Josh Charles

Josh Charles

ActorProducerDirectorCrew Sep 15 (age 54) Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1988–2026 (38 year career)
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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

Acting (66)

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Movies (39)

Mothers' Instinct

Mothers' Instinct

2024

as Damian

6.9
Memory

Memory

2023

as Isaac

7.1
Facing Suicide

Facing Suicide

2022

as Narrator

5.0
Framing John DeLorean

Framing John DeLorean

2019

as Bill Collins

6.1
Amateur

Amateur

2018

as Coach Gaines

6.4
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

as Chris

6.3
The Drowning

The Drowning

2016

as Tom Seymour

4.5
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

2016

as Taub

5.5
Freeheld

Freeheld

2015

as Bryan Kelder

7.2
I Smile Back

I Smile Back

2015

as Bruce Brooks

6.1
Adult Beginners

Adult Beginners

2014

as Phil

5.4
Bird People

Bird People

2014

as Gary Newman

5.9
Weakness

Weakness

2010

as Bart

4.6
After.Life

After.Life

2009

as Tom Peterson

6.3
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

as Subject #2

5.1
Darwin's Secret Notebooks

Darwin's Secret Notebooks

2009

as Narrator

7.5
The Darwin Awards

The Darwin Awards

2007

as Paramedic

5.5
The Ex

The Ex

2006

as Forrest Mead

5.3
Four Brothers

Four Brothers

2005

as Detective Fowler

6.8
Seeing Other People

Seeing Other People

2004

as Lou

5.8
S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

2003

as T.J. McCabe

6.2
Our America

Our America

2002

as Dave Isay

7.0
Meeting Daddy

Meeting Daddy

2000

as Peter Silverblatt

2.0
Muppets from Space

Muppets from Space

1999

as Agent Barker

6.1
Cyclops, Baby

Cyclops, Baby

1997

as Brush Brody

Little City

Little City

1997

as Adam

3.8
Crossworlds

Crossworlds

1996

as Joe Talbot

5.1
The Grave

The Grave

1996

as Tyn

4.9
Norma Jean & Marilyn

Norma Jean & Marilyn

1996

as Eddie Jordan

6.1
Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

1996

as Charlie Dunlap

6.6
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

as Bruce (uncredited)

6.5
Coldblooded

Coldblooded

1995

as Randy

6.2
Threesome

Threesome

1994

as Eddy

6.4
Cooperstown

Cooperstown

1993

as Jody

2.7
Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge

1992

as Mort Golden

5.6
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

1991

as Bryan

6.1
Murder in Mississippi

Murder in Mississippi

1990

as Andrew Goodman

6.7
Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

1989

as Knox Overstreet

8.3
Hairspray

Hairspray

1988

as Iggy

6.8