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