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