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Joel Edgerton

Acting Born Jun 23, 1974 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Dark Matter

as Jason Dessen / Jason2
Film

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

as Self - Owen Lars

Full filmography

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
  • Water Rats (1996) as Crosby
  • Water Rats (1996) as Aaron Lawrence
  • Police Rescue (1991) as Andy
  • Dark Matter (2024) as Jason Dessen / Jason2
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) as Owen Lars
  • Australian Story (1996) as Self
  • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Owen Lars
  • Warrior (2011) as Brendan Conlon
  • The Great Gatsby (2013) as Tom Buchanan
  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) as Owen Lars
  • Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) as Ramses II
  • Red Sparrow (2018) as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
  • Train Dreams (2025) as Robert Grainier
  • King Arthur (2004) as Gawain
  • The Thing (2011) as Carter
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022) as Self - Owen Lars
  • The Secret Life of Us (2001) as William 'Will' McGill
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012) as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
  • Spellbinder (1995) as Bazza
  • Spellbinder (1995)