Acting
Josh Charles
Acting · Born 1971-09-15 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Credits · 68
Best Medicine
2026 · Dr. Martin Best
The American Revolution
2025 · Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
The Veil
2024 · Max Peterson
FilmMothers' Instinct
2024 · Damian
FilmMemory
2023 · Isaac
The Power
2023 · Governor Daniel Dandon
FilmFacing Suicide
2022 · Narrator
We Own This City
2022 · Daniel Hersl
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · Vince Baldi
The Eisen Hour
2021 · Self - Guest
Away
2020 · Matt Logan
The Loudest Voice
2019 · Casey Close
FilmFraming John DeLorean
2019 · Bill Collins
Medal of Honor
2018 · Narrator
FilmAmateur
2018 · Coach Gaines
Law & Order True Crime
2017 · Dr. Jerome Oziel
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · Blake
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · Gabriel Wharton
FilmThe Drowning
2016 · Tom Seymour
Match Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
FilmNorman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · Taub
FilmWhiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · Chris
FilmI Smile Back
2015 · Bruce Brooks
FilmFreeheld
2015 · Bryan Kelder
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015 · Blake
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · Duke Snyder
FilmAdult Beginners
2014 · Phil
FilmBird People
2014 · Gary Newman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Masters of Sex
2013 · Dan Logan
Drunk History
2013 · Jay Gould
Film2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions
2013 · Narrator
Curiosity
2011 · Self - Narrator (voice)
FilmWeakness
2010 · Bart
FilmAfter.Life
2009 · Tom Peterson
FilmBrief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 · Subject #2
The Good Wife
2009 · Will Gardner
FilmDarwin's Secret Notebooks
2009 · Narrator
In Treatment
2008 · Jake
FilmThe Hottest State
2007 · Thanks
FilmThe Darwin Awards
2007 · Paramedic
FilmThe Ex
2006 · Forrest Mead
Six Degrees
2006 · Ray Jones
FilmFour Brothers
2005 · Detective Fowler
FilmSeeing Other People
2004 · Lou
FilmS.W.A.T.
2003 · T.J. McCabe
FilmOur America
2002 · Dave Isay
FilmMeeting Daddy
2000 · Peter Silverblatt
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Sean Kelley
FilmMuppets from Space
1999 · Agent Barker
Sports Night
1998 · Dan Rydell
The View
1997 · Self
FilmLittle City
1997 · Adam
FilmCyclops, Baby
1997 · Brush Brody
FilmNorma Jean & Marilyn
1996 · Eddie Jordan
FilmCrossworlds
1996 · Joe Talbot
FilmPie in the Sky
1996 · Charlie Dunlap
FilmThe Grave
1996 · Tyn
FilmThings to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · Bruce (uncredited)
FilmColdblooded
1995 · Randy
FilmThreesome
1994 · Eddy
FilmCooperstown
1993 · Jody
FilmCrossing the Bridge
1992 · Mort Golden
FilmDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991 · Bryan
FilmMurder in Mississippi
1990 · Andrew Goodman
FilmDead Poets Society
1989 · Knox Overstreet
FilmHairspray
1988 · Iggy