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
Train Dreams
Robert Grainier
2025
The Plague
Daddy Wags
2025
Dark Matter
Jason Dessen / Jason2 · (9 episodes)
2024
The Boys in the Boat
Coach Al Ulbrickson
2023
Master Gardener
Narvel Roth
2023
The Stranger
Mark Frame
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Owen Lars
2022
Thirteen Lives
Harry Harris
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Owen Lars · (2 episodes)
2022
The Green Knight Documentary
Self
2021
The Green Knight
Lord
2021
The Underground Railroad
Arnold Ridgeway · (10 episodes)
2021
The King
Falstaff
2019
Boy Erased
Victor Sykes
2018
Gringo
Richard Rusk
2018
Red Sparrow
Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
2018
Bright
Nick Jakoby
2017
It Comes at Night
Paul
2017
Loving
Richard Loving
2016
Midnight Special
Lucas
2016
Jane Got a Gun
Dan Frost
2015
Black Mass
John Connolly
2015
Life
John Morris
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Gift
Gordo Mosley
2015
Lifted
Paul
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Ramses II
2014
Felony
Detective Malcolm Toohey
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (4 episodes)
2014
The Captain
Dead Body
2013
The Great Gatsby
Tom Buchanan
2013
Zero Dark Thirty
Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Jim Green
2012
Wish You Were Here
Dave Flannery
2012
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011
Fighting Fear
Narrator
2011
The Thing
Sam Carter
2011
Warrior
Brendan Conlon
2011
The Thief
Joel
2011
The Cartographer
The Envoy (voice)
2011
Monkeys
2011
The Waiting City
Ben Simmons
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Metalbeak (voice)
2010
Animal Kingdom
Barry 'Baz' Brown
2010
Separation City
Simon Nicholson
2009
$9.99
Ron (voice)
2009
Dirt Game
Shane Bevic · (6 episodes)
2009
Acolytes
Ian Wright
2009
The Square
Billy
2008
Whisper
Vince Delayo
2007
Spider
Paramedic
2007
Crossbow
The Dad
2007
Dangerous
Senior Sergeant Mark Field · (8 episodes)
2007
Smokin' Aces
Hugo Croop
2006
Open Window
Peter
2006
The IF Thing
Self
2005
Kinky Boots
Charlie Price
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Owen Lars
2005
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Jasper Morello (voice)
2005
King Arthur
Gawain
2004
The Night We Called It a Day
Rod Blue
2003
Ned Kelly
Aaron Sherritt
2003
Courts mais Gay : Tome 5
Barney
2003
The Hard Word
Shane
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Owen Lars
2002
Dossa and Joe
Robbo · (6 episodes)
2002
The Secret Life of Us
William 'Will' McGill · (22 episodes)
2001
Saturn's Return
Barney
2001
The Pitch
Guy
2001
Gate
David
2000
Sample People
Sem
2000
The Three Stooges
Tom Cosgrove
2000
Erskineville Kings
Wayne
1999
Praise
Leo
1999
Secret Men's Business
Baz
1999
Dogwatch
Sparrow
1999
Bloodlock
Danny
1998
Never Tell Me Never
Pab
1998
Big Sky
(1 episode)
1997
Race the Sun
Steve Fryman
1996
Water Rats
Aaron Lawrence · (1 episode)
1996
Loaded
Frog
1996
Fangs
Fangs
Water Rats
Crosby · (1 episode)
1996
Spellbinder
(1 episode)
1995
Police Rescue
Andy · (1 episode)
1991