Josh Charles
Known for acting · Born 15 September 1971 · 55 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
72 credits
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
The Good Wife
2009
Dead Poets Society
1989
S.W.A.T.
2003
Four Brothers
2005
Sports Night
1998
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Amateur
2018
After.Life
2009
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
Threesome
1994
Mothers' Instinct
2024
Freeheld
2015
Acting (69)
2026Best MedicineDr. Martin Best · 17 episodesSeries
2025The American RevolutionJoseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2024Mothers' InstinctDamianFilm
2024The VeilMax Peterson · 6 episodesSeries
2023MemoryIsaacFilm
2023The PowerGovernor Daniel Dandon · 9 episodesSeries
2022We Own This CityDaniel Hersl · 6 episodesSeries
2022Facing SuicideNarratorFilm
2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeVince BaldiSeries
2021The Eisen HourSelf - GuestSeries
2020AwayMatt Logan · 10 episodesSeries
2019The Loudest VoiceCasey Close · 3 episodesSeries
2019Framing John DeLoreanBill CollinsFilm
2018AmateurCoach GainesFilm
2018Medal of HonorNarrator · 8 episodesSeries
2017The Handmaid's TaleGabriel Wharton · 9 episodesSeries
2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years LaterBlake · 8 episodesSeries
2017Law & Order True CrimeDr. Jerome Oziel · 3 episodesSeries
2016Whiskey Tango FoxtrotChrisFilm
2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerTaubFilm
2016The DrowningTom SeymourFilm
2016Match GameSelf - PanelistSeries
2015FreeheldBryan KelderFilm
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtDuke Snyder · 5 episodesSeries
2015Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of CampBlake · 8 episodesSeries
2015I Smile BackBruce BrooksFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 2 episodes, Self - GuestSeries
2014Adult BeginnersPhilFilm
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelfSeries
2014Bird PeopleGary NewmanFilm
2014Dead Poets in NYCSelfFilm
2013Masters of SexDan Logan · 10 episodesSeries
2013Drunk HistoryJay GouldSeries
20132012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII ChampionsNarratorFilm
2011CuriositySelf - Narrator (voice) · 14 episodesSeries
2010WeaknessBartFilm
2009After.LifeTom PetersonFilm
2009The Good WifeWill Gardner · 107 episodesSeries
2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenSubject #2Film
2009Darwin's Secret NotebooksNarratorFilm
2008In TreatmentJake · 8 episodesSeries
2007The Darwin AwardsParamedicFilm
2006The ExForrest MeadFilm
2006Six DegreesRay Jones · 2 episodesSeries
2005Four BrothersDetective FowlerFilm
2004Seeing Other PeopleLouFilm
2003S.W.A.T.T.J. McCabeFilm
2002Our AmericaDave IsayFilm
2000Meeting DaddyPeter SilverblattFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSean KelleySeries
1999Muppets from SpaceAgent BarkerFilm
1998Sports NightDan Rydell · 45 episodesSeries
1997The ViewSelfSeries
1997Little CityAdamFilm
1997Cyclops, BabyBrush BrodyFilm
1996CrossworldsJoe TalbotFilm
1996Norma Jean & MarilynEddie JordanFilm
1996The GraveTynFilm
1996Pie in the SkyCharlie DunlapFilm
1995Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadBruce (uncredited)Film
1995ColdbloodedRandyFilm
1994ThreesomeEddyFilm
1993CooperstownJodyFilm
1992Crossing the BridgeMort GoldenFilm
1991Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadBryanFilm
1990Murder in MississippiAndrew GoodmanFilm
1989Dead Poets SocietyKnox OverstreetFilm
1988HairsprayIggyFilm
—The 99'ersFilm
Crew (1)
2007The Hottest StateThanksFilm
Directing (1)
2009The Good WifeDirectorSeries
Production (1)
2026Best MedicineProducerSeries