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.

Known For

Best Medicine 2026 ★ 7.2

The American Revolution 2025 ★ 5.9

The Veil 2024 ★ 6.5

Mothers' Instinct 2024 ★ 6.8

The Power 2023 ★ 6.1

We Own This City 2022 ★ 7.1

Law & Order: Organized Crime 2021 ★ 7.9

Away 2020 ★ 6.6

The Loudest Voice 2019 ★ 7.4

The Handmaid's Tale 2017 ★ 8.2

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later 2017 ★ 6.4

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 2015 ★ 7.1

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp 2015 ★ 6.4

Masters of Sex 2013 ★ 7.1

The Good Wife 2009 ★ 7.6

After.Life 2009 ★ 6.3

In Treatment 2008 ★ 7.7

Four Brothers 2005 ★ 6.8

S.W.A.T. 2003 ★ 6.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 ★ 8.0

Sports Night 1998 ★ 7.3

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 1995 ★ 6.5

Dead Poets Society 1989 ★ 8.3

Hairspray 1988 ★ 6.8