Joshua Close

Acting

Joshua Close

Born

1981-08-31 (45)

Place of birth

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

2010s · 12 titles

Kill the Messenger poster
6.6

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

Kill the Messenger

2014

The Master poster
7.1

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

The Master

2012

Solace poster
6.4

A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

Solace

2015

The Craigslist Killer poster
5.2

Based on a true story, seemingly flawless Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular medical student at Boston University, leads a double life and starts to descend into a twisted world of gambling, crime, battery, and eventually murder, all while meeting his victims via Craigslist. 

The Craigslist Killer

2011

Capsized: Blood in the Water poster
5.0

Based on the harrowing true story of an October 1982 shark encounter. After a yacht bound for Florida capsizes during an unexpected storm, its crew is left to drift for days in the chilling waters of the Atlantic where they become prey to a group of tiger sharks. With the hope of rescue dwindling, the crew must do everything in their power to survive as the sharks continue to hunt them.

Capsized: Blood in the Water

2019

In Their Skin poster
5.3

A couple and their young son retreat to their woodland vacation home, only to face sinister neighbors who intend to kill them and steal their identities.

In Their Skin

2012

The Privileged poster
5.9

Richard Hunter, a promising young lawyer at a prestigious firm, has the perfect future mapped out. However, a costly mistake with a powerful client has put it all at risk. In a desperate attempt to save his job, Richard and his wife Tara spend the weekend at the cottage of senior partner Preston Westwood.

The Privileged

2013

Go North poster
4.7

Set in the wake of unknown catastrophe which has resulted in an adult-free community being led by a cabal of former high school jocks. After two members set out on a dangerous journey into the unknown to find family and hope for the future, Caleb and his vicious underling Gentry follow in hot pursuit.

Go North

2017

Isolation poster
4.4

In this eerie hospital chiller, a medical student wakes up in an isolation room, gravely ill with no idea how she got there or how to get out. Trying to make sense of her plight and save herself, she finds the hospital staff distinctly unhelpful.

Isolation

2011

Sensum poster
NR

A badly injured man gets new hope with and experimental procedure after losing all touch sensation in an accident.

Sensum

2017

1, 2, 3... You Please. poster
NR

"1, 2, 3... You Please" is a personal tale about OCD explored through the life of Jesse, a successful young Woman and Artist mending a broken heart while simultaneously falling in love again (opening up all of her deepest fears and insecurities). This story was inspired by OCD through my teens and 20's and my ritual three count in order for my world to feel safe again. Or at least somewhat in my control (Ha). Here, Jesse learns to both accept herself and another and let go for the moment. Our insecurities and quirks are always going to be a part of us and it's not a curse but rather what connects us. So feel free to smile.

1, 2, 3... You Please.

2016

The Dead Sleep poster
4.5

It could be that, after death, our spirits need to forget this world. Or maybe something in our mortalities is worth fighting for, even worth dying for a second time. In this supernatural thriller, Paul Wells plans to find out. His body has been in a grave for five years while his spirit witnesses the consequences of his transgressions. Driven to save his daughter from his unfortunate mistakes, Paul twists the boundary between the living and the dead.

The Dead Sleep

2010

2000s · 11 titles

The Exorcism of Emily Rose poster
6.6

When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005

The Day the Earth Stood Still poster
5.7

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

2008

Diary of the Dead poster
5.5

A group of young filmmakers encounter real zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Diary of the Dead

2007

K-19: The Widowmaker poster
6.6

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

Full of It poster
5.4

A teenager tells outrageous lies at his new high school, only to have them suddenly come true.

Full of It

2007

Sex & the Single Mom poster
7.1

Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty healthy dose of her own medicine when she winds up getting pregnant from a brief encounter with a newly single doctor! This new situation poses a major challenge to the mother-daughter dynamic. Tune in to see if Jess and her daughter can rise to the occasion.

Sex & the Single Mom

2003

The Plague poster
4.9

Ten years have passed since the world's children fell into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is breaking loose. An unholy battle between the generations is being waged, and time is not on the side of adults.

The Plague

2006

Twist poster
5.2

In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the currency and hustling is the game.

Twist

2003

The Man Who Lost Himself poster
5.4

The life story of Terry Evanshen, a Canadian Football League all-star who fell into a coma after a terrible car accident. When he wakes up, he has no recollection of his family or anything else in his life. His wife has the difficult burden of making him whole again, with unexpected consequences. Based on the biography "The Man Who Lost Himself".

The Man Who Lost Himself

2005

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7.2

A darkly twisted comedy about a lonely dead girl who tries to bring herself back to life in order to make new friends.

Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl

2002

The Third Eye poster
3.0

Photojournalist Nika Printz is struggling to accept the mysterious death of her younger brother when she discovers his obsession with trepanation; an ancient procedure that involves drilling a hole in one's head.

