Joel Edgerton
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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.
Known For
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Bluey
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Smokin' Aces
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Zero Dark Thirty
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Great Gatsby
The Underground Railroad
Thirteen Lives
The Green Knight
Life
The Gift
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Jane Got a Gun
Red Sparrow
Black Mass
Gringo
The King
Bright
The Thing
Wish You Were Here
Warrior
The Stranger
Dark Matter
The Boys in the Boat
It Comes at Night
Loving
Production Credits
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