Actor
Josh Charles
Born September 15, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA38 films
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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First watchDead Poets Society19898.3as Knox OverstreetAt an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
38 films as actor- TBAThe 99'ers
- 2024Mothers' InstinctDamian
- 2023MemoryIsaac
- 2018AmateurCoach Gaines
- 2016The DrowningTom Seymour
- 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerTaub
- 2016Whiskey Tango FoxtrotChris
- 2015I Smile BackBruce Brooks
- 2015FreeheldBryan Kelder
- 2014Adult BeginnersPhil
- 2014Bird PeopleGary Newman
- 20132012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII ChampionsNarrator
- 2010WeaknessBart
- 2009After.LifeTom Peterson
- 2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenSubject #2
- 2007The Darwin AwardsParamedic
- 2006The ExForrest Mead
- 2005Four BrothersDetective Fowler
- 2004Seeing Other PeopleLou
- 2003S.W.A.T.T.J. McCabe
- 2002Our AmericaDave Isay
- 2000Meeting DaddyPeter Silverblatt
- 1999Muppets from SpaceAgent Barker
- 1997Little CityAdam
- 1997Cyclops, BabyBrush Brody
- 1996Norma Jean & MarilynEddie Jordan
- 1996CrossworldsJoe Talbot
- 1996Pie in the SkyCharlie Dunlap
- 1996The GraveTyn
- 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadBruce (uncredited)
- 1995ColdbloodedRandy
- 1994ThreesomeEddy
- 1993CooperstownJody
- 1992Crossing the BridgeMort Golden
- 1991Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadBryan
- 1990Murder in MississippiAndrew Goodman
- 1989Dead Poets SocietyKnox Overstreet
- 1988HairsprayIggy