
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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