Joel Edgerton
Acting
Born: Jun 23, 1974
From: Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boys in the Boat | Coach Al Ulbrickson | 2023 | 7.254 |
| Midnight Special | Lucas | 2016 | 6.253 |
| Jane Got a Gun | Dan Frost | 2015 | 5.828 |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | Ramses II | 2014 | 5.9 |
| Felony | Detective Malcolm Toohey | 2014 | 5.7 |
| The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | 2013 | 7.352 |
| Wish You Were Here | Dave Flannery | 2012 | 5.5 |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Jim Green | 2012 | 7.003 |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Patrick - Squadron Team Leader | 2012 | 6.992 |
| The Thing | Carter | 2011 | 6.229 |
| Warrior | Brendan Conlon | 2011 | 7.843 |
| Fighting Fear | Narrator | 2011 | 4.5 |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Metalbeak (voice) | 2010 | 6.824 |
| Animal Kingdom | Barry 'Baz' Brown | 2010 | 6.798 |
| The Waiting City | Ben Simmons | 2010 | 5.9 |
| Separation City | Simon Nicholson | 2009 | 5.2 |
| Acolytes | Ian Wright | 2009 | 5.0 |
| $9.99 | Ron (voice) | 2009 | 5.9 |
| The Square | Billy | 2008 | 6.1 |
| Whisper | Vince Delayo | 2007 | 6.324 |
| Open Window | Peter | 2006 | 5.438 |
| Kinky Boots | Charlie Price | 2005 | 6.719 |
| The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello | Jasper Morello (voice) | 2005 | 7.1 |
| King Arthur | Gawain | 2004 | 6.3 |
| Ned Kelly | Aaron Sherritt | 2003 | 6.069 |
| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Owen Lars | 2002 | 6.592 |
| The Hard Word | Shane | 2002 | 5.431 |
| Sample People | Sem | 2000 | 3.889 |
| Erskineville Kings | Wayne | 1999 | 6.286 |
| Praise | Leo | 1999 | 4.75 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1974 |
| From | Blacktown, New South … |