Josh Charles
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1971-09-15 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Also known as
- Joshua Aaron Charles
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
TV Shows (27)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sean Kelley
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Will Gardner
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Gabriel Wharton
The View
1997
as Self
Masters of Sex
2013
as Dan Logan
In Treatment
2008
as Jake
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Vince Baldi
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Duke Snyder
Drunk History
2013
as Jay Gould
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Sports Night
1998
as Dan Rydell
Away
2020
as Matt Logan
The American Revolution
2025
as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
as Blake
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
as Blake
We Own This City
2022
as Daniel Hersl
The Power
2023
as Governor Daniel Dandon
The Veil
2024
as Max Peterson
Best Medicine
2026
as Dr. Martin Best
Six Degrees
2006
as Ray Jones
The Loudest Voice
2019
as Casey Close
Law & Order True Crime
2017
as Dr. Jerome Oziel
Curiosity
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Medal of Honor
2018
as Narrator
The Eisen Hour
2021
as Self - Guest
Movies (41)
Dead Poets Society
1989
as Knox Overstreet
S.W.A.T.
2003
as T.J. McCabe
Mothers' Instinct
2024
as Damian
Four Brothers
2005
as Detective Fowler
After.Life
2009
as Tom Peterson
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as Chris
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Bruce (uncredited)
Hairspray
1988
as Iggy
Freeheld
2015
as Bryan Kelder
Memory
2023
as Isaac
Muppets from Space
1999
as Agent Barker
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Bryan
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
as Taub
The Drowning
2016
as Tom Seymour
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as Subject #2
Threesome
1994
as Eddy
The Ex
2006
as Forrest Mead
Amateur
2018
as Coach Gaines
Crossworlds
1996
as Joe Talbot
Adult Beginners
2014
as Phil
The Darwin Awards
2007
as Paramedic
I Smile Back
2015
as Bruce Brooks
Framing John DeLorean
2019
as Bill Collins
Crossing the Bridge
1992
as Mort Golden
Cyclops, Baby
1997
as Brush Brody
The Grave
1996
as Tyn
Norma Jean & Marilyn
1996
as Eddie Jordan
Seeing Other People
2004
as Lou
Coldblooded
1995
as Randy
Pie in the Sky
1996
as Charlie Dunlap
Weakness
2010
as Bart
Bird People
2014
as Gary Newman
Murder in Mississippi
1990
as Andrew Goodman
Little City
1997
as Adam
Meeting Daddy
2000
as Peter Silverblatt
Our America
2002
as Dave Isay
Cooperstown
1993
as Jody
Darwin's Secret Notebooks
2009
as Narrator
The 99'ers
Facing Suicide
2022
as Narrator
2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions
2013
as Narrator
About 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. With 68 credits spanning from 1988 to 2026, Josh Charles has appeared in 41 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Josh Charles Movies
- Dead Poets Society (1989) — as Knox Overstreet
- S.W.A.T. (2003) — as T.J. McCabe
- Mothers' Instinct (2024) — as Damian
- Four Brothers (2005) — as Detective Fowler
- After.Life (2009) — as Tom Peterson
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