Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 23, 1974
Place of Birth:
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
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Joel Edgerton
Biography
Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and producer. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018) and The King (2019). In 2015, Edgerton received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a psychological horror-thriller film Edgerton wrote, directed, co-produced, and in which he co-starred. Edgerton garnered further critical acclaim for his performance as Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 2018, he wrote, directed and starred in the drama Boy Erased, about gay conversion therapy. In 2019, he starred and co-wrote The King.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Train Dreams | Robert Grainier |
| 2025 | The Plague | Daddy Wags |
| 2023 | The Boys in the Boat | Coach Al Ulbrickson |
| 2023 | Master Gardener | Narvel Roth |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Owen Lars |
| 2022 | Thirteen Lives | Harry Harris |
| 2022 | The Stranger | Mark Frame |
| 2021 | The Green Knight | Lord |
| 2021 | The Green Knight Documentary | Self |
| 2019 | The King | Falstaff |
| 2018 | Gringo | Richard Rusk |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | Nathaniel "Natan" Nash |
| 2018 | Boy Erased | Victor Sykes |
| 2017 | Bright | Nick Jakoby |
| 2017 | It Comes at Night | Paul |
| 2016 | Midnight Special | Lucas |
| 2016 | Loving | Richard Loving |
| 2015 | Jane Got a Gun | Dan Frost |
| 2015 | Black Mass | John Connolly |
| 2015 | Life | John Morris |
| 2015 | The Gift | Gordo Mosley |
| 2015 | Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' | Self |
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Lifted | Paul |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Ramses II |
| 2014 | Felony | Detective Malcolm Toohey |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan |
| 2013 | The Captain | Dead Body |
| 2012 | Wish You Were Here | Dave Flannery |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Jim Green |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Patrick - Squadron Team Leader |
| 2011 | The Thing | Sam Carter |
| 2011 | Warrior | Brendan Conlon |
| 2011 | Fighting Fear | Narrator |
| 2011 | The Thief | Joel |
| 2011 | The Cartographer | The Envoy (voice) |
| 2011 | Monkeys | |
| 2011 | Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life | |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Metalbeak (voice) |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom | Barry 'Baz' Brown |
| 2010 | The Waiting City | Ben Simmons |
| 2009 | Separation City | Simon Nicholson |
| 2009 | Acolytes | Ian Wright |
| 2009 | $9.99 | Ron (voice) |
| 2008 | The Square | Billy |
| 2007 | Whisper | Vince Delayo |
| 2007 | Spider | Paramedic |
| 2007 | Crossbow | The Dad |
| 2006 | Open Window | Peter |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Hugo Croop |
| 2005 | Kinky Boots | Charlie Price |
| 2005 | The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello | Jasper Morello (voice) |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Owen Lars |
| 2005 | The IF Thing | Self |
| 2004 | King Arthur | Gawain |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly | Aaron Sherritt |
| 2003 | Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 | Barney |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | Rod Blue |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Owen Lars |
| 2002 | The Hard Word | Shane |
| 2001 | Saturn's Return | Barney |
| 2001 | The Pitch | Guy |
| 2000 | Sample People | Sem |
| 2000 | Gate | David |
| 2000 | The Three Stooges | Tom Cosgrove |
| 1999 | Erskineville Kings | Wayne |
| 1999 | Praise | Leo |
| 1999 | Secret Men's Business | Baz |
| 1999 | Dogwatch | Sparrow |
| 1998 | Never Tell Me Never | Pab |
| 1998 | Bloodlock | Danny |
| 1996 | Race the Sun | Steve Fryman |
| 1996 | Loaded | Frog |
| Fangs | Fangs |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dark Matter | Jason Dessen / Jason2 |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Owen Lars |
| 2021 | The Underground Railroad | Arnold Ridgeway |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Shane Bevic |
| 2007 | Dangerous | Senior Sergeant Mark Field |
| 2002 | Dossa and Joe | Robbo |
| 2001 | The Secret Life of Us | William 'Will' McGill |
| 1997 | Big Sky | |
| 1996 | Water Rats | Crosby |
| 1996 | Water Rats | Aaron Lawrence |
| 1995 | Spellbinder | |
| 1991 | Police Rescue | Andy |