![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: September 15, 1971 in Baltimore, MD Biography:Endowed with the kind of dark, puppy-eyed, lanky looks that have often gotten him cast as sensitive, shy young men, actor "Josh Charles" first became known to audiences as sensitive, shy prep school boy Knox Overstreet in "Dead Poets Society" (1989). A native of Baltimore, where he was born September 15, 1971, Charles made his entrance into acting through stand-up comedy, which he began performing at the age of eight. He made his film debut in fellow-native son "John Waters"' "Hairspray" (1988), and following the success of "Dead Poets Society" the next year, earned a reputation as a member of the '90s version of the Brat Pack.
Charles' subsequent film appearances were sporadic and in projects of wildly varying quality; ranking among his better-known work are "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" (1991), "Threesome" (1994), and the made-for-television "Norma Jean and Marilyn" (1996). In 1998,... Full Biography
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