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.
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Movies (43)
The Plague
as Daddy Wags
2025
Train Dreams
as Robert Grainier
2025
Glenmorangie: Once Upon a Time in Scotland
Director (Directing)
2025
The Brutalist
Thanks (Crew)
2024
Daughters
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
I Don't Understand You
Producer (Production)
2024
The Boys in the Boat
as Coach Al Ulbrickson
2023
Master Gardener
as Narvel Roth
2023
The Stranger
as Mark Frame
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Owen Lars
2022
Thirteen Lives
as Harry Harris
2022
The Green Knight Documentary
as Self
2021
The Green Knight
as Lord
2021
The King
as Falstaff
2019
Boy Erased
as Victor Sykes
2018
Gringo
as Richard Rusk
2018
Red Sparrow
as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
2018
Bright
as Nick Jakoby
2017
It Comes at Night
as Paul
2017
Loving
as Richard Loving
2016
Midnight Special
as Lucas
2016
Jane Got a Gun
as Dan Frost
2015
Black Mass
as John Connolly
2015
Life
as John Morris
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
The Gift
as Gordo Mosley
2015
Lifted
as Paul
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Self
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Ramses II
2014
Felony
as Detective Malcolm Toohey
2014
The Rover
Story (Writing)
2014
The Captain
as Dead Body
2013
The Great Gatsby
as Tom Buchanan
2013
Zero Dark Thirty
as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Jim Green
2012
Wish You Were Here
as Dave Flannery
2012
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011
Fighting Fear
as Narrator
2011
The Thing
as Sam Carter
2011
Warrior
as Brendan Conlon
2011
The Thief
as Joel
2011
The Cartographer
as The Envoy (voice)
2011
Griff the Invisible
Thanks (Crew)
2011
TV Shows (7)
Dark Matter
as Jason Dessen / Jason2
2024
Boy Swallows Universe
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Owen Lars
2022
The Underground Railroad
as Arnold Ridgeway
2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014