Portrait of Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Acting

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.

Born: June 23, 1974

Place of Birth: Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Filmography

2025
The Plague

as Daddy Wags

2025
Train Dreams

as Robert Grainier

2024
Dark Matter

as Jason Dessen / Jason2

2023
The Boys in the Boat

as Coach Al Ulbrickson

2023
Master Gardener

as Narvel Roth

2022
The Stranger

as Mark Frame

2022
2022
Thirteen Lives

as Harry Harris

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Owen Lars

2021
2021
The Underground Railroad

as Arnold Ridgeway

2019
The King

as Falstaff

2018
Boy Erased

as Victor Sykes

2018
Gringo

as Richard Rusk

2018
Red Sparrow

as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash

2017
Bright

as Nick Jakoby

2016
Loving

as Richard Loving

2016
2015
Jane Got a Gun

as Dan Frost

2015
Black Mass

as John Connolly

2015
Life

as John Morris

2015
Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2015
The Gift

as Gordo Mosley

2015
Lifted

as Paul

2014
2014
Felony

as Detective Malcolm Toohey

2013
The Captain

as Dead Body

2013
The Great Gatsby

as Tom Buchanan

2012
Zero Dark Thirty

as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

2012
Wish You Were Here

as Dave Flannery

2011
Fighting Fear

as Narrator

2011
The Thing

as Sam Carter

2011
Warrior

as Brendan Conlon

2011
The Thief

as Joel

2010
The Waiting City

as Ben Simmons

2010
Animal Kingdom

as Barry 'Baz' Brown

2009
Separation City

as Simon Nicholson

2009
$9.99

as Ron (voice)

2009
Dirt Game

as Shane Bevic

2009
Acolytes

as Ian Wright

2008
The Square

as Billy

2007
Whisper

as Vince Delayo

2007
Spider

as Paramedic

2007
Crossbow

as The Dad

2007
Dangerous

as Senior Sergeant Mark Field

2006
Smokin' Aces

as Hugo Croop

2006
Open Window

as Peter

2005
2005
Kinky Boots

as Charlie Price

2004
King Arthur

as Gawain

2003
Ned Kelly

as Aaron Sherritt

2002
2001
The Secret Life of Us

as William 'Will' McGill

2001
2001
The Pitch

as Guy

2000
2000
The Three Stooges

as Tom Cosgrove

1999
1999
Praise

as Leo

1999
Dogwatch

as Sparrow

1998
Bloodlock

as Danny

1996
1996
Race the Sun

as Steve Fryman

1996
Water Rats

as Crosby

1996
Water Rats

as Aaron Lawrence

1996
Loaded

as Frog

1991