Josh 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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Good Wife
The Handmaid's Tale
The View
In Treatment
All Movies (41)
- Mothers' Instinct2024 · as Damian
- Memory2023 · as Isaac
- Facing Suicide2022 · as Narrator
- Framing John DeLorean2019 · as Bill Collins
- Amateur2018 · as Coach Gaines
- The Drowning2016 · as Tom Seymour
- Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer2016 · as Taub
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot2016 · as Chris
- I Smile Back2015 · as Bruce Brooks
- Freeheld2015 · as Bryan Kelder
- Adult Beginners2014 · as Phil
- Bird People2014 · as Gary Newman
- 2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions2013 · as Narrator
- Weakness2010 · as Bart
- After.Life2009 · as Tom Peterson
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men2009 · as Subject #2
- Darwin's Secret Notebooks2009 · as Narrator
- The Darwin Awards2007 · as Paramedic
- The Ex2006 · as Forrest Mead
- Four Brothers2005 · as Detective Fowler
- Seeing Other People2004 · as Lou
- S.W.A.T.2003 · as T.J. McCabe
- Our America2002 · as Dave Isay
- Meeting Daddy2000 · as Peter Silverblatt
- Muppets from Space1999 · as Agent Barker
- Little City1997 · as Adam
- Cyclops, Baby1997 · as Brush Brody
- Norma Jean & Marilyn1996 · as Eddie Jordan
- Crossworlds1996 · as Joe Talbot
- Pie in the Sky1996 · as Charlie Dunlap
- The Grave1996 · as Tyn
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead1995 · as Bruce (uncredited)
- Coldblooded1995 · as Randy
- Threesome1994 · as Eddy
- Cooperstown1993 · as Jody
- Crossing the Bridge1992 · as Mort Golden
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead1991 · as Bryan
- Murder in Mississippi1990 · as Andrew Goodman
- Dead Poets Society1989 · as Knox Overstreet
- Hairspray1988 · as Iggy
- The 99'ers—
All TV Shows (28)
- Best Medicine2026 · as Dr. Martin Best
- The American Revolution2025 · as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
- The Veil2024 · as Max Peterson
- The Power2023 · as Governor Daniel Dandon
- We Own This City2022 · as Daniel Hersl
- Law & Order: Organized Crime2021 · as Vince Baldi
- The Eisen Hour2021 · as Self - Guest
- Away2020 · as Matt Logan
- The Loudest Voice2019 · as Casey Close
- Medal of Honor2018 · as Narrator
- Law & Order True Crime2017 · as Dr. Jerome Oziel
- Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later2017 · as Blake
- The Handmaid's Tale2017 · as Gabriel Wharton
- Match Game2016 · as Self - Panelist
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp2015 · as Blake
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Duke Snyder
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
- Masters of Sex2013 · as Dan Logan
- Drunk History2013 · as Jay Gould
- Curiosity2011 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Good Wife2009 · as Will Gardner
- In Treatment2008 · as Jake
- Six Degrees2006 · as Ray Jones
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Sean Kelley
- Sports Night1998 · as Dan Rydell
- The View1997 · as Self