
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

The Green Knight (2021)
as Lord

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Owen Lars

Red Sparrow (2018)
as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash

The Great Gatsby (2013)
as Tom Buchanan

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
as Ramses II

Train Dreams (2025)
as Robert Grainier

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Owen Lars

Black Mass (2015)
as John Connolly

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

The Thing (2011)
as Carter

King Arthur (2004)
as Gawain

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
as Metalbeak (voice)

The Gift (2015)
as Gordo Mosley

Warrior (2011)
as Brendan Conlon

It Comes at Night (2017)
as Paul

Smokin' Aces (2006)
as Hugo Croop

Boy Erased (2018)
as Victor Sykes

The King (2019)
as Falstaff

The Boys in the Boat (2023)
as Coach Al Ulbrickson

Thirteen Lives (2022)
as Harry Harris

The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
as Jim Green

Bright (2017)
as Nick Jakoby

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
as Self - Owen Lars

Jane Got a Gun (2015)
as Dan Frost

The Plague (2025)
as Daddy Wags

The Stranger (2022)
as Mark Frame

Midnight Special (2016)
as Lucas

Master Gardener (2023)
as Narvel Roth

Kinky Boots (2005)
as Charlie Price

Ned Kelly (2003)
as Aaron Sherritt

Gringo (2018)
as Richard Rusk

Loving (2016)
as Richard Loving

Animal Kingdom (2010)
as Barry 'Baz' Brown

Whisper (2007)
as Vince Delayo

The Hard Word (2002)
as Shane

Wish You Were Here (2012)
as Dave Flannery

The Three Stooges (2000)
as Tom Cosgrove

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life (2011)
Actor

Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)

Race the Sun (1996)
as Steve Fryman

Life (2015)
as John Morris

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015)
as Self
2034 (—)
Actor

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King (2004)
as Self

The Square (2008)
as Billy

Open Window (2006)
as Peter

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
as Jasper Morello (voice)

Acolytes (2009)
as Ian Wright

Felony (2014)
as Detective Malcolm Toohey
The Cartographer (2011)
as The Envoy (voice)

Never Tell Me Never (1998)
as Pab

The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Rod Blue

Spider (2007)
as Paramedic

Secret Men's Business (1999)
as Baz

$9.99 (2009)
as Ron (voice)

Separation City (2009)
as Simon Nicholson

Erskineville Kings (1999)
as Wayne

Bloodlock (1998)
as Danny

The Waiting City (2010)
as Ben Simmons

The Green Knight Documentary (2021)
as Self
Father (—)
as Narrator

Monkeys (2011)
Actor

Fighting Fear (2011)
as Narrator

Crossbow (2007)
as The Dad

Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 (2003)
as Barney

The Thief (2011)
as Joel

Sample People (2000)
as Sem

Saturn's Return (2001)
as Barney

The Captain (2013)
as Dead Body

Lifted (2015)
as Paul

Praise (1999)
as Leo

The Pitch (2001)
as Guy

The IF Thing (2005)
as Self
Fangs (—)
as Fangs

Loaded (1996)
as Frog

Dogwatch (1999)
as Sparrow
Gate (2000)
as David





