Josh Charles

Known for

Acting

Born

September 15, 1971 (age 55)

Birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Best known work

Dead Poets Society

1989

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

The Handmaid's Tale

2017

S.W.A.T.

2003

Four Brothers

2005

After.Life

2009

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

Mothers' Instinct

2024

The Good Wife

2009

Freeheld

2015

Filmography

TBA
The 99'ers
2026
Best MedicineTV
as Dr. Martin Best (17 episodes), Producer
2025
The American RevolutionTV
as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice) (5 episodes)
2024
The VeilTV
as Max Peterson (6 episodes)
2024
Mothers' Instinct
as Damian
2023
Memory
as Isaac
2023
The PowerTV
as Governor Daniel Dandon (9 episodes)
2022
Facing Suicide
as Narrator
2022
We Own This CityTV
as Daniel Hersl (6 episodes)
2021
Law & Order: Organized CrimeTV
as Vince Baldi (1 episode)
2021
The Eisen HourTV
as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2020
AwayTV
as Matt Logan (10 episodes)
2019
The Loudest VoiceTV
as Casey Close (3 episodes)
2019
Framing John DeLorean
as Bill Collins
2018
Medal of HonorTV
as Narrator (8 episodes)
2018
Amateur
as Coach Gaines
2017
Law & Order True CrimeTV
as Dr. Jerome Oziel (3 episodes)
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years LaterTV
as Blake (8 episodes)
2017
The Handmaid's TaleTV
as Gabriel Wharton (9 episodes)
2016
The Drowning
as Tom Seymour
2016
Match GameTV
as Self - Panelist (1 episode)
2016
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Taub
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Chris
2015
I Smile Back
as Bruce Brooks
2015
Freeheld
as Bryan Kelder