Joshua Cole Hamilton (born June 9, 1969) 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.

Josh Hamilton
Born
Joshua Cole Hamilton

(1969-06-09) June 9, 1969 (age 54)
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present
Spouse
Lily Thorne
(m. 2005)
Children1

Early life and career edit

Hamilton was born in New York City, the son of actors Sandra Kingsbury and Dan Hamilton.[1] 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.[2] In 2011 Hamilton starred as Torvald in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.[3] Hamilton has also performed on PRI's Selected Shorts, reading Neil Gaiman's story "The Thing About Cassandra".[4] In late 2012, he appeared on Broadway in Theresa Rebeck's short-lived new comedy Dead Accounts, starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz.

Filmography edit

Film edit

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 Mark Waters
Drive, She Said Tass Richards
1999 Freak Talks About Sex David Keenan
2000 Urbania Matt
2002 On Line John Roth
Ice Age Dodo / Aardvark Voice
The Bourne Identity Research tech #2
Stella Shorts 1998–2002 Cousin Greg Direct-to-video
2005 Sorry, Haters Man Uncredited
2006 Diggers Cons
Outsourced Todd Anderson
2007 Broken English Charlie Ross
2009 Alexander the Last Playwright
Away We Go Roderick
2011 Margaret Victor
J. Edgar Robert Irwin
2012 See Girl Run Graham
Frances Ha Andy
2013 Dark Skies Daniel Barrett
Bottled Up Becket
The Wait Sammy's dad
2015 Experimenter Tom Shannon
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
Blaze Zee
2020 Tesla Robert Underwood Johnson
2021 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Daniel
False Positive Greg
A Mouthful of Air Dr. Salzman
2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand Mr. Marsh
Reality Agent Justin C. Garrick
Maestro John Gruen
2025 Untitled Noah Baumbach film Filming

Television edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "A traveled thespian". Feb 17, 2011. Retrieved Dec 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dane Cook & Josh Hamilton Bring FAT PIG to Broadway in 2011; LaBute Directs". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  3. ^ "A Doll's House | Williamstown Theatre Festival". Wtfestival.org. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  4. ^ "Selected shorts". Retrieved 2012-01-09. Gaiman's own story, The Thing About Cassandra also dissolves the boundaries between real and imagined life. It's read by Josh Hamilton—whose stage credits include Proof and The Coast of Utopia, and whose television credits (almost de rigueur for SHORTS readers) include Law and Order. Hamilton is making his Shorts debut with this reading.

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