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Acting

Josh Charles

Career: Active from 1989 to 2026, busiest in 1996 and 2009 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Good Wife
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Josh Charles Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Historical
1.7, average 2.6
Wonder
2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Relationship Dynamics 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Slow-Burn Narrative 3
Situational Humor 3
Culture Clash 2
Based on True Events 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Character-Driven Narrative 2
Relatable Struggles 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 67

Best Medicine

66

TV show · as Dr. Martin Best

The American Revolution

76

TV show · as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)

Mothers' Instinct

55

as Damian

The Veil

55

TV show · as Max Peterson

Memory

73

as Isaac

The Power

67

TV show · as Governor Daniel Dandon

We Own This City

79

TV show · as Daniel Hersl

Facing Suicide

as Narrator

Law & Order: Organized Crime

70

TV show · as Vince Baldi

Away

60

TV show · as Matt Logan

2010s

20 titles · average score 65

Framing John DeLorean

73

as Bill Collins

Medal of Honor

78

TV show · as Narrator

Amateur

59

as Coach Gaines

Law & Order True Crime

70

TV show · as Dr. Jerome Oziel

The Handmaid's Tale

77

TV show · as Gabriel Wharton

The Drowning

43

as Tom Seymour

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

61

as Chris

I Smile Back

58

as Bruce Brooks

Freeheld

58

as Bryan Kelder

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

82

TV show · as Duke Snyder

Bird People

62

as Gary Newman

Adult Beginners

52

as Phil

2000s

14 titles · average score 53

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Will Gardner

After.Life

47

as Tom Peterson

Darwin's Secret Notebooks

as Narrator

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

46

as Subject #2

In Treatment

77

TV show · as Jake

The Darwin Awards

39

as Paramedic

The Hottest State

40

Thanks

Four Brothers

60

as Detective Fowler

Seeing Other People

41

as Lou

S.W.A.T.

52

as T.J. McCabe

Our America

70

as Dave Isay

Meeting Daddy

46

as Peter Silverblatt

1990s

16 titles · average score 58

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Sean Kelley

Sports Night

84

TV show · as Dan Rydell

Little City

54

as Adam

Crossworlds

48

as Joe Talbot

The Grave

51

as Tyn

Pie in the Sky

55

as Charlie Dunlap

Norma Jean & Marilyn

57

as Eddie Jordan

Coldblooded

66

as Randy

Threesome

45

as Eddy

Cooperstown

53

as Jody

Crossing the Bridge

58

as Mort Golden

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

49

as Bryan

1980s

2 titles · average score 81

Dead Poets Society

83

as Knox Overstreet

Hairspray

80

as Iggy