Biography
Joshua Aaron Charles (born 15 September 1971) is an American actor. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he began performing comedy at the age of nine and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. As a teenager he spent several summers at the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in New York.
Charles made his screen debut in John Waters' Hairspray (1988). The following year he played Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society (1989). He is known for his role as Dan Rydell in the series Sports Night (1998–2000) and as Will Gardner in The Good Wife (2009–2016), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
