Joel Edgerton
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Plague as Daddy Wags
- 2025 · Train Dreams as Robert Grainier
- 2024 · Dark Matter as Jason Dessen / Jason2
- 2023 · Master Gardener as Narvel Roth
- 2022 · The Stranger as Mark Frame
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Owen Lars
- 2022 · Thirteen Lives as Harry Harris
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Owen Lars
- 2021 · The Green Knight Documentary as Self
- 2021 · The Green Knight as Lord
- 2021 · The Underground Railroad as Arnold Ridgeway
- 2019 · The King as Falstaff
- 2018 · Boy Erased as Victor Sykes
- 2018 · Red Sparrow as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
- 2017 · Bright as Nick Jakoby
- 2016 · Loving as Richard Loving
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Exodus: Gods and Kings as Ramses II
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
- 2012 · Zero Dark Thirty as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
- 2012 · The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Jim Green
- 2011 · The Thing as Sam Carter
- 2011 · Warrior as Brendan Conlon
- 2010 · Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Metalbeak (voice)
- 2008 · The Square as Billy
- 2007 · Whisper as Vince Delayo
- 2006 · Smokin' Aces as Hugo Croop
- 2005 · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Owen Lars
- 2005 · The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello as Jasper Morello (voice)
- 2004 · King Arthur as Gawain
- 2003 · Ned Kelly as Aaron Sherritt
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Owen Lars
- 2001 · The Secret Life of Us as William 'Will' McGill
- 2001 · Saturn's Return as Barney
- 1997 · Big Sky as
- 1996 · Australian Story as Self
- 1996 · Race the Sun as Steve Fryman
- 1996 · Water Rats as Crosby
- 1996 · Water Rats as Aaron Lawrence
- 1995 · Spellbinder as
- 1991 · Police Rescue as Andy
- Future · Fangs as Fangs
- 2023 · The Boys in the Boat as Coach Al Ulbrickson
- 2018 · Gringo as Richard Rusk
- 2017 · It Comes at Night as Paul
- 2016 · Midnight Special as Lucas
- 2015 · Jane Got a Gun as Dan Frost
- 2015 · Black Mass as John Connolly
- 2015 · Life as John Morris
- 2015 · The Gift as Gordo Mosley
- 2015 · Lifted as Paul
- 2014 · Felony as Detective Malcolm Toohey
- 2013 · The Captain as Dead Body
- 2012 · Wish You Were Here as Dave Flannery
- 2011 · Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life as
- 2011 · Fighting Fear as Narrator
- 2011 · The Thief as Joel
- 2011 · The Cartographer as The Envoy (voice)
- 2011 · Monkeys as
- 2010 · The Waiting City as Ben Simmons
- 2010 · Animal Kingdom as Barry 'Baz' Brown
- 2009 · Separation City as Simon Nicholson
- 2009 · $9.99 as Ron (voice)
- 2009 · Dirt Game as Shane Bevic
- 2009 · Acolytes as Ian Wright
- 2007 · Spider as Paramedic
- 2007 · Crossbow as The Dad
- 2007 · Dangerous as Senior Sergeant Mark Field
- 2006 · Open Window as Peter
- 2005 · The IF Thing as Self
- 2005 · Kinky Boots as Charlie Price
- 2003 · The Night We Called It a Day as Rod Blue
- 2003 · Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 as Barney
- 2002 · The Hard Word as Shane
- 2002 · Dossa and Joe as Robbo
- 2001 · The Pitch as Guy
- 2000 · Gate as David
- 2000 · Sample People as Sem
- 2000 · The Three Stooges as Tom Cosgrove
- 1999 · Erskineville Kings as Wayne
- 1999 · Praise as Leo
- 1999 · Secret Men's Business as Baz
- 1999 · Dogwatch as Sparrow
- 1998 · Bloodlock as Danny
- 1998 · Never Tell Me Never as Pab
- 1996 · Loaded as Frog
- Future · The Superiors as Walt Knox