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Joel Edgerton

Born: 1974

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 Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Resources

Movies

Ned Kelly

Aaron Sherritt in Ned Kelly

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Open Window

Peter in Open Window

King Arthur

Gawain in King Arthur

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Metalbeak (voice) in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Whisper

Vince Delayo in Whisper

Separation City

Simon Nicholson in Separation City

Erskineville Kings

Wayne in Erskineville Kings

Wish You Were Here

Dave Flannery in Wish You Were Here

The Thing

Sam Carter in The Thing

The Square

Billy in The Square

Animal Kingdom

Barry 'Baz' Brown in Animal Kingdom

The Hard Word

Shane in The Hard Word

Kinky Boots

Charlie Price in Kinky Boots

The Great Gatsby

Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby

Acolytes

Ian Wright in Acolytes

The Waiting City

Ben Simmons in The Waiting City

Sample People

Sem in Sample People

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

Jasper Morello (voice) in The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

$9.99

Ron (voice) in $9.99

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Jim Green in The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Boys in the Boat

Coach Al Ulbrickson in The Boys in the Boat

Warrior

Brendan Conlon in Warrior

Zero Dark Thirty

Patrick - Squadron Team Leader in Zero Dark Thirty

Fighting Fear

Narrator in Fighting Fear

Praise

Leo in Praise

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Ramses II in Exodus: Gods and Kings

Jane Got a Gun

Dan Frost in Jane Got a Gun

Felony

Detective Malcolm Toohey in Felony

Midnight Special

Lucas in Midnight Special

The Thief

Joel in The Thief

Black Mass

John Connolly in Black Mass

The Captain

Dead Body in The Captain

Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

Barney in Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

Life

John Morris in Life

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Self - Owen Lars in Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The Gift

Gordo Mosley in The Gift

Train Dreams

Robert Grainier in Train Dreams

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

Self in Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

Spider

Paramedic in Spider

Saturn's Return

Barney in Saturn's Return

Loving

Richard Loving in Loving

The Night We Called It a Day

Rod Blue in The Night We Called It a Day

Unity

Narrator (voice) in Unity

Crossbow

The Dad in Crossbow

Smokin' Aces

Hugo Croop in Smokin' Aces

Gate

David in Gate

The Entertainment System Is Down

in The Entertainment System Is Down

Gringo

Richard Rusk in Gringo

Bright

Nick Jakoby in Bright

Race the Sun

Steve Fryman in Race the Sun

Red Sparrow

Nathaniel "Natan" Nash in Red Sparrow

It Comes at Night

Paul in It Comes at Night

Never Tell Me Never

Pab in Never Tell Me Never

Secret Men's Business

Baz in Secret Men's Business

The Three Stooges

Tom Cosgrove in The Three Stooges

The Cartographer

The Envoy (voice) in The Cartographer

Lifted

Paul in Lifted

Dogwatch

Sparrow in Dogwatch

Boy Erased

Victor Sykes in Boy Erased

Monkeys

in Monkeys

The King

Falstaff in The King

The Pitch

Guy in The Pitch

Bloodlock

Danny in Bloodlock

The IF Thing

Self in The IF Thing

Loaded

Frog in Loaded

The Green Knight

Lord in The Green Knight

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

in Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

Thirteen Lives

Harry Harris in Thirteen Lives

The Stranger

Mark Frame in The Stranger

Master Gardener

Narvel Roth in Master Gardener

The Plague

in The Plague

TV Shows