I need to talk about Josh Charles for a few minutes or I’ll never get any sleep.
He seems extremely laid-back. He always does the most with the roles he gets, never making a huge splash or demanding attention. He works semi-regularly and enjoys a life free of paparazzi and invasive interviewers. His marital status isn’t on IMDb or Wikipedia. He’s from Baltimore and has done quite a bit of theater work. He’s been on the scene since 1989, appearing in the well-liked, oft-quoted, Dead Poets Society.
Most of you, if you recognize him at all, will from his current role as Will Gardner on The Good Wife, or as Dan Rydell on Sports Night (circa:98-2000).
The first thing I remember seeing him in was S.W.A.T., but as my focus was pulled to Colin Farrell, I don’t remember much about him. Except that he goes rogue and shoots himself. That leaves an impression no matter how many Colin Farrells are around.
If the things he tweets about are any indication, he divides his time as such: taking pictures of his co-workers, talking about baseball, looking up Bob Dylan lyrics, trying to decide what his favorite Bruce Springsteen song is (we both say ‘The Promised Land’ first, but it’s tied with many others and an entire album), and reading aloud to his dog from Michael Ian Black’s new book, You’re not Doing it Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and other Humiliations.
I’ve always been a fan of his work, but lately, (like, in the last few days since he retweeted my question about his favorite NL team and responded “Cubs!”) I’m more a fan of him. Just as a person, someone I could go to ball games and talk about music and movies with.
I made a crack today about abandoning my dreams of television writing and devoting my career path to becoming his personal assistant. I can’t think of any actor I’d rather work for.
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