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Actor
Josh Charles
- Born September 15, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Joshua Aaron Charles is an American film, television, and theater actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on Sports Night, Will Gardner on The Good Wife, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and his early work as Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society and Bryan from Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
Known for
Dead Poets Society1989
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
The Handmaid's Tale2017
S.W.A.T.2003
Four Brothers2005
After.Life2009
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot2016
Mothers' Instinct2024
Filmography
- TBAThe 99'ersFilm
- 2026Best MedicineSeriesDr. Martin Best, Producer
- 2025The American RevolutionSeriesJoseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
- 2024Mothers' InstinctFilmDamian
- 2024The VeilSeriesMax Peterson
- 2023MemoryFilmIsaac
- 2023The PowerSeriesGovernor Daniel Dandon
- 2022We Own This CitySeriesDaniel Hersl
- 2022Facing SuicideFilmNarrator
- 2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeSeriesVince Baldi
- 2021The Eisen HourSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2020AwaySeriesMatt Logan
- 2019The Loudest VoiceSeriesCasey Close
- 2019Framing John DeLoreanFilmBill Collins
- 2018AmateurFilmCoach Gaines
- 2018Medal of HonorSeriesNarrator
- 2017The Handmaid's TaleSeriesGabriel Wharton
- 2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years LaterSeriesBlake
- 2017Law & Order True CrimeSeriesDr. Jerome Oziel
- 2016Whiskey Tango FoxtrotFilmChris
- 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerFilmTaub
- 2016The DrowningFilmTom Seymour
- 2016Match GameSeriesSelf - Panelist
- 2015FreeheldFilmBryan Kelder
- 2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtSeriesDuke Snyder
- 2015Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of CampSeriesBlake
- 2015I Smile BackFilmBruce Brooks
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2014Adult BeginnersFilmPhil
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSeriesSelf
- 2014Bird PeopleFilmGary Newman
- 2014Dead Poets in NYCFilmSelf
- 2013Masters of SexSeriesDan Logan
- 2013Drunk HistorySeriesJay Gould
- 20132012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII ChampionsFilmNarrator
- 2011CuriositySeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2010WeaknessFilmBart
- 2009After.LifeFilmTom Peterson
- 2009The Good WifeSeriesWill Gardner, Director
- 2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenFilmSubject #2
- 2009Darwin's Secret NotebooksFilmNarrator
- 2008In TreatmentSeriesJake
- 2007The Darwin AwardsFilmParamedic
- 2007The Hottest StateFilmThanks
- 2006The ExFilmForrest Mead
- 2006Six DegreesSeriesRay Jones
- 2005Four BrothersFilmDetective Fowler
- 2004Seeing Other PeopleFilmLou
- 2003S.W.A.T.FilmT.J. McCabe
- 2002Our AmericaFilmDave Isay
- 2000Meeting DaddyFilmPeter Silverblatt
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeriesSean Kelley
- 1999Muppets from SpaceFilmAgent Barker
- 1998Sports NightSeriesDan Rydell
- 1997The ViewSeriesSelf
- 1997Little CityFilmAdam
- 1997Cyclops, BabyFilmBrush Brody
- 1996CrossworldsFilmJoe Talbot
- 1996Norma Jean & MarilynFilmEddie Jordan
- 1996The GraveFilmTyn
- 1996Pie in the SkyFilmCharlie Dunlap
- 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadFilmBruce (uncredited)
- 1995ColdbloodedFilmRandy
- 1994ThreesomeFilmEddy
- 1993CooperstownFilmJody
- 1992Crossing the BridgeFilmMort Golden
- 1991Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadFilmBryan
- 1990Murder in MississippiFilmAndrew Goodman
- 1989Dead Poets SocietyFilmKnox Overstreet
- 1988HairsprayFilmIggy