<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Sophie Flack (m . 2013) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American 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 . </P> <P> Charles was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Laura (née Heckscher), a gossip columnist for The Baltimore Sun newspaper, and Allan Charles, an advertising executive . He is of Jewish heritage on his father's side, and has described himself as Jewish . He began his career performing comedy at the age of nine . As a teenager, he spent several summers at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in New York, and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts . </P>

Actor who plays will gardner on the good wife