
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.
Acting (71 movies)

Ned Kelly
2003

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002

Open Window
2006

King Arthur
2004

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010

Whisper
2007

Separation City
2009

Erskineville Kings
1999

Wish You Were Here
2012

The Thing
2011

The Square
2008

Animal Kingdom
2010

The Hard Word
2002

Kinky Boots
2005

The Great Gatsby
2013

Acolytes
2009

The Waiting City
2010

Sample People
2000

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
2005

$9.99
2009

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012

The Boys in the Boat
2023

Warrior
2011

Zero Dark Thirty
2012

Fighting Fear
2011

Praise
1999

Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014

Jane Got a Gun
2015

Felony
2014

Midnight Special
2016

The Thief
2011

Black Mass
2015

The Captain
2013

Courts mais Gay : Tome 5
2003

Life
2015

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005

The Gift
2015

Train Dreams
2025

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015

Spider
2007

Saturn's Return
2001

Loving
2016

The Night We Called It a Day
2003

Unity
2015

Crossbow
2007

Smokin' Aces
2006

Gringo
2018

Bright
2017

Race the Sun
1996

Red Sparrow
2018

It Comes at Night
2017

Never Tell Me Never
1998

Secret Men's Business
1999

The Three Stooges
2000

Lifted
2015

Dogwatch
1999

Boy Erased
2018

Monkeys
2011

The King
2019

The Pitch
2001

Bloodlock
1998

The IF Thing
2005

Loaded
1996

The Green Knight
2021

Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
2011

Thirteen Lives
2022

The Stranger
2022

Master Gardener
2023

The Plague
2025

The Green Knight Documentary
2021
Directing (6 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Loaded | 1996 | Producer |
| Jac et Bill | 1996 | Writer |
| Jac et Bill | 1996 | Producer |
| Bloodlock | 1998 | Writer |
| Bloodlock | 1998 | Producer |
| The Pitch | 2001 | Writer |
| The List | 2008 | Writer |
| The Square | 2008 | Writer |
| The Square | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Monkeys | 2011 | Writer |
| Monkeys | 2011 | Producer |
| Felony | 2014 | Screenplay |
| Felony | 2014 | Producer |
| The Gift | 2015 | Writer |
| The Gift | 2015 | Producer |
| Jane Got a Gun | 2015 | Screenplay |
| It Comes at Night | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| Boy Erased | 2018 | Screenplay |
| Boy Erased | 2018 | Producer |
| The King | 2019 | Producer |
| The King | 2019 | Screenplay |
| The Stranger | 2022 | Producer |
| I Don't Understand You | 2024 | Producer |
| Daughters | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Train Dreams | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| The Plague | 2025 | Producer |


