Joshua Close

Joshua Close
Born	(1981-08-31) August 31, 1981 (age 43) Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Josh Close
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Alex McKenna (m. 2016)

Joshua Close (born August 31, 1981) is a Canadian film and television actor. ^[1]

Early life

Close was born in Oakville, Ontario ^[2] and has a brother and two stepsisters. ^[3] Close attended Iroquois Ridge High School and after graduating went on to Circle in the Square Theatre School, New York City. ^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Undressed	Kurt	Season 6, unknown episodes
	K-19: The Widowmaker	Viktor
	Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl	Devin	Short film
	Adam and Eve	Micheal
2003	Twist	Oliver	[5] [6]
	Sex and the Single Mom	Tyler
	Tarzan	Kurt	Episode "Secrets and Lies"
2003–2004	Blue Murder	Various roles	2 episodes
2004	A Home at the End of the World	Reiner	Uncredited
	Life as We Know It	Matt Gleason	3 episodes
2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Jason
	The Stranger I Married	Joe	Original title: "The Man Who Lost Himself"
2006	The Plague	Kip
2007	The Third Eye	Jacob Printz
	Full of It	Kyle Plunkett
	Diary of the Dead	Jason Creed
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Flash Chamber Engineer
2009	The Unusuals	Detective Henry Cole	10 episodes
	Short on Love	—	Director and writer
2010	The Dead Sleep	Tim
	The Pacific	Edward Sledge	2 episodes
	The Glades	Terry Evans	Episode "Breaking 80"
	Thorne: Sleepyhead	Josh Ramsey	6 episodes
	Law & Order: LA	Kevin Miller	Episode "Sylmar"
2011	The Craigslist Killer	Detective Frye
	Republic of Doyle	Tyler	Episode "A Stand Up Guy"
	Isolation	Jake
2012	In Their Skin	Mark Hughes	Also writer [7]
	The Master	Wayne Gregory
2013	Justified	Joe Hoppus	2 episodes
	The Privileged	Richard Hunter
	Waterloo	Montgomery Kessler	Short film
2014	Rake	Jedidiah Miller	Episode "A Close Shave"
	Fargo	Chazz Nygaard	6 episodes
	Kill the Messenger	Rich Kline
	Legends	Aaron Rawley	2 episodes
2015	12 Monkeys	Ivan	Episode "The Night Room"
	The Blacklist	Dr. Julian Powell	Episode "The Longevity Initiative"
	Solace	Linus Harp
	Brooklyn Animal Control	William Salo	1 episode
2016	Person of Interest	Jeff Blackwell	5 episodes
	We	Reese	Short film
	Julianne	Unknown role	Short film
	1,2,3... You Please.	Young Man	Short film; also director, writer, and producer
2017	Go North	Martin
	Sensum	Matthew Mitchell	Short film
	Animal Kingdom	Nate	Episode "Custody"
2018	Anthem of a Teenage Prophet	Mr. Thorp	Also writer
	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair	Luther Caleb	10 episodes
2019	Capsized: Blood in the Water	Mark Adams
	III	William Sparks
2020	Within These Walls	Ben Shields
2022	Monica	Paul
2023	Plan B	Andy	[8]
	Killers of the Flower Moon	Horace Burkhart
2025	Little Lorraine
	A Breed Apart	Sydney Tompkins

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	26th Gemini Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Thorne: Sleepyhead	Won	[9]

References

1. Joshua Close's bio at www.northernstars.ca
2. "Colin Ferrell likes Toronto" at The Peterborough Examiner (31 July, 2004) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   354746441
3. "What the Dickens is he doing?" by Rita Zekas, Toronto Star (27 Dec, 2002) [Ontario Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   438546968
4. "Oakville actor puts new Twist on classic Dickens tale" by Craig MacBride, Oakville Beaver (12 May, 2004) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   362572593
5. "Nominees for performance by an actor in a leading role" by Distin Dinoff at playbackonline.ca
6. Twist review by David Stratton at variety.com
7. "Which of this year’s Halloween flicks scared me most?" by Kate Taylor at www.theglobeandmail.com
8. "Patrick J. Adams stars in CBC’s new drama ‘Plan B,’ a fitting followup to his ‘Suits’ stint" by Debra Yeo at www.thestar.com
9. "Call Me Fitz comes up big at Geminis" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca

External links

• Joshua Close at IMDb