Joel Edgerton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-06-23 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Known For

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Australian Story

    Australian Story

  • Water Rats

    Water Rats

  • Water Rats

    Water Rats

  • Police Rescue

    Police Rescue

  • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

  • King Arthur

    King Arthur

  • Obi-Wan Kenobi

    Obi-Wan Kenobi

  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

  • The Green Knight

    The Green Knight

  • Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Exodus: Gods and Kings

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Warrior

    Warrior

  • Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

  • Zero Dark Thirty

    Zero Dark Thirty

  • Big Sky

    Big Sky

  • Loving

    Loving

  • Master Gardener

    Master Gardener

  • Thirteen Lives

    Thirteen Lives

  • The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

    The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

  • Race the Sun

    Race the Sun

  • The Secret Life of Us

    The Secret Life of Us

  • Train Dreams

    Train Dreams

  • Spellbinder

    Spellbinder

  • Smokin' Aces

    Smokin' Aces

  • Red Sparrow

    Red Sparrow

  • Black Mass

    Black Mass

  • The Thing

    The Thing

  • The Green Knight Documentary

    The Green Knight Documentary

  • Saturn's Return

    Saturn's Return

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

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

  • The Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad

  • The King

    The King

  • The Square

    The Square

  • The Stranger

    The Stranger

  • Jane Got a Gun

    Jane Got a Gun

  • Bright

    Bright

  • Unity

    Unity

  • The Plague

    The Plague

  • Midnight Special

    Midnight Special

  • Life

    Life

  • Fangs

    Fangs

  • Lifted

    Lifted

  • Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

    Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

  • Boy Erased

    Boy Erased

  • Ned Kelly

    Ned Kelly

  • Separation City

    Separation City

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Odd Life of Timothy Green

  • The Three Stooges

    The Three Stooges

  • The Captain

    The Captain

  • Whisper

    Whisper

  • Felony

    Felony

  • Fighting Fear

    Fighting Fear

  • The Boys in the Boat

    The Boys in the Boat

  • The IF Thing

    The IF Thing

  • $9.99

    $9.99

  • The Gift

    The Gift

  • Praise

    Praise

  • Spider

    Spider

  • It Comes at Night

    It Comes at Night

  • The Pitch

    The Pitch

  • Wish You Were Here

    Wish You Were Here

  • Animal Kingdom

    Animal Kingdom

  • Never Tell Me Never

    Never Tell Me Never

  • Secret Men's Business

    Secret Men's Business

  • Loaded

    Loaded

  • The Night We Called It a Day

    The Night We Called It a Day

  • The Hard Word

    The Hard Word

  • Open Window

    Open Window

  • Crossbow

    Crossbow

  • Monkeys

    Monkeys

  • Gringo

    Gringo

  • Dirt Game

    Dirt Game

  • Dangerous

    Dangerous

  • Kinky Boots

    Kinky Boots

  • The Waiting City

    The Waiting City

  • Dogwatch

    Dogwatch

  • The Thief

    The Thief

  • Bloodlock

    Bloodlock

  • Acolytes

    Acolytes

  • The Cartographer

    The Cartographer

  • Dossa and Joe

    Dossa and Joe

  • Erskineville Kings

    Erskineville Kings

  • Sample People

    Sample People

  • Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

    Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

  • Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

    Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life

  • Gate

    Gate