Josh Charles

Josh Charles: Biography in Details

Who is Josh Charles?

Josh Charles who goes by the stage name Josh Charles is an American actor, who won two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the show ‘The Good Wife’.

He is famous for the roles of Dan Rydell from ‘Sports Night’ and also as Knox Overstreet in ‘Dead Poets Society.

Who are the parents of Josh Charles?

He was born on September 15, 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland, the U.S.

His father’s name is Allan Charles and his mother’s name is Laura Charles. He also has one brother Jeff Charles.

His father was an advertising executive in ‘The Baltimore Sun newspaper as well as a business person and talking about his mother was a gossip columnist for The Baltimore Sun Newspaper.

However, his brother’s info is kept secret and not disclosed to any media.

Josh Charles’s nationality is American but holds (Ashkenazi Jewish, German and English) ethnicity. His birth sign is Virgo.

Education, School/College University

Josh attended his high school at Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA).

In one of his interviews, he said famous Hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur and Actress Jada Pinkett Smith went to the same school as him.

Later he finished high school and joined the University of Kansas.

Josh Charles: Professional Life, Career

Josh Charles started his performing career with comedy and it all began when he was 9 years old. His debut movie was ‘Hairspray’ which was released in 1988.

A year later he starred in a movie called ‘Dead Poets Society’ where he played the role of Knox Overstreet.

After that he played in a lot more other movies such as S.W.A.T, Four Brothers, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Threesome, Crossing the Bridge and Brief, etc.

In 1998, Josh Charles played sports anchor Dan Rydell in Aaron Sorkin’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Night, which earned Charles a Screen Actors Guild nomination.

And In 2009, he returned to network television in the CBS drama The Good Wife, where he played his role as Will Gardner.

Back in 2000, Josh Charles was nominated for ‘Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series’ and ‘Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series’ both for the American television series ‘Sports Night’.

He was then nominated for ‘Best Actor – Television Series Drama for the show ‘The Good Wife’.

In 2014, ‘The people’s Choice Awards Josh was awarded ‘The favorite Dramatic Television Actor for the show ‘The Good Wife’. And in 2015, he was ‘Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for the show ‘Inside Amy Schumer’.

Recently, in 2022 Josh Charles played the role of Daniel Hersl in the famous American miniseries, We Own This City.

How much does Josh Charles earn?

As an actor, Josh has earned a decent sum of money. So, according to the sources, Charles’s net worth is around $8 million.

His monthly salary is $40,833.33, and in a year he earns about $490,000.  Also, he is paid $9,423.08 a week for his work.

Josh Charles: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

About rumors and controversies, there’s a rumor about Josh and his ex-girlfriend Jennifer.

Josh dumped Jennifer Connelly his ex-girlfriend the night before the Oscars because she was cheating on him with Paul Bettany.

Body Stats: Height, Weight

Josh Charles is 5 ft 10 inches (180.3 cm) tall and he weighs 75 kg.

His body measurement is 41 inches in the chest, 32 inches in the waist, and 15 inches in the biceps.

His hair is black and his eye color is Light Brown.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Josh Charles is active on Social Media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

He has 136.9k followers on Twitter and 49.5k followers on Instagram.

He has many fan-made pages but doesn’t have an official account on Facebook.

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