
Josh Charles
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Dead Poets Society
as Knox Overstreet
1989

Threesome
as Eddy
1994

Four Brothers
as Detective Fowler
2005

Seeing Other People
as Lou
2004

S.W.A.T.
as T.J. McCabe
2003

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
as Subject #2
2009

After.Life
as Tom Peterson
2009

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
as Bryan
1991

Crossworlds
as Joe Talbot
1996

The Darwin Awards
as Paramedic
2007

Meeting Daddy
as Peter Silverblatt
2000

Weakness
as Bart
2010

Crossing the Bridge
as Mort Golden
1992

Memory
as Isaac
2023

Mothers' Instinct
as Damian
2024

Muppets from Space
as Agent Barker
1999

Cyclops, Baby
as Brush Brody
1997

Norma Jean & Marilyn
as Eddie Jordan
1996

Murder in Mississippi
as Andrew Goodman
1990

Bird People
as Gary Newman
2014
TV Appearances

The Eisen Hour
as Self - Guest
2021

We Own This City
as Daniel Hersl
2022

Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Vince Baldi
2021

Medal of Honor
as Narrator
2018

The Good Wife
as Will Gardner
2009

Sports Night
as Dan Rydell
1998

Six Degrees
as Ray Jones
2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sean Kelley
1999

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Blake
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014

Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011

In Treatment
as Jake
2008