Joel Edgerton
Acting • Born 1974-06-23
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
94 credits
Ned Kelly
Movie • 2003
Aaron Sherritt
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie • 2002
Owen Lars
Open Window
Movie • 2006
Peter
King Arthur
Movie • 2004
Gawain
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Movie • 2010
Metalbeak (voice)
Whisper
Movie • 2007
Vince Delayo
Separation City
Movie • 2009
Simon Nicholson
Erskineville Kings
Movie • 1999
Wayne
Wish You Were Here
Movie • 2012
Dave Flannery
The Thing
Movie • 2011
Sam Carter
The Square
Movie • 2008
Billy
Animal Kingdom
Movie • 2010
Barry 'Baz' Brown
The Hard Word
Movie • 2002
Shane
Kinky Boots
Movie • 2005
Charlie Price
The Great Gatsby
Movie • 2013
Tom Buchanan
Acolytes
Movie • 2009
Ian Wright
The Waiting City
Movie • 2010
Ben Simmons
Sample People
Movie • 2000
Sem
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Movie • 2005
Jasper Morello (voice)
$9.99
Movie • 2009
Ron (voice)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie • 2012
Jim Green
The Boys in the Boat
Movie • 2023
Coach Al Ulbrickson
Warrior
Movie • 2011
Brendan Conlon
Zero Dark Thirty
Movie • 2012
Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
Fighting Fear
Movie • 2011
Narrator
Praise
Movie • 1999
Leo
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie • 2014
Ramses II
Jane Got a Gun
Movie • 2015
Dan Frost
Felony
Movie • 2014
Detective Malcolm Toohey
Midnight Special
Movie • 2016
Lucas
The Thief
Movie • 2011
Joel
Black Mass
Movie • 2015
John Connolly
The Captain
Movie • 2013
Dead Body
Courts mais Gay : Tome 5
Movie • 2003
Barney
Life
Movie • 2015
John Morris
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie • 2022
Self - Owen Lars
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie • 2005
Owen Lars
The Gift
Movie • 2015
Gordo Mosley
Train Dreams
Movie • 2025
Robert Grainier
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Movie • 2015
Self
Spider
Movie • 2007
Paramedic
Saturn's Return
Movie • 2001
Barney
Loving
Movie • 2016
Richard Loving
The Night We Called It a Day
Movie • 2003
Rod Blue
Unity
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Crossbow
Movie • 2007
The Dad
Smokin' Aces
Movie • 2006
Hugo Croop
Gate
Movie • 2000
David
Gringo
Movie • 2018
Richard Rusk
Bright
Movie • 2017
Nick Jakoby
Race the Sun
Movie • 1996
Steve Fryman
Red Sparrow
Movie • 2018
Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
It Comes at Night
Movie • 2017
Paul
Never Tell Me Never
Movie • 1998
Pab
Secret Men's Business
Movie • 1999
Baz
The Three Stooges
Movie • 2000
Tom Cosgrove
The Cartographer
Movie • 2011
The Envoy (voice)
Lifted
Movie • 2015
Paul
Dogwatch
Movie • 1999
Sparrow
Boy Erased
Movie • 2018
Victor Sykes
Monkeys
Movie • 2011
The King
Movie • 2019
Falstaff
The Pitch
Movie • 2001
Guy
Bloodlock
Movie • 1998
Danny
The IF Thing
Movie • 2005
Self
Loaded
Movie • 1996
Frog
The Green Knight
Movie • 2021
Lord
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
Movie • 2011
Thirteen Lives
Movie • 2022
Harry Harris
The Stranger
Movie • 2022
Mark Frame
Master Gardener
Movie • 2023
Narvel Roth
The Plague
Movie • 2025
Daddy Wags
Fangs
Movie
Fangs
The Green Knight Documentary
Movie • 2021
Self
Father
Movie
Narrator
The Secret Life of Us
TV • 2001
William 'Will' McGill
Spellbinder
TV • 1995
Bazza
Dangerous
TV • 2007
Senior Sergeant Mark Field
Water Rats
TV • 1996
Crosby
Big Sky
TV • 1997
Dossa and Joe
TV • 2002
Robbo
Dirt Game
TV • 2009
Shane Bevic
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV • 2022
Owen Lars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Dark Matter
TV • 2024
Jason Dessen / Jason2
Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Andy
The Underground Railroad
TV • 2021
Arnold Ridgeway
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Water Rats
TV • 1996
Aaron Lawrence
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Australian Story
TV • 1996
Self
Trigger Point
TV
Red
Spellbinder
TV • 1995
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest