Joel Edgerton

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.

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Water Rats

Water Rats

Police Rescue

Dark Matter

All Movies (77)

• The Plague2025 · as Daddy Wags
• Train Dreams2025 · as Robert Grainier
• The Boys in the Boat2023 · as Coach Al Ulbrickson
• Master Gardener2023 · as Narvel Roth
• The Stranger2022 · as Mark Frame
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return2022 · as Self - Owen Lars
• Thirteen Lives2022 · as Harry Harris
• The Green Knight Documentary2021 · as Self
• The Green Knight2021 · as Lord
• The King2019 · as Falstaff
• Boy Erased2018 · as Victor Sykes
• Gringo2018 · as Richard Rusk
• Red Sparrow2018 · as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
• Bright2017 · as Nick Jakoby
• It Comes at Night2017 · as Paul
• Loving2016 · as Richard Loving
• Midnight Special2016 · as Lucas
• Jane Got a Gun2015 · as Dan Frost
• Black Mass2015 · as John Connolly
• Life2015 · as John Morris
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Gift2015 · as Gordo Mosley
• Lifted2015 · as Paul
• Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'2015 · as Self
• Exodus: Gods and Kings2014 · as Ramses II
• Felony2014 · as Detective Malcolm Toohey
• The Captain2013 · as Dead Body
• The Great Gatsby2013 · as Tom Buchanan
• Zero Dark Thirty2012 · as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012 · as Jim Green
• Wish You Were Here2012 · as Dave Flannery
• Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life2011
• Fighting Fear2011 · as Narrator
• The Thing2011 · as Carter
• Warrior2011 · as Brendan Conlon
• The Thief2011 · as Joel
• The Cartographer2011 · as The Envoy (voice)
• Monkeys2011
• The Waiting City2010 · as Ben Simmons
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010 · as Metalbeak (voice)
• Animal Kingdom2010 · as Barry 'Baz' Brown
• Separation City2009 · as Simon Nicholson
• $9.992009 · as Ron (voice)
• Acolytes2009 · as Ian Wright
• The Square2008 · as Billy
• Whisper2007 · as Vince Delayo
• Spider2007 · as Paramedic
• Crossbow2007 · as The Dad
• Smokin' Aces2006 · as Hugo Croop
• Open Window2006 · as Peter
• The IF Thing2005 · as Self
• Kinky Boots2005 · as Charlie Price
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005 · as Owen Lars
• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello2005 · as Jasper Morello (voice)
• Blood on the Land: The Making of a King2004 · as Self
• King Arthur2004 · as Gawain
• The Night We Called It a Day2003 · as Rod Blue
• Ned Kelly2003 · as Aaron Sherritt
• Courts mais Gay : Tome 52003 · as Barney
• The Hard Word2002 · as Shane
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · as Owen Lars
• Saturn's Return2001 · as Barney
• The Pitch2001 · as Guy
• Gate2000 · as David
• Sample People2000 · as Sem
• The Three Stooges2000 · as Tom Cosgrove
• Erskineville Kings1999 · as Wayne
• Praise1999 · as Leo
• Secret Men's Business1999 · as Baz
• Dogwatch1999 · as Sparrow
• Bloodlock1998 · as Danny
• Never Tell Me Never1998 · as Pab
• Race the Sun1996 · as Steve Fryman
• Loaded1996 · as Frog
• Fangs— · as Fangs
• Father— · as Narrator
• 2034—

All TV Shows (20)

• Skip Intro2026 · as Self - Guest
• Dark Matter2024 · as Jason Dessen / Jason2
• Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · as Owen Lars
• The Underground Railroad2021 · as Arnold Ridgeway
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Dirt Game2009 · as Shane Bevic
• Dangerous2007 · as Senior Sergeant Mark Field
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Dossa and Joe2002 · as Robbo
• The Secret Life of Us2001 · as William 'Will' McGill
• Big Sky1997
• Australian Story1996 · as Self
• Water Rats1996 · as Crosby
• Water Rats1996 · as Aaron Lawrence
• Spellbinder1995 · as Bazza
• Spellbinder1995
• Police Rescue1991 · as Andy
• Trigger Point— · as Red