Josh Charles

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.

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Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 • as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 • as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Sean Kelley

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

2017

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

2009 • as Will Gardner

Filmography

2024

Mothers' Instinct
Mothers' Instinct
as Damian
Movie - Released: 1/11/2024
The Veil
The Veil
as Max Peterson
TV - Released: 4/30/2024

2023

Memory
Memory
as Isaac
Movie - Released: 12/22/2023
The Power
The Power
as Governor Daniel Dandon
TV - Released: 3/30/2023

2022

Facing Suicide
Facing Suicide
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/13/2022
We Own This City
We Own This City
as Daniel Hersl
TV - Released: 4/25/2022

2021

The Eisen Hour
The Eisen Hour
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 1/23/2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Vince Baldi
TV - Released: 4/1/2021

2020

Away
Away
as Matt Logan
TV - Released: 9/4/2020

2019

Framing John DeLorean
Framing John DeLorean
as Bill Collins
Movie - Released: 6/7/2019
The Loudest Voice
The Loudest Voice
as Casey Close
TV - Released: 6/30/2019

2018

Amateur
Amateur
as Coach Gaines
Movie - Released: 4/6/2018
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/9/2018

2017

Law & Order True Crime
Law & Order True Crime
as Dr. Jerome Oziel
TV - Released: 9/26/2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Blake
TV - Released: 8/4/2017
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
TV - Released: 4/26/2017

2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Chris
Movie - Released: 3/4/2016
The Drowning
The Drowning
as Tom Seymour
Movie - Released: 10/8/2016
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Taub
Movie - Released: 4/14/2016
Match Game
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
TV - Released: 6/26/2016

2015

I Smile Back
I Smile Back
as Bruce Brooks
Movie - Released: 10/23/2015
Freeheld
Freeheld
as Bryan Kelder
Movie - Released: 10/2/2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Blake
TV - Released: 7/31/2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Duke Snyder
TV - Released: 3/6/2015

2014

Bird People
Bird People
as Gary Newman
Movie - Released: 6/4/2014
Adult Beginners
Adult Beginners
as Phil
Movie - Released: 9/8/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

Masters of Sex
Masters of Sex
as Dan Logan
TV - Released: 9/29/2013

2011

Curiosity
Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 8/7/2011

2010

Weakness
Weakness
as Bart
Movie - Released: 10/24/2010

2009

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
as Subject #2
Movie - Released: 9/25/2009
After.Life
After.Life
as Tom Peterson
Movie - Released: 11/7/2009
Darwin's Secret Notebooks
Darwin's Secret Notebooks
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 2/10/2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Will Gardner
TV - Released: 9/22/2009

2008

In Treatment
In Treatment
as Jake
TV - Released: 1/28/2008

2006

The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards
as Paramedic
Movie - Released: 7/5/2006
The Ex
The Ex
as Forrest Mead
Movie - Released: 12/1/2006
Six Degrees
Six Degrees
as Ray Jones
TV - Released: 9/21/2006

2005

Four Brothers
Four Brothers
as Detective Fowler
Movie - Released: 8/11/2005

2004

Seeing Other People
Seeing Other People
as Lou
Movie - Released: 5/7/2004

2003

S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T.
as T.J. McCabe
Movie - Released: 8/8/2003

2002

Our America
Our America
as Dave Isay
Movie - Released: 7/28/2002

2000

Meeting Daddy
Meeting Daddy
as Peter Silverblatt
Movie - Released: 6/27/2000

1999

Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space
as Agent Barker
Movie - Released: 7/14/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sean Kelley
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Sports Night
Sports Night
as Dan Rydell
TV - Released: 9/22/1998

1997

Cyclops, Baby
Cyclops, Baby
as Brush Brody
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Little City
Little City
as Adam
Movie - Released: 4/4/1997

1996

Crossworlds
Crossworlds
as Joe Talbot
Movie - Released: 2/14/1996
Norma Jean & Marilyn
Norma Jean & Marilyn
as Eddie Jordan
Movie - Released: 5/18/1996
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky
as Charlie Dunlap
Movie - Released: 2/9/1996
The Grave
The Grave
as Tyn
Movie - Released: 1/18/1996

1995

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as Bruce (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1995
Coldblooded
Coldblooded
as Randy
Movie - Released: 9/15/1995

1994

Threesome
Threesome
as Eddy
Movie - Released: 4/8/1994

1993

Movie
Cooperstown
as Jody
Movie - Released: 1/26/1993

1992

Crossing the Bridge
Crossing the Bridge
as Mort Golden
Movie - Released: 9/11/1992

1991

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
as Bryan
Movie - Released: 6/7/1991

1990

Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi
as Andrew Goodman
Movie - Released: 2/5/1990

1989

Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society
as Knox Overstreet
Movie - Released: 6/2/1989

1988

Hairspray
Hairspray
as Iggy
Movie - Released: 2/26/1988