Acting

Josh Charles

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

Newest first

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