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Joel Edgerton

Acting · Born June 23, 1974 · Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Movies with Joel Edgerton

• The Great Gatsby (2013) — Tom Buchanan
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — Owen Lars
• The Green Knight (2021) — Lord
• Red Sparrow (2018) — Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
• Train Dreams (2025) — Robert Grainier
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) — Ramses II
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — Owen Lars
• Black Mass (2015) — John Connolly
• The Thing (2011) — Carter
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012) — Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
• King Arthur (2004) — Gawain
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) — Metalbeak (voice)

TV shows with Joel Edgerton

• Dark Matter (2024) — Jason Dessen / Jason2
• The Secret Life of Us (2001) — William 'Will' McGill
• The Underground Railroad (2021) — Arnold Ridgeway
• Dirt Game (2009) — Shane Bevic
• Dangerous (2007) — Senior Sergeant Mark Field