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Joel Edgerton

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

2025
The Plague

as Daddy Wags

Movie
2025
Train Dreams

as Robert Grainier

Movie
2022
Thirteen Lives

as Harry Harris

Movie
2021
The Green Knight

as Lord

Movie
2019
The King

as Falstaff

Movie
2015
Black Mass

as John Connolly

Movie
2013
The Great Gatsby

as Tom Buchanan

Movie
2012
Zero Dark Thirty

as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

Movie
2011
The Thing

as Sam Carter

Movie
2011
Warrior

as Brendan Conlon

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

as Metalbeak (voice)

Movie
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

as Owen Lars

Movie
2004
King Arthur

as Gawain

Movie
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Owen Lars

Movie