Acting credits
68
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Josh Charles
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 42Series: 27Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 2694
IMDb ID: nm0001038
Known for: Acting
Born: September 15, 1971
Age: 55
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.41
Wikidata: Q472282
Also known as
Joshua Aaron Charles
Other jobs
Director (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Josh Charles.
Mothers' Instinct
as Damian
2024 Movie
Memory
as Isaac
2023 Movie
Facing Suicide
as Narrator
2022 Movie
Framing John DeLorean
as Bill Collins
2019 Movie
Amateur
as Coach Gaines
2018 Movie
The Drowning
as Tom Seymour
2016 Movie
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Taub
2016 Movie
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Chris
2016 Movie
I Smile Back
as Bruce Brooks
2015 Movie
Freeheld
as Bryan Kelder
2015 Movie
Adult Beginners
as Phil
2014 Movie
Dead Poets in NYC
as Self
2014 Movie
Bird People
as Gary Newman
2014 Movie
2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions
as Narrator
2013 Movie
Weakness
as Bart
2010 Movie
After.Life
as Tom Peterson
2009 Movie
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
as Subject #2
2009 Movie
Darwin's Secret Notebooks
as Narrator
2009 Movie
The Hottest State
Thanks
2007 Movie
The Darwin Awards
as Paramedic
2007 Movie
The Ex
as Forrest Mead
2006 Movie
Four Brothers
as Detective Fowler
2005 Movie
Seeing Other People
as Lou
2004 Movie
S.W.A.T.
as T.J. McCabe
2003 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Josh Charles.
Best Medicine
as Dr. Martin Best • 17 eps
2026 Series
The American Revolution
as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice) • 5 eps
2025 Series
The Veil
as Max Peterson • 6 eps
2024 Series
The Power
as Governor Daniel Dandon • 9 eps
2023 Series
We Own This City
as Daniel Hersl • 6 eps
2022 Series
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Vince Baldi • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Eisen Hour
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2021 Series
Away
as Matt Logan • 10 eps
2020 Series
The Loudest Voice
as Casey Close • 3 eps
2019 Series
Medal of Honor
as Narrator • 8 eps
2018 Series
Law & Order True Crime
as Dr. Jerome Oziel • 3 eps
2017 Series
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Blake • 8 eps
2017 Series
The Handmaid's Tale
as Gabriel Wharton • 9 eps
2017 Series
Match Game
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
2016 Series
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Blake • 8 eps
2015 Series
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Duke Snyder • 5 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
Masters of Sex
as Dan Logan • 10 eps
2013 Series
Drunk History
as Jay Gould • 1 eps
2013 Series
Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 14 eps
2011 Series
The Good Wife
as Will Gardner • 107 eps
2009 Series
In Treatment
as Jake • 8 eps
2008 Series
Six Degrees
as Ray Jones • 2 eps
2006 Series