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 (91 titles)
ShowSkip Intro
Self - Guest · 2026
6.4MovieThe Plague
Daddy Wags · 2025
7.3MovieTrain Dreams
Robert Grainier · 2025
7.8ShowDark Matter
Jason Dessen / Jason2 · 2024
7.3MovieThe Boys in the Boat
Coach Al Ulbrickson · 2023
6.0MovieMaster Gardener
Narvel Roth · 2023
6.2MovieThe Stranger
Mark Frame · 2022
6.8MovieObi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Owen Lars · 2022
7.8MovieThirteen Lives
Harry Harris · 2022
7.0ShowObi-Wan Kenobi
Owen Lars · 2022
MovieThe Green Knight Documentary
Self · 2021
6.6MovieThe Green Knight
Lord · 2021
7.2ShowThe Underground Railroad
Arnold Ridgeway · 2021
7.2MovieThe King
Falstaff · 2019
7.0MovieBoy Erased
Victor Sykes · 2018
5.9MovieGringo
Richard Rusk · 2018
6.5MovieRed Sparrow
Nathaniel "Natan" Nash · 2018
6.2MovieBright
Nick Jakoby · 2017
5.9MovieIt Comes at Night
Paul · 2017
6.7MovieLoving
Richard Loving · 2016
6.3MovieMidnight Special
Lucas · 2016
5.8MovieJane Got a Gun
Dan Frost · 2015
6.5MovieBlack Mass
John Connolly · 2015
6.0MovieLife
John Morris · 2015
7.6MovieUnity
Narrator (voice) · 2015
6.2ShowClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2015
6.7MovieThe Gift
Gordo Mosley · 2015
5.8MovieLifted
Paul · 2015
5.8MovieKeepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self · 2015
4.2ShowVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2014