Joel Edgerton
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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
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Owen Lars
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
as Ramses II
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Owen Lars
Train Dreams (2025)
as Robert Grainier
The Great Gatsby (2013)
as Tom Buchanan
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
Warrior (2011)
as Brendan Conlon
The Thing (2011)
as Carter
The Green Knight (2021)
as Lord
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
as Self - Owen Lars
King Arthur (2004)
as Gawain
Thirteen Lives (2022)
as Harry Harris
The King (2019)
as Falstaff
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
as Metalbeak (voice)
Smokin' Aces (2006)
as Hugo Croop
Black Mass (2015)
as John Connolly
Bright (2017)
as Nick Jakoby
The Plague (2025)
as Daddy Wags
The Gift (2015)
as Gordo Mosley
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
as Jim Green
Boy Erased (2018)
as Victor Sykes
2034 (—)
Actor
Kinky Boots (2005)
as Charlie Price
Midnight Special (2016)
as Lucas
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
as Dan Frost
Animal Kingdom (2010)
as Barry 'Baz' Brown
Ned Kelly (2003)
as Aaron Sherritt
It Comes at Night (2017)
as Paul
Gringo (2018)
as Richard Rusk
Whisper (2007)
as Vince Delayo
The Boys in the Boat (2023)
as Coach Al Ulbrickson
Crossbow (2007)
as The Dad
Race the Sun (1996)
as Steve Fryman
Master Gardener (2023)
as Narvel Roth
Loving (2016)
as Richard Loving
The Three Stooges (2000)
as Tom Cosgrove
Acolytes (2009)
as Ian Wright
The Stranger (2022)
as Mark Frame
Bloodlock (1998)
as Danny
The Cartographer (2011)
as The Envoy (voice)
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King (2004)
as Self
Felony (2014)
as Detective Malcolm Toohey
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Secret Men's Business (1999)
as Baz
Open Window (2006)
as Peter
The Hard Word (2002)
as Shane
Wish You Were Here (2012)
as Dave Flannery
Separation City (2009)
as Simon Nicholson
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Rod Blue
Life (2015)
as John Morris
The Square (2008)
as Billy
Monkeys (2011)
Actor
Praise (1999)
as Leo
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015)
as Self
The Waiting City (2010)
as Ben Simmons
Fighting Fear (2011)
as Narrator
Erskineville Kings (1999)
as Wayne
Spider (2007)
as Paramedic
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
as Jasper Morello (voice)
Father (—)
as Narrator
Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 (2003)
as Barney
Sample People (2000)
as Sem
$9.99 (2009)
as Ron (voice)
Dogwatch (1999)
as Sparrow
The Pitch (2001)
as Guy
The Green Knight Documentary (2021)
as Self
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life (2011)
Actor
The Thief (2011)
as Joel
Never Tell Me Never (1998)
as Pab
The Captain (2013)
as Dead Body
Fangs (—)
as Fangs
Saturn's Return (2001)
as Barney
Lifted (2015)
as Paul
The IF Thing (2005)
as Self
Loaded (1996)
as Frog
Gate (2000)
as David