Directed credits
1
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Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Joseph Cross
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 33528
IMDb ID: nm0189200
Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1986
Age: 39
Place of birth: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q1706810
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Joseph Cross.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Joseph Cross.
7.2
Milk
as Dick Pabich
2008 Movie
7.1
Devotion
as Charlie Ward
2022 Movie
7.0
Licorice Pizza
as Matthew
2021 Movie
6.9
Born to Race
as Danny Krueger
2011 Movie
6.9
Flags of Our Fathers
as Franklin Sousley
2006 Movie
6.9
Lincoln
as John Hay
2012 Movie
6.7
Mank
as Charles Lederer
2020 Movie
6.2
Untraceable
as Owen Reilly
2008 Movie
6.1
Jimmy P.
as Dr. Holt
2013 Movie
6.0
Jack Frost
as Charlie Frost
1998 Movie
6.0
Desperate Measures
as Matthew Conner
1998 Movie
5.8
Running with Scissors
as Augusten Burroughs
2006 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Joseph Cross.
8.2
Smallville
as Jordan Cross • 1 eps
2001 Series
8.1
MINDHUNTER
as Benjamin Barnwright • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Adam Nesbit • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Eric Beckman • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Big Little Lies
as Tom • 3 eps
2017 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Petros Franken • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Will Shea • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Petey Carmichael • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Joseph Cross.
6.9
Lincoln
as John Hay
2012 Movie
6.7
Mank
as Charles Lederer
2020 Movie
7.0
Licorice Pizza
as Matthew
2021 Movie
7.2
Milk
as Dick Pabich
2008 Movie
7.1
Devotion
as Charlie Ward
2022 Movie
6.9
Flags of Our Fathers
as Franklin Sousley
2006 Movie
5.6
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
as Val Kozak
2011 Movie
6.0
Jack Frost
as Charlie Frost
1998 Movie
6.2
Untraceable
as Owen Reilly
2008 Movie
Theatreland
as Himself
2009 Movie
6.0
Desperate Measures
as Matthew Conner
1998 Movie
5.5
Wide Awake
as Joshua Beal
1998 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Joseph Cross.
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Adam Nesbit • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Will Shea • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.2
Smallville
as Jordan Cross • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Petros Franken • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Eric Beckman • 2 eps
1999 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Petey Carmichael • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.1
MINDHUNTER
as Benjamin Barnwright • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.9
Big Little Lies
as Tom • 3 eps
2017 Series
6.6
Medal of Honor
as Sylvester Antolak • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Thomas, 10 years • 1 eps
1951 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Joseph Cross.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Joseph Cross.
7.0
Affection
2025 Movie
7.1
Devotion
as Charlie Ward
2022 Movie
7.0
Licorice Pizza
as Matthew
2021 Movie
6.7
Mank
as Charles Lederer
2020 Movie
6.9
Everything Beautiful Is Far Away
as Lernert
2017 Movie
5.6
Tilt
as Joseph Burns
2017 Movie
5.9
The Automatic Hate
as Davis Green
2016 Movie
4.3
Last Weekend
as Roger Green
2014 Movie
6.1
Jimmy P.
as Dr. Holt
2013 Movie
5.5
Mine Games
as Michael
2012 Movie
6.9
Lincoln
as John Hay
2012 Movie
4.5
Art Machine
as Declan
2012 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Joseph Cross.
6.6
Medal of Honor
as Sylvester Antolak • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.1
MINDHUNTER
as Benjamin Barnwright • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.9
Big Little Lies
as Tom • 3 eps
2017 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Petros Franken • 1 eps
2012 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.2
Smallville
as Jordan Cross • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Eric Beckman • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Adam Nesbit • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Petey Carmichael • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Will Shea • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Thomas, 10 years • 1 eps
1951 Series