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{{Short description|American actor (born 1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Joseph Cross
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Joseph Michael Cross
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|05|28}}
| birth_place = [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]
| occupation = {{Flat list|
* Actor
* producer
}}
| years_active = 1997–present
}}

'''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 (film)|Desperate Measures]]'', ''[[Wide Awake (1998 film)|Wide Awake]]'', and ''[[Jack Frost (1998 film)|Jack Frost]]''. He won the [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture]] for ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]'' (2006), and co-starred in ''[[Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]'' (2006), ''[[Untraceable]]'' (2008), ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]'' (2008), and ''[[Lincoln (film)|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 (TV series)|Big Little Lies]]'' and the [[Netflix]] crime drama series ''[[Mindhunter (TV series)|Mindhunter]]''.

==Early life==
Cross was born in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], the son of Maureen (née Toumey), a real estate agent, and Michael J. Cross, who worked in marketing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Morrison|first=Maureen|title=Just a Normal Kid: Joseph Cross' Hobbies Include Baseball and Starring in Films|website=[[Hartford Courant]]|date=December 6, 1998|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/36596222.html?dids=36596222:36596222&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+06%2C+1998&author=MAUREEN+MORRISON%3B+Courant+Correspondent&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=JUST+A+NORMAL+KID+JOSEPH+CROSS%27+HOBBIES+INCLUDE+BASEBALL+AND+STARRING+IN+FILMS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201071751/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/36596222.html?dids=36596222:36596222&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+06,+1998&author=MAUREEN+MORRISON;+Courant+Correspondent&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=JUST+A+NORMAL+KID+JOSEPH+CROSS'+HOBBIES+INCLUDE+BASEBALL+AND+STARRING+IN+FILMS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dunne|first=Susan|url=https://www.courant.com/2006/10/20/hot-commodity/|title=Hot Commodity|website=Hartford Courant|date=October 20, 2006|access-date=November 30, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061746/http://articles.courant.com/2006-10-20/features/0610200298_1_ryan-murphy-iwo-jima-hot-commodity|url-status=live}}</ref> He has four siblings. Cross grew up in [[Pelham, New York]], and attended Pelham Middle School and [[Pelham Memorial High School]].<ref name="Cross2">{{cite web|last=Mann|first=Ted|title=On the Verge: Joseph Cross, Pelham|website=Lower Hudson Online|date=February 7, 2007|url=http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070207%2FCUSTOM02%2F702070421%2F1282|access-date=March 24, 2007|archive-date=June 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606051829/http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070207%2FCUSTOM02%2F702070421%2F1282|url-status=dead}}</ref> For his undergraduate studies, Cross transferred from [[Hartford]]'s [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] to [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Haramis|first=Nick|url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/movies/the-new-everyman-joseph-cross-1.20558|title=The New Everyman Joseph Cross|website=Blackbook Magazine|date=November 30, 2007|access-date=February 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407193554/http://www.blackbookmag.com/movies/the-new-everyman-joseph-cross-1.20558|archive-date=April 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Career==
As a child actor, Cross appeared in the [[Disney Channel Original Movie|Disney Channel Original]] television film ''[[Northern Lights (1997 film)|Northern Lights]]'' (1997), and starred in the action-thriller ''[[Desperate Measures (film)|Desperate Measures]]'', comedy-drama ''[[Wide Awake (1998 film)|Wide Awake]]'', and Christmas fantasy film ''[[Jack Frost (1998 film)|Jack Frost]]'', all of which were released in 1998. He subsequently appeared in several television roles, notably portraying [[Casey Hughes]] in the [[CBS]] daytime soap opera ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1999–2004).

In 2006, Cross played the young [[Augusten Burroughs]] in ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]'', a drama also featuring [[Annette Bening]] and [[Evan Rachel Wood]], and appeared as real-life Marine [[Franklin Sousley]] in the big-budget ''[[Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]'', a [[Clint Eastwood]]-directed [[war film]]. Cross has said that he enjoyed the transition from appearing in ''Running with Scissors'', which he has described as "very character driven and smaller" to the high-profile "epic" ''Flags of Our Fathers''.<ref name="Cross3">{{cite web|last=Topel|first=Fred|title=Joseph Cross on Running with Scissors|website=CanMan|date=October 21, 2006|url=http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/5482|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030190150/http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/5482|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 30, 2006|access-date=March 24, 2007}}</ref> ''Running with Scissors'' has been described by media sources as his "breakout performance", and he was nominated for the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer]] and won the [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]].<ref name="Cross4">{{cite web|last=Alvi|first=Zalina|title=Growing up crazy ain't all that bad|website=Excalibur|date=October 18, 2006|url=http://www.excal.on.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2210&Itemid=2|access-date=March 24, 2007}}</ref>

