8.2
TV
Acting
Joseph Cross
- Born
- (age 40)
- Birthplace
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 45 titles
Biography
Joseph Michael Cross (born May 28, 1986) is an American actor and producer. He began work as a child actor, starring in the 1998 films Desperate Measures, Wide Awake, and Jack Frost. He won the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture for Running with Scissors (2006), and co-starred in Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Untraceable (2008), Milk (2008), and Lincoln (2012).
From 1999 to 2004, Cross starred as Casey Hughes in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. In 2017, he appeared in the HBO limited series Big Little Lies and the Netflix crime drama series Mindhunter.
Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
8.3
TV
Criminal Minds
6.8
Movie
Lincoln
8.1
TV
MINDHUNTER
6.9
Movie
Licorice Pizza
7.2
Movie
Milk
6.9
Movie
Flags of Our Fathers
7.6
TV
Elementary
6.7
Movie
Mank
7.9
TV
Big Little Lies
6.0
Movie
Jack Frost
6.2
Movie
Untraceable
7.0
Movie
Devotion
7.3
TV
Law & Order
6.0
Movie
Desperate Measures
5.8
Movie
Running with Scissors
7.9
TV
Third Watch
Acting credits 43
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Stay at Conder Beach Film | Jordan |
| 2026 | Affection Film | Bruce Carter |
| 2023 | The Last Thing He Told Me TV | Young Frank (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Devotion Film | Charlie Ward |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza Film | Matthew |
| 2020 | Mank Film | Charles Lederer |
| 2018 | Medal of Honor TV | Sylvester Antolak (1 ep) |
| 2017 | MINDHUNTER TV | Benjamin Barnwright (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Everything Beautiful Is Far Away Film | Lernert |
| 2017 | Tilt Film | Joseph Burns |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies TV | Tom (3 ep) |
| 2016 | The Automatic Hate Film | Davis Green |
| 2014 | Last Weekend Film | Roger Green |
| 2013 | Jimmy P. Film | Dr. Holt |
| 2012 | Mine Games Film | Michael |
| 2012 | Lincoln Film | John Hay |
| 2012 | Art Machine Film | Declan |
| 2012 | Elementary TV | Petros Franken (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Film | Val Kozak |
| 2011 | Born to Race Film | Danny Krueger |
| 2011 | Son of Morning Film | Philip Katz |
| 2009 | Falling Up Film | Henry O'Shea |
| 2009 | Theatreland Film | Self |
| 2008 | Milk Film | Dick Pabich |
| 2008 | Untraceable Film | Owen Reilly |
| 2006 | Running with Scissors Film | Augusten Burroughs |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers Film | Franklin Sousley |
| 2006 | Strangers with Candy Film | Derrick Blank |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds TV | Marvin Bancroft (1 ep) |
| 2003 | The O'Keefes TV | (8 ep) |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2001 | Smallville TV | Jordan Cross (1 ep) |
| 2000 | The Spring Film | Nick Conway |
| 1999 | Third Watch TV | Eric Beckman (2 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Adam Nesbit, Martin Parish (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Saint Maybe Film | Thomas 10 Years |
| 1998 | Jack Frost Film | Charlie Frost |
| 1998 | Northern Lights Film | Jack |
| 1998 | Wide Awake Film | Joshua Beal |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures Film | Matthew Conner |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel TV | Petey Carmichael (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Law & Order TV | Will Shea (1 ep) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame TV | Thomas, 10 years (1 ep) |
Crew credits 3
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | O Horizon Film | Producer |
| 2019 | Summer Night Film | Director |
| 2011 | Son of Morning Film | Co-Producer |