The Third Eye

2007

Series credits

Person of Interest poster
8.1

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

Person of Interest

2011

Below poster
7.3

When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman and his family fight to protect their close-knit community.

Below

2026

Fargo poster
8.3

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

Fargo

2014

Plan B poster
5.9

Plan B offers clients the chance to travel back in time to change the past, but each alteration has unintended consequences, revealing the complexity and limitations of personal agency.

Plan B

2023

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story poster
7.1

Trapped in a cruel Victorian-era household, Lizzie Borden kills her parents in a gory ax murder that shocks the nation.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story

2026

Justified poster
8.0

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.

Justified

2010

12 Monkeys poster
7.4

The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

12 Monkeys

2015

Murder in a Small Town poster
6.8

Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his shore.

Murder in a Small Town

2024

The Glades poster
7.0

This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small Florida town to join the state police.

The Glades

2010

Republic of Doyle poster
7.0

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.

Republic of Doyle

2010

Law & Order: LA poster
6.8

From the tony Beverly Hills to the seedy side of Hollywood, LAPD’s elite Robbery Homicide Division is on the case. Fusing classic ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with the backdrop of LA, the series delves into the high profile crimes of the west coast.

Law & Order: LA

2010

Legends poster
6.4

Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a different person -- whether it's an assignment as a Serbian extremist, a corrupt Chicago police officer, a British special forces colonel, or a legendary computer hacker. But when he learns that his life, itself, may be a lie, he faces the demands of his job and a desire to solve the mystery of his identity. And given the choice between the two, Odum doesn't always make the right decision.

Legends

2014

Wayward poster
6.2

A small-town cop suspects that the local school for troubled teens — and its dangerously charismatic founder — may not be all it seems.

Wayward

2025

Blue Murder poster
6.1

Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headlines. The Blue Murder squad members were an elite group of big-city investigators out to solve some of the city's most complicated and riveting crimes.

Blue Murder

2001

Life As We Know It poster
6.3

See life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women. Together, their attitudes about women are challenged, and they discover there's more to life than meets the eye.

Life As We Know It

2004

Thorne poster
6.4

DI Tom Thorne finds himself dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races against time to find a serial killer who carries out unusual attacks on young women.

Thorne

2010

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair poster
7.5

A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author. Based on the book of the same name, by Joël Dicker.

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

2018

The Unusuals poster
7.4

Like a modern-day M*A*S*H, The Unusuals explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of New York City police detectives.

The Unusuals

2009

Behind the camera

Anthem of a Teenage Prophet poster
6.4

A small town-teen predicts his friend’s death with startling accuracy and is labelled the “Prophet of Death.” One thing he didn’t see coming? Falling in love - with his best friend’s girl.

Anthem of a Teenage Prophet

2019

In Their Skin poster
5.3

A couple and their young son retreat to their woodland vacation home, only to face sinister neighbors who intend to kill them and steal their identities.

In Their Skin

2012

1, 2, 3... You Please. poster
NR

"1, 2, 3... You Please" is a personal tale about OCD explored through the life of Jesse, a successful young Woman and Artist mending a broken heart while simultaneously falling in love again (opening up all of her deepest fears and insecurities). This story was inspired by OCD through my teens and 20's and my ritual three count in order for my world to feel safe again. Or at least somewhat in my control (Ha). Here, Jesse learns to both accept herself and another and let go for the moment. Our insecurities and quirks are always going to be a part of us and it's not a curse but rather what connects us. So feel free to smile.

1, 2, 3... You Please.

2016

1, 2, 3... You Please. poster
NR

"1, 2, 3... You Please" is a personal tale about OCD explored through the life of Jesse, a successful young Woman and Artist mending a broken heart while simultaneously falling in love again (opening up all of her deepest fears and insecurities). This story was inspired by OCD through my teens and 20's and my ritual three count in order for my world to feel safe again. Or at least somewhat in my control (Ha). Here, Jesse learns to both accept herself and another and let go for the moment. Our insecurities and quirks are always going to be a part of us and it's not a curse but rather what connects us. So feel free to smile.

1, 2, 3... You Please.

2016

1, 2, 3... You Please. poster
NR

"1, 2, 3... You Please" is a personal tale about OCD explored through the life of Jesse, a successful young Woman and Artist mending a broken heart while simultaneously falling in love again (opening up all of her deepest fears and insecurities). This story was inspired by OCD through my teens and 20's and my ritual three count in order for my world to feel safe again. Or at least somewhat in my control (Ha). Here, Jesse learns to both accept herself and another and let go for the moment. Our insecurities and quirks are always going to be a part of us and it's not a curse but rather what connects us. So feel free to smile.

1, 2, 3... You Please.

2016

American Solitaire poster
NR

A U.S. soldier struggles to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in America

American Solitaire

2025