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