Josh Charles

1971 (55) • Acting

Born: 9/15/1971 (55) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

Dead Poets Society

83%

Knox Overstreet

1989

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

80%

Sean Kelley

1999

The Handmaid's Tale

82%

Gabriel Wharton

2017

S.W.A.T.

62%

T.J. McCabe

2003

Four Brothers

68%

Detective Fowler

2005

After.Life

63%

Tom Peterson

2009

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

63%

Chris

2016

Mothers' Instinct

68%

Damian

2024

Best Medicine

72%

Dr. Martin Best

2026

Best Medicine

72%

Producer

2026

The American Revolution

59%

Joseph Warren (voice) / John Peters (voice) / David Ramsey (voice) / voice

2025

The Veil

65%

Max Peterson

2024

Mothers' Instinct

68%

Damian

2024

Memory

70%

Isaac

2023

The Power

61%

Governor Daniel Dandon

2023

Facing Suicide

50%

Narrator

2022

We Own This City

71%

Daniel Hersl

2022

Law & Order: Organized Crime

79%

Vince Baldi

2021

The Eisen Hour

50%

Self - Guest

2021

Away

65%

Matt Logan

2020

The Loudest Voice

74%

Casey Close

2019

Framing John DeLorean

61%

Bill Collins

2019

Medal of Honor

65%

Narrator

2018

Amateur

64%

Coach Gaines

2018

Law & Order True Crime

71%

Dr. Jerome Oziel

2017

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

65%

Blake

2017

The Handmaid's Tale

82%

Gabriel Wharton

2017

The Drowning

45%

Tom Seymour

2016

Match Game

65%

Self - Panelist

2016

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

55%

Taub

2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

63%

Chris

2016

I Smile Back

61%

Bruce Brooks

2015

Freeheld

72%

Bryan Kelder

2015

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

64%

Blake

2015

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

71%

Duke Snyder

2015

Adult Beginners

54%

Phil

2014