In 2008, Cross starred in the thriller film ''[[Untraceable]]'' (2008) with [[Diane Lane]],<ref name="Cross1">{{cite web|last=Mann|first=Ted|title=Joseph Cross takes another sabbatical from Trinity College|website=Lower Hudson Online|date=February 23, 2007|url=http://suburbarazzi.lohudblogs.com/2007/02/23/joseph-cross-takes-another-sabbatical-from-trinity-college/|access-date=March 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228102802/http://suburbarazzi.lohudblogs.com/2007/02/23/joseph-cross-takes-another-sabbatical-from-trinity-college/|archive-date=February 28, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and portrayed gay rights activist [[Dick Pabich]] in the [[Academy Award]]-nominated [[Harvey Milk]] biopic ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]'' (2008). He won the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble]] with his ''Milk'' co-stars. The following year, he played William "Fred" Parsons in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (play)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'', at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]], opposite [[Anna Friel]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shenton|first=Mark|title=Anna Friel and Joseph Cross to Star in New Stage Adaptation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"|website=[[Playbill]]|date=May 15, 2009|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/anna-friel-and-joseph-cross-to-star-in-new-stage-adaptation-of-breakfast-at-tiffanys-com-160926|access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> In 2012, Cross had a leading role as Declan Truss in Doug Karr's comedy film ''[[Art Machine]]''.<ref name="Cross5">{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Cross, Jessica Szohr Starring in Indie 'Art Machine'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 25, 2010|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/exclusive-joseph-cross-jessica-szohr-32483}}</ref> He portrayed the lead role of Davis Green in the drama film ''[[The Automatic Hate]]'' (2015), alongside [[Deborah Ann Woll]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Cross, Adelaide Clemens & Deborah Ann Woll Join 'The Automatic Hate'|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 18, 2013|url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/joseph-cross-adelaide-clemons-deborah-ann-woll-join-the-automatic-hate-589798/|access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> He portrayed the lead role of Lernert in the science-fiction film ''[[Everything Beautiful Is Far Away (film)|Everything Beautiful Is Far Away]]'' (2017), alongside [[Julia Garner]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Everything Beautiful is Far Away, IMDb page|website=[[IMDb.com]]|date=June 21, 2017|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3605266/|access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> Cross made his directorial debut with the coming-of-age film ''[[Summer Night (2019 film)|Summer Night]]'' (2019), executive produced by [[James Ponsoldt]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|title=Joseph Cross Teams With James Ponsoldt on Directorial Debut 'Summer Night' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 13, 2017|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/joseph-cross-james-ponsoldt-summer-night-1202613541/|access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1998
| ''[[Desperate Measures (film)|Desperate Measures]]''
| Matthew Conner
|
|-
| ''[[Wide Awake (1998 film)|Wide Awake]]''
| Joshua Beal
| Nominated – [[20th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Jack Frost (1998 film)|Jack Frost]]''
| Charlie Frost
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''Homecoming''
| Young Barry Griffith
|
|-
| ''[[Strangers with Candy (film)|Strangers with Candy]]''
| Derrick Blank
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]''
| [[Franklin Sousley]]
|
|-
| ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]''
| [[Augusten Burroughs]]
| Won – [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]<br>Nominated – [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Untraceable]]''
| Owen Reilly
|
|-
| ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]''
| Dick Pabich
| Nominated – [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble]]
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Falling Up (film)|Falling Up]]''
| Henry O'Shea
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2011
| ''Son of Morning''
| Philip Katz
|
|-
| ''[[Citizen Gangster]]''
| Val Kozak
|
|-
| ''[[Born to Race (2011 film)|Born to Race]]''
| Danny Krueger
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| ''[[Art Machine]]''
| Declan Truss
|
|-
| ''[[Mine Games]]''
| Michael
|
|-
| ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
| [[John Hay]]
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian|Jimmy P.]]''
| [[Robert R. Holt]]
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Last Weekend (2014 film)|Last Weekend]]''
| Roger Green
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Automatic Hate]]''
| Davis Green
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Last Film Festival]]''
| Junior Agent
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| ''Tilt''
| Joseph Burns
|
|-
| ''[[Everything Beautiful Is Far Away (film)|Everything Beautiful Is Far Away]]''
| Lernert
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Mank]]''
| [[Charles Lederer]]
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Licorice Pizza]]''
| Matthew
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| ''[[Northern Lights (1997 film)|Northern Lights]]''
| Jack Blumstein
| TV film<br>Nominated – [[19th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series – Leading Young Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Dellaventura]]''
| Daniel Webb
| Episode: "The Biggest Miracle"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| ''[[Saint Maybe]]''
| Young Thomas Bedloe
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| Petey Carmichael
| Episode: "Psalm 151"
|-
| 1999–2004
| ''[[As the World Turns]]''
| [[Casey Hughes]]
| Series regular<br>Nominated – [[21st Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Soap Opera – Young Actor]] {{small|(1999)}}<br>Nominated – [[YoungStar Award#Fourth Annual YoungStar Awards|YoungStar Award for Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program]] {{small|(1999)}}
|-
| 2000
| ''The Spring''
| Nick Conway
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| ''[[Third Watch]]''
| Eric Beckman
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[The O'Keefes]]''
| Danny O'Keefe
| 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[Smallville]]''
| Jordan Cross
| Episode: "Hereafter"
|-
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Adam Nesbit
| Episode: "Home"
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Will Shea
| Episode: "Obsession"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''
| Petros Franken
| Episode: "One Watson, One Holmes"
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Big Little Lies (TV series)|Big Little Lies]]''
| Tom
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Mindhunter (TV series)|Mindhunter]]''
| Benjamin Barnwright
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Medal of Honor (TV series)|Medal of Honor]]''
| [[Sylvester Antolak]]
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| [[Martin Parish]]
| Episode: "Bubble Wrap"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|189200}}

{{Satellite Award Best Actor Motion Picture}}

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[[Category:American male television actors]]
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