- Born
- Birth nameJoshua Aaron Charles
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Joshua Aaron Charles 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. He is the son of Allan Charles, an advertising executive. He is of Jewish heritage on his father's side, and has described himself as Jewish. He began his career performing comedy at the age of nine. As a teenager, he spent several summers at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in New York, and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseSophie Flack(September 6, 2013 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenChild
- ParentsLaura (Heckscher)Allan Charles
- Remains good friends with Dead Poets Society (1989) co-star Ethan Hawke.
- Attended The Baltimore School for the Performing Arts with Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett Smith.
- He is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage on his father's side, and of German, English, and Scottish ancestry on his mother's side.
- Won the Inaugural NFL Network Fantasy Football League in 2004-2005.
- Plays guitar.
- It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.
- I'm kind of new to Twitter. I'm about one year in, so I'm a little late to the party.
- I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.
- Any time you get to dig deeper into your character, you welcome it, especially on a TV show.
- There's a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that's willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices.
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