- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 15, 1971
- Place of Birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Josh Charles
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.
Filmography
tvBest Medicine
2026 · Dr. Martin Best, Producer
tvThe American Revolution
2025 · Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
tvThe Veil
2024 · Max Peterson
movieMothers' Instinct
2024 · Damian
movieMemory
2023 · Isaac
tvThe Power
2023 · Governor Daniel Dandon
movieFacing Suicide
2022 · Narrator
tvWe Own This City
2022 · Daniel Hersl
tvLaw & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · Vince Baldi
tvThe Eisen Hour
2021 · Self - Guest
tvAway
2020 · Matt Logan
tvThe Loudest Voice
2019 · Casey Close
movieFraming John DeLorean
2019 · Bill Collins
tvMedal of Honor
2018 · Narrator
movieAmateur
2018 · Coach Gaines
tvLaw & Order True Crime
2017 · Dr. Jerome Oziel
tvWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · Blake
tvThe Handmaid's Tale
2017 · Gabriel Wharton
movieThe Drowning
2016 · Tom Seymour
tvMatch Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
movieNorman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · Taub
movieWhiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · Chris
movieI Smile Back
2015 · Bruce Brooks
movieFreeheld
2015 · Bryan Kelder
tvWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015 · Blake
tvUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · Duke Snyder
movieAdult Beginners
2014 · Phil
movieBird People
2014 · Gary Newman
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
tvMasters of Sex
2013 · Dan Logan
tvDrunk History
2013 · Jay Gould
movie2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions
2013 · Narrator
tvCuriosity
2011 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieWeakness
2010 · Bart
movieAfter.Life
2009 · Tom Peterson
movieBrief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 · Subject #2
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Will Gardner, Director
movieDarwin's Secret Notebooks
2009 · Narrator
tvIn Treatment
2008 · Jake
movieThe Hottest State
2007 · Thanks
movieThe Darwin Awards
2007 · Paramedic
movieThe Ex
2006 · Forrest Mead
tvSix Degrees
2006 · Ray Jones
movieFour Brothers
2005 · Detective Fowler
movieSeeing Other People
2004 · Lou
movieS.W.A.T.
2003 · T.J. McCabe
movieOur America
2002 · Dave Isay
movieMeeting Daddy
2000 · Peter Silverblatt
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Sean Kelley
movieMuppets from Space
1999 · Agent Barker
tvSports Night
1998 · Dan Rydell
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieLittle City
1997 · Adam
movieCyclops, Baby
1997 · Brush Brody
movieNorma Jean & Marilyn
1996 · Eddie Jordan
movieCrossworlds
1996 · Joe Talbot
moviePie in the Sky
1996 · Charlie Dunlap
movieThe Grave
1996 · Tyn
movieThings to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · Bruce (uncredited)
movieColdblooded
1995 · Randy
movieThreesome
1994 · Eddy
movieCooperstown
1993 · Jody
movieCrossing the Bridge
1992 · Mort Golden
movieDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991 · Bryan
movieMurder in Mississippi
1990 · Andrew Goodman
movieDead Poets Society
1989 · Knox Overstreet
movieHairspray
1988 · Iggy
The 99'ers
movieThe 99'ers
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