# Josh Hamilton (actor)

Josh Hamilton is an American actor. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the hit indie film Eighth Grade.

## Early life and career

Hamilton is the son of actors Sandra Kingsbury and Dan Hamilton. His former stepmother was actress Stephanie Braxton.
His Broadway credits include Proof and The Coast of Utopia (2007, Lincoln Center). Hamilton performed in The Cherry Orchard at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in January and February 2009, alongside Ethan Hawke, who was his co-star in the 1993 film Alive. In November 2010, it was announced that both Hamilton (Tom) and Dane Cook (Carter) would star in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig. This marked LaBute's Broadway directorial debut. In 2011 Hamilton starred as Torvald in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Hamilton has also performed on PRI's Selected Shorts, reading Neil Gaiman's story The Thing About Cassandra. In late 2012, he appeared on Broadway in Theresa Rebeck's short-lived new comedy Dead Accounts, starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz.
Hamilton starred as Agent Justin C. Garrick in the 2023 Peabody Award–winning film Reality, retelling the story of young American whistleblower Reality Winner's FBI interrogation that ended in her arrest.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | A Good Dissonance Like a Man | Young Charles | Credited as Joshua Hamilton |
| 1984 | Old Enough | Timothy | |
| 1984 | Firstborn | Brad | |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Laura's Boyfriend | |
| 1993 | Alive | Roberto Canessa | |
| 1994 | With Honors | Jeffrey Hawks | |
| 1995 | Kicking and Screaming | Grover | |
| 1997 | The House of Yes | Marty | |
| 1997 | Drive, She Said | Tass Richards | |
| 1999 | Freak Talks About Sex | David Keenan | |
| 2000 | Urbania | Matt | |
| 2002 | On Line | John Roth | |
| 2002 | Ice Age | Dodo / Aardvark | Voice |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Research tech #2 | |
| 2002 | Stella Shorts 1998–2002 | Cousin Greg | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | Sorry, Haters | Man | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Diggers | Cons | |
| 2006 | Outsourced | Todd Anderson | |
| 2007 | Broken English | Charlie Ross | |
| 2009 | Alexander the Last | Playwright | |
| 2009 | Away We Go | Roderick | |
| 2011 | Margaret | Victor | |
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Robert Irwin | |
| 2012 | See Girl Run | Graham | |
| 2012 | Frances Ha | Andy | |
| 2013 | Dark Skies | Daniel Barrett | |
| 2013 | Bottled Up | Becket | |
| 2013 | The Wait | Sammy's dad | |
| 2015 | Experimenter | Tom Shannon | |
| 2015 | Take Me to the River | Keith | |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Wes | |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories | Loretta's Friend | |
| 2018 | Eighth Grade | Mark Day | Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
| 2018 | Blaze | Zee | |
| 2020 | Tesla | Robert Underwood Johnson | |
| 2021 | The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | Daniel | |
| 2021 | False Positive | Greg | |
| 2021 | A Mouthful of Air | Dr. Salzman | |
| 2023 | Landscape with Invisible Hand | Mr. Marsh | |
| 2023 | Reality | Agent Justin C. Garrick | |
| 2023 | Maestro | John Gruen | |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | The Wilder Summer | Willoughby | TV movie |
| 1984 | All My Children | Philip "Charlie" Brent Jr. | Episode dated May 3, 1984 |
| 1984 | ABC Afterschool Special | Swenson | Episode: "Summer Switch" |
| 1985 | Not My Kid | Eddie | TV movie |
| 1985 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Todd Johnson | Episode: "The Exchange Student" |
| 1986 | Kate & Allie | Rick | Episode: "Winning" |
| 1987 | The Lawrenceville Stories | Lovely | Main cast, miniseries |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Jeffrey Stone | Episode: "Hear No Evil" |
| 1990 | American Playhouse | Wallace Kirkman | Episode: "Women & Wallace" |
| 1991 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Chip Fulton | Episode: "Abby, My Love" Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special |
| 1992 | O Pioneers! | Young Carl Linstrum | TV movie |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Steve | TV movie |
| 1999 | The '60s | Michael Herlihy | TV movie |
| 2000 | Sex and the City | George | Episode: "All or Nothing" |
| 2001–2002 | Third Watch | Dr. Thomas | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | Absolutely Fabulous | Serge Turtle | Episode: "Gay" |
| 2003 | The Practice | Lawrence Gilbert | Episode: "Victims' Rights" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Justin Reid | Episode: "On Fire" |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Attorney Reardon | Episode: "Rumble" |
| 2009 | Delocated | Actor Jon | Episode: "Member's Only" |
| 2010 | Mercy | Bill Rotko | Episode: "Wake Up, Bill" |
| 2010 | Louie | Jeff | Episode: "Dogpound" |
| 2012 | The Good Wife | Judge Edward Serena | Episode: "After the Fall" |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Paul | Episode: "Hits and Myths" |
| 2013 | Elementary | Drew Gardner | Episode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again" |
| 2013 | American Horror Story: Coven | Hank Foxx/Henry Renard | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Joe Miller | Main cast, limited-run series |
| 2014 | Louie | Counselor | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Arthur Gilroy | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 2017–2020 | 13 Reasons Why | Matt Jensen | Recurring role |
| 2017–2020 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Dan / Stieger | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Sweetbitter | Fred | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Mrs. Fletcher | Ted Fletcher | Recurring role, miniseries |
| 2019–2020 | Ray Donovan | Kevin Sullivan | Recurring role (season 7) |
| 2020 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Trey Harrington | Episode: "Eternal Relief from Pain" |
| 2020 | This Is Us | Dr. Mason | Episode: "Strangers: Part Two" |
| 2020 | Mrs. America | William Ruckelshaus | Episode: "Jill" |
| 2020 | Bull | Mr. Westbury | Episode: "My Corona" |
| 2021–2022 | The Walking Dead | Lance Hornsby | Main cast (season 11) |
| 2022 | Ray Donovan: The Movie | Kevin Sullivan | TV movie |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | George Roy Hill (voice) | Main cast, miniseries |
| 2023 | Accused | Dominic | Episode: "Jessie's Story" |
| 2023 | The Last Thing He Told Me | Charlie Smith | 3 episodes |