Joel Edgerton
Born June 23, 1974 (Age: 51)
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Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
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.
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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Filmography
The Plague
2025
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as Daddy Wags
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Age: 51
The Boys in the Boat
2023
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as Coach Al Ulbrickson
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Age: 49
Master Gardener
2023
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as Narvel Roth
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Age: 48
The Stranger
2022
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as Mark Frame
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Age: 48
The Green Knight Documentary
2021
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as Self
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Age: 47
The Green Knight
2021
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as Lord
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Age: 47
Gringo
2018
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as Richard Rusk
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Age: 43
Red Sparrow
2018
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as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
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Age: 43
It Comes at Night
2017
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as Paul
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Age: 42
Loving
2016
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as Richard Loving
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Age: 42
Midnight Special
2016
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as Lucas
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Age: 41
Jane Got a Gun
2015
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as Dan Frost
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Age: 41
Black Mass
2015
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as John Connolly
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Age: 41
Life
2015
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as John Morris
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Age: 41
The Gift
2015
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as Gordo Mosley
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Age: 41
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
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as Ramses II
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Age: 40
The Great Gatsby
2013
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as Tom Buchanan
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Age: 38
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
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as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
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Age: 38
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
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as Jim Green
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Age: 38
The Thing
2011
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as Sam Carter
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Age: 37
Warrior
2011
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as Brendan Conlon
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Age: 37
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
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as Metalbeak (voice)
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Age: 36
Animal Kingdom
2010
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as Barry 'Baz' Brown
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Age: 35
The Square
2008
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as Billy
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Age: 34
Whisper
2007
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as Vince Delayo
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Age: 33
Smokin' Aces
2006
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as Hugo Croop
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Age: 32
Kinky Boots
2005
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as Charlie Price
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Age: 31
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
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as Owen Lars
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Age: 30
King Arthur
2004
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as Gawain
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Age: 30
Ned Kelly
2003
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as Aaron Sherritt
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Age: 28
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
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as Owen Lars
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Age: 27
No Image
Gate
2000
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as David
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Age: 26
Sample People
2000
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as Sem
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Age: 25
The Three Stooges
2000
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as Tom Cosgrove
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Age: 25
Bloodlock
1998
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as Danny
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Age: 24
Loaded
1996
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as Frog
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Age: 21