Josh Charles
Acting
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.
Born: September 15, 1971 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Filmography (59)
TV
Best Medicine
2026
Actor: Dr. Martin BestProducer
TV
The American Revolution
2025
Actor: Joseph Warren / Jo…
TV
The Veil
2024
Actor: Max Peterson
Mothers' Instinct
2024
Actor: Damian
Memory
2023
Actor: Isaac
TV
The Power
2023
Actor: Governor Daniel Da…
TV
We Own This City
2022
Actor: Daniel Hersl
TV
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Actor: Vince Baldi
TV
Away
2020
Actor: Matt Logan
TV
The Loudest Voice
2019
Actor: Casey Close
Framing John DeLorean
2019
Actor: Bill Collins
TV
Medal of Honor
2018
Actor: Narrator
Amateur
2018
Actor: Coach Gaines
TV
Law & Order True Crime
2017
Actor: Dr. Jerome Oziel
TV
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
Actor: Blake
TV
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Actor: Gabriel Wharton
The Drowning
2016
Actor: Tom Seymour
TV
Match Game
2016
Actor: Self - Panelist
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
Actor: Taub
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
Actor: Chris
I Smile Back
2015
Actor: Bruce Brooks
Freeheld
2015
Actor: Bryan Kelder
TV
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
Actor: Blake
TV
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Actor: Duke Snyder
Adult Beginners
2014
Actor: Phil
Bird People
2014
Actor: Gary Newman
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Actor
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
ActorActor: Self - Guest
TV
Masters of Sex
2013
Actor: Dan Logan
TV
Drunk History
2013
Actor: Jay Gould
TV
Curiosity
2011
Actor: Self - Narrator (v…
Weakness
2010
Actor: Bart
After.Life
2009
Actor: Tom Peterson
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
Actor: Subject #2
TV
The Good Wife
2009
Actor: Will GardnerDirector
TV
In Treatment
2008
Actor: Jake
The Hottest State
2007
Thanks
The Darwin Awards
2007
Actor: Paramedic
The Ex
2006
Actor: Forrest Mead
TV
Six Degrees
2006
Actor: Ray Jones
Four Brothers
2005
Actor: Detective Fowler
Seeing Other People
2004
Actor: Lou
S.W.A.T.
2003
Actor: T.J. McCabe
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Actor: Sean Kelley
Muppets from Space
1999
Actor: Agent Barker
TV
Sports Night
1998
Actor: Dan Rydell
Little City
1997
Actor: Adam
Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996
Actor: Eddie Jordan
Crossworlds
1996
Actor: Joe Talbot
Pie in the Sky
1996
Actor: Charlie Dunlap
The Grave
1996
Actor: Tyn
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
Actor: Bruce (uncredited)
Coldblooded
1995
Actor: Randy
Threesome
1994
Actor: Eddy
Crossing the Bridge
1992
Actor: Mort Golden
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Actor: Bryan
Murder in Mississippi
1990
Actor: Andrew Goodman
Dead Poets Society
1989
Actor: Knox Overstreet
Hairspray
1988
Actor: Iggy