Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Known for
Acting
Born
June 23, 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

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

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Filmography

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Fangs

Fangs

Movie · as Fangs

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Father

Father

Movie · as Narrator

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2034

2034

Movie

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Trigger Point

Trigger Point

TV · as Red · 1 ep

2026
Skip Intro poster

Skip Intro

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2026
Dark Matter: The Official Podcast poster

Dark Matter: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2025
Train Dreams poster

Train Dreams

Movie · as Robert Grainier

2025
The Plague poster

The Plague

Movie · as Daddy Wags

2024
Dark Matter poster

Dark Matter

TV · as Jason Dessen / Jason2 · 19 eps

2023
The Boys in the Boat poster

The Boys in the Boat

Movie · as Coach Al Ulbrickson

2023
Master Gardener poster

Master Gardener

Movie · as Narvel Roth

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Movie · as Self - Owen Lars

2022
Thirteen Lives poster

Thirteen Lives

Movie · as Harry Harris

2022
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

Movie · as Mark Frame

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi

TV · as Owen Lars · 2 eps

2021
The Green Knight poster

The Green Knight

Movie · as Lord

2021
The Green Knight Documentary poster

The Green Knight Documentary

Movie · as Self

2021
The Underground Railroad poster

The Underground Railroad

TV · as Arnold Ridgeway · 10 eps

2019
The King poster

The King

Movie · as Falstaff

2018
Gringo poster

Gringo

Movie · as Richard Rusk

2018
Red Sparrow poster

Red Sparrow

Movie · as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash

2018
Boy Erased poster

Boy Erased

Movie · as Victor Sykes

2017
Bright poster

Bright

Movie · as Nick Jakoby

2017
It Comes at Night poster

It Comes at Night

Movie · as Paul

2016
Midnight Special poster

Midnight Special

Movie · as Lucas

2016
Loving poster

Loving

Movie · as Richard Loving

2015
Jane Got a Gun poster

Jane Got a Gun

Movie · as Dan Frost

2015
Black Mass poster

Black Mass

Movie · as John Connolly

2015
Life poster

Life

Movie · as John Morris

2015
The Gift poster

The Gift

Movie · as Gordo Mosley

2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' poster

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

Movie · as Self

2015
Unity poster

Unity

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Lifted poster

Lifted

Movie · as Paul

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings poster

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Movie · as Ramses II

2014
Felony poster

Felony

Movie · as Detective Malcolm Toohey

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Tom Buchanan

2013
The Captain poster

The Captain

Movie · as Dead Body

2012
Wish You Were Here poster

Wish You Were Here

Movie · as Dave Flannery

2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green poster

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Movie · as Jim Green

2012
Zero Dark Thirty poster

Zero Dark Thirty

Movie · as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

2011
The Thing poster

The Thing

Movie · as Carter

2011
Warrior poster

Warrior

Movie · as Brendan Conlon

2011
Fighting Fear poster

Fighting Fear

Movie · as Narrator

2011
The Thief poster

The Thief

Movie · as Joel

2011
The Cartographer

The Cartographer

Movie · as The Envoy (voice)

2011
Monkeys poster

Monkeys

Movie

2011
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life poster

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

Movie

2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Movie · as Metalbeak (voice)

2010
Animal Kingdom poster

Animal Kingdom

Movie · as Barry 'Baz' Brown

2010
The Waiting City poster

The Waiting City

Movie · as Ben Simmons

2009
Separation City poster

Separation City

Movie · as Simon Nicholson

2009
Acolytes poster

Acolytes

Movie · as Ian Wright

2009
$9.99 poster

$9.99

Movie · as Ron (voice)

2009
Dirt Game poster

Dirt Game

TV · as Shane Bevic · 6 eps

2008
The Square poster

The Square

Movie · as Billy

2007
Whisper poster

Whisper

Movie · as Vince Delayo

2007
Spider poster

Spider

Movie · as Paramedic

2007
Crossbow poster

Crossbow

Movie · as The Dad

2007
Dangerous poster

Dangerous

TV · as Senior Sergeant Mark Field · 8 eps

2006
Open Window poster

Open Window

Movie · as Peter

2006
Smokin' Aces poster

Smokin' Aces

Movie · as Hugo Croop

2005
Kinky Boots poster

Kinky Boots

Movie · as Charlie Price

2005
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello poster

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

Movie · as Jasper Morello (voice)

2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith poster

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Movie · as Owen Lars

2005
The IF Thing poster

The IF Thing

Movie · as Self

2004
King Arthur poster

King Arthur

Movie · as Gawain

2004
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King poster

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

Movie · as Self

2003
Ned Kelly poster

Ned Kelly

Movie · as Aaron Sherritt

2003
Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 poster

Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

Movie · as Barney

2003
The Night We Called It a Day poster

The Night We Called It a Day

Movie · as Rod Blue

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones poster

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Movie · as Owen Lars

2002
The Hard Word poster

The Hard Word

Movie · as Shane

2002
Dossa and Joe

Dossa and Joe

TV · as Robbo · 6 eps

2001
Saturn's Return poster

Saturn's Return

Movie · as Barney

2001
The Pitch poster

The Pitch

Movie · as Guy

2001
The Secret Life of Us poster

The Secret Life of Us

TV · as William 'Will' McGill · 22 eps

2000
Sample People poster

Sample People

Movie · as Sem

2000
Gate

Gate

Movie · as David

2000
The Three Stooges poster

The Three Stooges

Movie · as Tom Cosgrove

1999
Erskineville Kings poster

Erskineville Kings

Movie · as Wayne

1999
Praise poster

Praise

Movie · as Leo

1999
Secret Men's Business poster

Secret Men's Business

Movie · as Baz

1999
Dogwatch poster

Dogwatch

Movie · as Sparrow

1998
Never Tell Me Never poster

Never Tell Me Never

Movie · as Pab

1998
Bloodlock poster

Bloodlock

Movie · as Danny

1997
Big Sky poster

Big Sky

TV · 1 ep

1996
Race the Sun poster

Race the Sun

Movie · as Steve Fryman

1996
Loaded poster

Loaded

Movie · as Frog

1996
Water Rats poster

Water Rats

TV · as Crosby, Aaron Lawrence · 1 ep

1996
Australian Story poster

Australian Story

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1995
Spellbinder poster

Spellbinder

TV · as Bazza · 1 ep

1991
Police Rescue poster

Police Rescue

TV · as Andy · 1 ep