Acting · Baltimore, Maryland, USA · Born September 15, 1971
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.
TVBest Medicine
2026
as Dr. Martin Best
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
TVThe Veil
2024
as Max Peterson
MovieMothers' Instinct
2024
as Damian
MovieMemory
2023
as Isaac
TVThe Power
2023
as Governor Daniel Dandon
MovieFacing Suicide
2022
as Narrator
TVWe Own This City
2022
as Daniel Hersl
TVLaw & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Vince Baldi
TVThe Eisen Hour
2021
as Self - Guest
TVAway
2020
as Matt Logan
TVThe Loudest Voice
2019
as Casey Close
MovieFraming John DeLorean
2019
as Bill Collins
TVMedal of Honor
2018
as Narrator
MovieAmateur
2018
as Coach Gaines
TVLaw & Order True Crime
2017
as Dr. Jerome Oziel
TVWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
as Blake
TVThe Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Gabriel Wharton
MovieThe Drowning
2016
as Tom Seymour
TVMatch Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
MovieNorman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
as Taub
MovieWhiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as Chris
MovieI Smile Back
2015
as Bruce Brooks
MovieFreeheld
2015
as Bryan Kelder
TVWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
as Blake
TVUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Duke Snyder
MovieAdult Beginners
2014
as Phil
MovieBird People
2014
as Gary Newman
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVMasters of Sex
2013
as Dan Logan
TVDrunk History
2013
as Jay Gould
Movie2012 Baltimore Ravens: Super Bowl XLVII Champions
2013
as Narrator
TVCuriosity
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieWeakness
2010
as Bart
MovieAfter.Life
2009
as Tom Peterson
MovieBrief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as Subject #2
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Will Gardner
MovieDarwin's Secret Notebooks
2009
as Narrator
TVIn Treatment
2008
as Jake
MovieThe Darwin Awards
2007
as Paramedic
MovieThe Ex
2006
as Forrest Mead
TVSix Degrees
2006
as Ray Jones
MovieFour Brothers
2005
as Detective Fowler
MovieSeeing Other People
2004
as Lou
MovieS.W.A.T.
2003
as T.J. McCabe
MovieOur America
2002
as Dave Isay
MovieMeeting Daddy
2000
as Peter Silverblatt
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sean Kelley
MovieMuppets from Space
1999
as Agent Barker
TVSports Night
1998
as Dan Rydell
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieLittle City
1997
as Adam
MovieCyclops, Baby
1997
as Brush Brody
MovieNorma Jean & Marilyn
1996
as Eddie Jordan
MovieCrossworlds
1996
as Joe Talbot
MoviePie in the Sky
1996
as Charlie Dunlap
MovieThe Grave
1996
as Tyn
MovieThings to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Bruce (uncredited)
MovieColdblooded
1995
as Randy
MovieThreesome
1994
as Eddy
MovieCooperstown
1993
as Jody
MovieCrossing the Bridge
1992
as Mort Golden
MovieDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Bryan
MovieMurder in Mississippi
1990
as Andrew Goodman
MovieDead Poets Society
1989
as Knox Overstreet
MovieHairspray
1988
as Iggy
The 99'ers
