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Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Actor · Born June 23, 1974 · Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

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Highest rated as cast or director

Joel Edgerton's 9 titles from the 2020s have a median Balasaur Score of 74, led by Train Dreams (81) and Dark Matter (77), against 64 for those from the 2010s.

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.

Acted in 75

2000s

  1. 2009

    Separation City

    Simon Nicholson

  2. $9.99

    Ron (voice)

  3. Dirt Game

    Shane Bevic · 6 episodes

  4. Acolytes

    Ian Wright

  5. 2008
  6. 2007
  7. Spider

    Paramedic

  8. Crossbow

    The Dad

  9. Dangerous

    Senior Sergeant Mark Field · 8 episodes

  10. 2006
  11. Open Window

    Peter

  12. 2005
  13. The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

    Jasper Morello (voice)

  14. 2004
  15. 2003

    The Night We Called It a Day

    Rod Blue

  16. Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

    Barney

  17. 2002
  18. 2001
  19. Saturn's Return

    Barney

  20. The Pitch

    Guy

  21. 2000

    Sample People

    Sem

  22. The Three Stooges

    Tom Cosgrove

1990s

  1. 1999

    Erskineville Kings

    Wayne

  2. Praise

    Leo

  3. Secret Men's Business

    Baz

  4. Dogwatch

    Sparrow

  5. 1998

    Bloodlock

    Danny

  6. Never Tell Me Never

    Pab

  7. 1997

    Big Sky

    TV

  8. 1996
  9. Loaded

    Frog

  10. 1995
  11. 1991

Produced 17

Wrote 12

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. The List

    Writer

  3. 2001

    The Pitch

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1998

    Bloodlock

    Writer

  2. 1996

    Jac et Bill

    Writer

Directed 6

2020s

  1. 2025

    Glenmorangie: Once Upon a Time in Scotland

    Director

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2015
  3. 2011

    Monkeys

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    The List

    Director

1990s

  1. 1996

    Jac et Bill

    Director

Camera 1

1990s

  1. 1997

    Deadline

    Assistant Camera

Appearances14

2020s

  1. 2026

    Dark Matter: The Official Podcast

    Self · 2 episodes

  2. 2022
  3. 2021

    The Green Knight Documentary

    Self

2000s

  1. 2005

    The IF Thing

    Self

  2. 2004

    Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

    Self

  3. 2003
Thanked in the credits6

2000s

  1. 2008

    Netherland Dwarf

    Thanks

  2. 2004

    Fuel

    Thanks

  3. 2000

    The Island

    Thanks

1990s

  1. 1998

    Pentuphouse

    Thanks