Joel Edgerton
Actor
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.
Filmography
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Owen Lars 2005
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Owen Lars 2002
The Great Gatsby
as Tom Buchanan 2013
Red Sparrow
as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash 2018
Bright
as Nick Jakoby 2017
Warrior
as Brendan Conlon 2011
Zero Dark Thirty
as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader 2012
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Ramses II 2014
Black Mass
as John Connolly 2015
The King
as Falstaff 2019
The Gift
as Gordo Mosley 2015
The Thing
as Sam Carter 2011
King Arthur
as Gawain 2004
It Comes at Night
as Paul 2017
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Metalbeak (voice) 2010
The Green Knight
as Lord 2021
Midnight Special
as Lucas 2016