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