Joel Edgerton
Acting
Born June 23, 1974 · Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Directed (6)
Acting (73)
The Plague
2025
Train Dreams
2025
The Boys in the Boat
2023
Master Gardener
2023
The Stranger
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Thirteen Lives
2022
The Green Knight Documentary
2021
The Green Knight
2021
The King
2019
Boy Erased
2018
Gringo
2018
Red Sparrow
2018
Bright
2017
It Comes at Night
2017
Loving
2016
Midnight Special
2016
Jane Got a Gun
2015
Black Mass
2015
Life
2015
Unity
2015
The Gift
2015
Lifted
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Felony
2014
The Captain
2013
The Great Gatsby
2013
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
Wish You Were Here
2012
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011
Fighting Fear
2011
The Thing
2011
Warrior
2011
The Thief
2011
The Cartographer
2011
Monkeys
2011
The Waiting City
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
Animal Kingdom
2010
Separation City
2009
$9.99
2009
Acolytes
2009
The Square
2008
Whisper
2007
Spider
2007
Crossbow
2007
Smokin' Aces
2006
Open Window
2006
The IF Thing
2005
Kinky Boots
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
2005
King Arthur
2004
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
Ned Kelly
2003
Courts mais Gay : Tome 5
2003
The Hard Word
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Saturn's Return
2001
The Pitch
2001
Gate
2000
Sample People
2000
The Three Stooges
2000
Erskineville Kings
1999
Praise
1999
Secret Men's Business
1999
Dogwatch
1999
Bloodlock
1998
Never Tell Me Never
1998
Race the Sun
1996
Loaded
1996