Joseph Cross
Biography
Joseph Cross is an American actor and producer who began as a child actor. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and raised in Pelham, New York, he appeared in three 1998 films, Desperate Measures (1998), Wide Awake (1998), and Jack Frost (1998). He then played Casey Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns from 1999 to 2004. His breakout came in 2006 as the young Augusten Burroughs in Running with Scissors (2006), winning the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Young Performer. The same year he appeared in Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers (2006). Later films include Untraceable (2008), Milk (2008), which won him a shared Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble, and Lincoln (2012). He also appeared in Big Little Lies and Mindhunter in 2017, and made his directorial debut with Summer Night (2019).
40years old
Turns 41 on May 28in 236 days
- Born New Brunswick
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Joseph Michael Cross
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 28 years1998 to 2026
Genres
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Big break
Cross took the part of the young Augusten Burroughs in the 2006 drama Running with Scissors, which also starred Annette Bening and Evan Rachel Wood. Media sources termed it his breakout performance, and he won the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
Behind the camera
Joseph Cross directed the coming-of-age film Summer Night, which came out in 2019. It was his first time as a director, and James Ponsoldt served as an executive producer.
Joseph Cross movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Brian Cox appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Brian Cox's page
Michael Keaton's page
Peter Jason's page
Jesse Bradford's page
Erik King's page
Box office
What Joseph Cross's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$528 million
13 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$275M52.2% of the total
- 2$66M12.5% of the total
- 3$55M10.3% of the total
- 4$53M10.0% of the total
- 5$35M6.5% of the total
- 6$22M4.1% of the total
- 7$14M2.6% of the total
- 8$6.8M1.3% of the total
$2.4 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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