Josh 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. He also won a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Performer in the CBS Schoolbreak Special "Abby, My Love."
Early life and career Hamilton was born Joshua Cole Hamilton, 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 Young Charles Credited as Joshua Hamilton1984 Old Enough Timothy Firstborn Brad 1988 Another Woman Laura's Boyfriend 1993 Alive Roberto Canessa 1994 With Honors Jeffrey Hawks 1995 Kicking and Screaming Grover1997 Marty Drive, She Said Tass Richards 1999 Freak Talks About Sex David Keenan 2000 Urbania Matt2002 On Line John Roth Ice Age Dodo / Aardvark Voice Research tech #2 Stella Shorts 1998–2002 Cousin Greg Direct-to-video 2005 Sorry, Haters Man Uncredited2006 Diggers Cons Outsourced Todd Anderson 2007 Broken English Charlie Ross2009 Alexander the Last Playwright Away We Go Roderick2011 Margaret Victor J. Edgar Robert Irwin2012 See Girl Run Graham Frances Ha Andy2013 Dark Skies Daniel Barrett Bottled Up Becket Sammy's dad2015 Experimenter Tom Shannon Take Me to the River Keith 2016 Manchester by the Sea Wes 2017 Loretta's Friend2018 Eighth Grade Mark Day Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Blaze Zee 2020 Tesla Robert Underwood Johnson 2021 Daniel False Positive Greg Dr. Salzman2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand Mr. Marsh Reality Agent Justin C. Garrick Maestro John Gruen2025 Jay Kelly CarterThe Long WalkWilliam GarratyConcessionsDingo Dan2026 Mayday Dan Hennessy
Television Year Title Role Notes 1983 Willoughby TV movie1984 All My Children Philip "Charlie" Brent Jr. Episode dated May 3, 1984 ABC Afterschool Special Swenson Episode: "Summer Switch"1985 Not My Kid Eddie TV movie CBS Schoolbreak Special Todd Johnson Episode: "The Exchange Student" 1986 Kate & Allie Rick Episode: "Winning" 1987 Lovely Main cast, miniseries 1989 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 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 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" Louie Jeff Episode: "Dogpound" 2012 Judge Edward Serena Episode: "After the Fall"2013 Necessary Roughness Paul Episode: "Hits and Myths" Elementary Drew Gardner Episode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again" American Horror Story: Coven Hank Foxx/Henry Renard Recurring role2014 Gracepoint Joe Miller Main cast, limited-run series Louie Counselor 2 episodes 2015 Madam Secretary Arthur Gilroy Recurring role (season 1)2017–2020 13 Reasons Why Matt Jensen Recurring role 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" This Is Us Dr. Mason Episode: "Strangers: Part Two" Mrs. America William Ruckelshaus Episode: "Jill" Bull Mr. Westbury Episode: "My Corona" 2021–2022 Lance Hornsby Main cast (season 11)2022 Ray Donovan: The Movie Kevin Sullivan TV movie George Roy Hill (voice) Main cast, miniseries2023 Accused Dominic Episode: "Jessie's Story" The Last Thing He Told Me Charlie Smith 3 episodes 2025 Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen Jay Holman / The Intruder Guest star (Episode: "The Witness")2026The Five-Star WeekendMatthew Shaw6 episodes
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