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Josh Charles
Acting · follow into films and chains
Biography
Joshua Aaron Charles is an American film, television, and theater 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 and Bryan from Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
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Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Hope Is a Good Thing
From the walls of Shawshank to the rooftops of Tehran, a chain of films about friendship, resilience, and the stubborn persistence of hope.
8 films
The Classroom Without Walls
From a London schoolroom to a Parisian banlieue, a journey through films where teaching becomes an act of defiance and connection.
8 films
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The Veil
2024 · Max Peterson
We Own This City
2022 · Daniel Hersl
Freeheld
2015 · Bryan Kelder
The Darwin Awards
2007 · Paramedic
The Ex
2006 · Forrest Mead
S.W.A.T.
2003 · T.J. McCabe
Coldblooded
1995 · Randy
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991 · Bryan
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Knox Overstreet
Hairspray
1988 · Iggy