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 |