Josh Hamilton (actor)

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Josh Hamilton
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present
Spouse
Lily Thorne
(m. 2005)

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 .

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Early life and career

Hamilton is 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.

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. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977A Good Dissonance Like a ManYoung CharlesCredited as Joshua Hamilton
1984 Old Enough Timothy
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
Drive, She Said Tass Richards
1999 Freak Talks About Sex David Keenan
2000 Urbania Matt
2002 On Line John Roth
Ice Age Dodo / AardvarkVoice
The Bourne Identity Research tech #2
Stella Shorts 1998–2002 Cousin GregDirect-to-video
2005 Sorry, Haters ManUncredited
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 Jay Kelly Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983The Wilder SummerWilloughby TV movie
1984 All My Children Philip "Charlie" Brent Jr.Episode dated May 3, 1984
ABC Afterschool Special SwensonEpisode: "Summer Switch"
1985 Not My Kid EddieTV movie
CBS Schoolbreak Special Todd JohnsonEpisode: "The Exchange Student"
1986 Kate & Allie RickEpisode: "Winning"
1987 The Lawrenceville Stories LovelyMain cast, miniseries
1989 A Man Called Hawk Jeffrey StoneEpisode: "Hear No Evil"
1990 American Playhouse Wallace KirkmanEpisode: "Women & Wallace"
1991CBS Schoolbreak SpecialChip FultonEpisode: "Abby, My Love"
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
1992 O Pioneers! Young Carl LinstrumTV movie
1996 Don't Look Back SteveTV movie
1999The '60sMichael HerlihyTV movie
2000 Sex and the City GeorgeEpisode: "All or Nothing"
2001–2002 Third Watch Dr. Thomas6 episodes
2002 Absolutely Fabulous Serge TurtleEpisode: "Gay"
2003 The Practice Lawrence GilbertEpisode: "Victims' Rights"
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Justin ReidEpisode: "On Fire"
2008 Law & Order Attorney ReardonEpisode: "Rumble"
2009 Delocated Actor JonEpisode: "Member's Only"
2010 Mercy Bill RotkoEpisode: "Wake Up, Bill"
Louie JeffEpisode: "Dogpound"
2012 The Good Wife Judge Edward SerenaEpisode: "After the Fall"
2013 Necessary Roughness PaulEpisode: "Hits and Myths"
Elementary Drew GardnerEpisode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
American Horror Story: Coven Hank Foxx/Henry RenardRecurring role
2014 Gracepoint Joe MillerMain cast, limited-run series
Louie Counselor2 episodes
2015 Madam Secretary Arthur GilroyRecurring role (season 1)
2017–2020 13 Reasons Why Matt JensenRecurring role
At Home with Amy Sedaris Dan / Stieger2 episodes
2018 Sweetbitter Fred2 episodes
2019 Mrs. Fletcher Ted FletcherRecurring role, miniseries
2019–2020 Ray Donovan Kevin SullivanRecurring role (season 7)
2020 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Trey HarringtonEpisode: "Eternal Relief from Pain"
This Is Us Dr. MasonEpisode: "Strangers: Part Two"
Mrs. America William Ruckelshaus Episode: "Jill"
Bull Mr. WestburyEpisode: "My Corona"
2021–2022 The Walking Dead Lance Hornsby Main cast (season 11)
2022 Ray Donovan: The Movie Kevin SullivanTV movie
The Last Movie Stars George Roy Hill (voice)Main cast, miniseries
2023 Accused DominicEpisode: "Jessie's Story"
The Last Thing He Told Me Charlie Smith3 episodes

References

  1. "A traveled thespian". February 17, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  2. "Dane Cook & Josh Hamilton Bring Fat Pig to Broadway in 2011; LaBute Directs". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  3. "A Doll's House | Williamstown Theatre Festival". Wtfestival.org. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  4. "Selected shorts" . Retrieved January 9, 2012. 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.
  5. https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/reality/