Before “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Josh Charles, a primary role

From jealous and end -to -end husband in front of the shrink Paul Watson in “in analysis”, the dark and chilling commander of the final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale”, five striking roles of the American actor Josh Charles.

DE JOSH Charles, one of our wise sisters was just aptly wrote in 2014 in Telerama that he was a “Irresistible actor without needing to be beautiful”. Ten years later, the definition suits even as a glove to its rare presence – a large silhouette, aquiline nose and eyebrows in circumflex accents. Discovered young man in The circle of missing poets (1989), propelled under the spotlight by Aaron Sorkin in his first series Sports Night (1998), the elegant quinqua has since camped second significant roles that deserve our full attention. And rather five times than a.

Jake in “In Analysis” (2008)

Every Thursday at 5 p.m. Thursday, in the American adaptation of the Israeli series Be the guy, Jake and Amy try to save their couple by coming to consult the Psy Paul Watson. Hooded and beard of three days, the actor excels in husband always on the verge of nervous nerves, compulsively chewing chewing gum in order to contain a nervousness that quickly saturates the play … To impose with so much presence, in just a few episodes, this paragragon of jealous man living the success of his wife as a personal failure, it was necessary a sacred talent. That of Josh Charles hits the bull’s eye.

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Will Gardner dans “The Good Wife” (2009-2014)

For their heroine Alicia Florrick, wife flouted with an adulterous politician who returns to her young loves – her career as a lawyer and an old college friend -, the Robert and Michelle King showrunners imagined a prince charming of a new kind. An old woman transi (and sexy) who would have defended the widow and the orphan his workhorse. In the shoes of Will Gardner, tenor of the bar which deploys treasures of patience to wait until the chosen one of her heart wants to finally grant him his favors, the actor does not seem to force the natural …

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Gary Newman dans “Bird People” (2014)

Radical change of register and management. We find, surprise, the beautiful American lost in translation At Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, in the beautiful atypical film of the French Pascale Ferran. In the role of an existential jetlag engineer, he replied to Anaïs Demoustier, maid who is looking for a new breath like him. An ode to beautiful escapes, where it works wonders.

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Daniel Hersl dans “We Own This City” (2022)

Homecoming for the native of Maryland, whose mother was a journalist at Baltimore Sun, Like a certain… David Simon, showrunner of this mini-series cut-of-the-point which follows a city police unit, twenty years after The Wire. Tight jaws, torso in front and cowboy approach, the regional of the stage embodies a real bastard by taking on the role of Daniel Hersl, corrupt cop of the worst species. And it suits him well.

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Commander Gabriel Wharton in “The Handmaid’s Tale”, season 6 (2025)

Who is this mysterious high ranking of Gilead, still pulled to four pins and apparently Olympian calm? New to the casting of the last season of the dystopian series, the actor slips into the chic costumes of the dark commander Wharton … and the thoughts of Serena, a young widow whose power in place would like her to console again. From the art of combining elegance and barbarism: a partition on the thread that Josh Charles performs to perfection. There is no gentle dictatorship.

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