kyle Selig) on Season 14 of Chicago P.D.

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Sgt. Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) and the Intelligence Unit investigators have been dealing with nonstop workplace headaches on Chicago P.D. after a nearby CPF HQ displaced countless officers and threw the 21st District into disarray. After Voight raised complaints, he learned the 21st District was being restructured, with an FBI Agent moved into the Intelligence Unit to evaluate if it was efficiently using CPD resources. All eyes are now on FBI Agent Charlie Boyden as he snags a desk at the 21st District.

"[Charlie Boyden] is a really different character that Voight cannot figure out," P.D. showrunner Gwen Sigan told NBC Insider. "And for Voight, usually he can read people very easily. He's very good at getting a step ahead of people, knowing how to navigate these types of antagonists. But this one's different. This one, he's like, 'I don't know how to make heads or tails of this guy.' He's an odd duck, and it's been really fun to play."

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But as Sigan tells NBC Insider, there's more to FBI Agent Charlie Boyden than meets the eye. Read more below.

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P.D.'s showrunner dishes details about FBI Agent Charlie Boyden

Kyle Selig smiles in a black tuxedo and bow tie on the Tony Awards red carpet backdrop.

Kyle Selig attends The 78th Annual Tony Awards Red Carpet at Radio City Music Hall on June 08, 2025 in New York City. 

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After his introduction in Chicago P.D.'s Season 14 premiere, Charlie experienced a rough arrival at the Intelligence Unit as the detectives grew concerned about being patrolled by a federal agent. But, despite the danger Charlie seemingly posed, his clumsy demeanor may influence previous assumptions.

Unlike P.D. threats of the past, Charlie doesn't seem like a cutthroat federal agent, which seems to catch Voight off-guard. When discussing whether Charlie is a friend or foe in the 21st District, showrunner Gwen Sigan tells NBC Insider that viewers will have to wait to find out.

"[Charlie] moves upstairs into our unit, which we've never seen before," Sigan explained. "Very odd for us. For Voight, it definitely feels very uncomfortable and wrong, and his first instinct is: get this person outta here, protect my unit, protect my family, get him out."

The cast of looking at a computer in Episode 2 of Chicago P.D. Season 14.

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Sigan concluded, "But the more we get to know Charlie, I think his character is very disarming to Voight. He's a little bit awkward. He kind of, at surface value, almost sweet and just like a very earnest guy. And Voight doesn't know what to do with it, which I love. [Voight] doesn't trust it, and I don't think the audience is fully gonna trust it either."

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Why you recognize Chicago P.D. newbie Kyle Selig

Aside from becoming comfortable in the 21st District as the bumbling FBI Agent Charlie Boyden, Selig rose to fame on Broadway as a triple threat, originating the role of Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls: The Musical. He's also starred in The Book of Mormon and Water for Elephants. 

He married fellow actress and Mean Girls: The Musical co-star, Erika Henningsen, in 2023.

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Erika Henningsen and Kyle Selig smile and pose together on a red carpet in front of a cream-colored wall with green floral decorations.

Erika Henningsen and Kyle Selig attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix's "The Four Seasons" Season 2 at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on May 19, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. 

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On the small screen he's guest starred in hit television series such as Madam Secretary, Evil, and Girls5eva. Selig has also appeared in several television films, including Christmas in Tahoe, The Housewives of the North Pole, and Monster High: The Movie. In recent years, Selig has appeared in series such as Mulligan, FBI: International, and Welcome to Flatch, where he starred as Dylan for two seasons.

Reporting by Stephanie Gomulka.

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