Biography
Josh Hamilton is an American actor. He was born on 9 June 1969 in New York City and is the son of actors Sandra Kingsbury and Dan Hamilton. He studied theatre at Brown University and began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 1977 film A Good Dissonance Like a Man.
Hamilton has worked extensively in film, television and theatre. His film roles include appearances in Ice Age (2002), The Bourne Identity (2002), Manchester by the Sea (2016), Eighth Grade (2018) and Maestro (2023). On television he has played Lance Hornsby in The Walking Dead and Matt Jensen in 13 Reasons Why. He starred as Agent Justin C. Garrick in the 2023 film Reality and as Mr. William Garraty in The Long Walk (2025).
He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for Eighth Grade and won a Daytime Emmy Award for his performance in the CBS Schoolbreak Special Abby, My Love. His stage credits include Broadway productions of Proof and The Coast of Utopia.
