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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Affection
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
Devotion
Character: Charlie Ward
MOVIE • 2022
Licorice Pizza
Character: Matthew
MOVIE • 2021
Mank
Character: Charles Lederer
MOVIE • 2020
Medal of Honor
Character: Sylvester Antolak
TV • 2018
MINDHUNTER
Character: Benjamin Barnwright
TV • 2017
Everything Beautiful Is Far Away
Character: Lernert
MOVIE • 2017
Tilt
Character: Joseph Burns
MOVIE • 2017
Big Little Lies
Character: Tom
TV • 2017
The Automatic Hate
Character: Davis Green
MOVIE • 2016
Last Weekend
Character: Roger Green
MOVIE • 2014
Jimmy P.
Character: Dr. Holt
MOVIE • 2013
Mine Games
Character: Michael
MOVIE • 2012
Lincoln
Character: John Hay
MOVIE • 2012
Art Machine
Character: Declan
MOVIE • 2012
Elementary
Character: Petros Franken
TV • 2012
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Character: Val Kozak
MOVIE • 2011
Born to Race
Character: Danny Krueger
MOVIE • 2011
Son of Morning
Character: Philip Katz
MOVIE • 2011
Falling Up
Character: Henry O'Shea
MOVIE • 2009
Crew
