7.9Acting
Josh Charles
- Born
- 1971-09-15
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
70 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Best Medicine
2026 · TV Show
Dr. Martin Best · Producer
The American Revolution
2025 · TV Show
Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Mothers' Instinct
2024 · Movie
Damian
The Veil
2024 · TV Show
Max Peterson
Memory
2023 · Movie
Isaac
The Power
2023 · TV Show
Governor Daniel Dandon
Facing Suicide
2022 · Movie
Narrator
We Own This City
2022 · TV Show
Daniel Hersl
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · TV Show
Vince Baldi
The Eisen Hour
2021 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Away
2020 · TV Show
Matt Logan
Framing John DeLorean
2019 · Movie
Bill Collins
The Loudest Voice
2019 · TV Show
Casey Close
Amateur
2018 · Movie
Coach Gaines
Medal of Honor
2018 · TV Show
Narrator
Law & Order True Crime
2017 · TV Show
Dr. Jerome Oziel
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · TV Show
Gabriel Wharton
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · TV Show
Blake
Match Game
2016 · TV Show
Self - Panelist
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · Movie
Taub
The Drowning
2016 · Movie
Tom Seymour
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · Movie
Chris
Freeheld
2015 · Movie
Bryan Kelder
I Smile Back
2015 · Movie
Bruce Brooks
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · TV Show
Duke Snyder
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015 · TV Show
Blake
Adult Beginners
2014 · Movie
Phil
Bird People
2014 · Movie
Gary Newman
Dead Poets in NYC
2014 · Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
Self · Self - Guest
2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions
2013 · Movie
Narrator
Drunk History
2013 · TV Show
Jay Gould
Masters of Sex
2013 · TV Show
Dan Logan
Curiosity
2011 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
Weakness
2010 · Movie
Bart
After.Life
2009 · Movie
Tom Peterson
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 · Movie
Subject #2
Darwin's Secret Notebooks
2009 · Movie
Narrator
The Good Wife
2009 · TV Show
Will Gardner · Director
In Treatment
2008 · TV Show
Jake
The Darwin Awards
2007 · Movie
Paramedic
The Hottest State
2007 · Movie
Thanks
Six Degrees
2006 · TV Show
Ray Jones
The Ex
2006 · Movie
Forrest Mead
Four Brothers
2005 · Movie
Detective Fowler
Seeing Other People
2004 · Movie
Lou
S.W.A.T.
2003 · Movie
T.J. McCabe
Our America
2002 · Movie
Dave Isay
Meeting Daddy
2000 · Movie
Peter Silverblatt
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
Sean Kelley
Muppets from Space
1999 · Movie
Agent Barker
Sports Night
1998 · TV Show
Dan Rydell
Cyclops, Baby
1997 · Movie
Brush Brody
Little City
1997 · Movie
Adam
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self
Crossworlds
1996 · Movie
Joe Talbot
Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996 · Movie
Eddie Jordan
Pie in the Sky
1996 · Movie
Charlie Dunlap
The Grave
1996 · Movie
Tyn
Coldblooded
1995 · Movie
Randy
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · Movie
Bruce (uncredited)
Threesome
1994 · Movie
Eddy
Cooperstown
1993 · Movie
Jody
Crossing the Bridge
1992 · Movie
Mort Golden
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991 · Movie
Bryan
Murder in Mississippi
1990 · Movie
Andrew Goodman
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Movie
Knox Overstreet
Hairspray
1988 · Movie
Iggy
The 99'ers
Date unknown · Movie
Cast