Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American 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.
Filmography
Film
- 1988 Hairspray - Iggy
- 1989 Dead Poets Society - Knox Overstreet
- 1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead - Bryan
- 1992 Crossing the Bridge - Mort Golden
- 1994 Threesome - Eddy
- 1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Bruce
- 1995 Coldblooded - Randy
- 1996 The Grave - Tyn
- 1996 Crossworlds - Joe Talbot
- 1996 Pie in the Sky - Charlie Dunlap
- 1997 Cyclops, Baby - Brush Brody
- 1997 Little City - Adam
- 1999 Muppets from Space - Agent Barker
- 2000 Meeting Daddy - Peter Silverblatt
- 2003 S.W.A.T. (2003) - T. J. McCabe
- 2004 Seeing Other People - Lou
- 2005 Four Brothers - Detective Fowler
- 2006 The Darwin Awards - Paramedic
- 2007 The Ex - Forrest Mead
- 2009 After.Life - Tom Peterson
- 2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - Subject No. 2
- 2014 Bird People - Gary Newman
- 2014 Adult Beginners - Phil
- 2015 I Smile Back - Bryce Brooks
- 2015 Freeheld - Bryan Kelder
- 2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - Chris
- 2016 Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer - Taub
- 2016 The Drowning - Tom Seymour
- 2018 Amateur - Coach Gaines
- 2019 Framing John DeLorean - Bill Collins
- 2024 Mothers' Instinct
Television
- 1998-2000 Sports Night - Dan Rydell
- 2005 Stella (US) - Jeremy
- 2007 Six Degrees - Ray Jones
- 2008 In Treatment - Jake
- 2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Sean Kelley
- 2009-16 The Good Wife - Will Gardner
- 2014-16 Inside Amy Schumer - Various
- 2015 Masters of Sex - Dan Logan
- 2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp - Blake
- 2016-17 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - Duke Snyder
- 2016-18 Drunk History - Jay Gould / Alfred Kinsey
- 2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later - Blake
- 2017 Law & Order: True Crime - Dr. Jerome Oziel
- 2019 The Loudest Voice - Casey Close
- 2020 Away - Matt Logan
