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

• 2025Glenmorangie: Once Upon a Time in Scotland — Director
• 2025The Plague — Daddy Wags, Producer
• 2025Train Dreams — Robert Grainier, Executive Producer
• Boy Swallows Universe — Executive Producer
• Dark Matter — Jason Dessen / Jason2, Executive Producer
• 2024Daughters — Executive Producer
• 2024I Don't Understand You — Producer
• 2024The Brutalist — Thanks
• 2023Master Gardener — Narvel Roth
• 2023The Boys in the Boat — Coach Al Ulbrickson
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Owen Lars
• 2022The Stranger — Mark Frame, Producer
• 2022Thirteen Lives — Harry Harris
• 2021The Green Knight — Lord
• The Underground Railroad — Arnold Ridgeway
• 2019The King — Falstaff, Producer, Screenplay
• 2018Boy Erased — Victor Sykes, Screenplay, Director, Producer
• 2018Gringo — Richard Rusk
• 2018Red Sparrow — Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
• 2017Bright — Nick Jakoby
• 2017It Comes at Night — Paul, Executive Producer
• 2016Loving — Richard Loving
• 2016Midnight Special — Lucas
• 2015Black Mass — John Connolly
• 2015Jane Got a Gun — Dan Frost, Screenplay
• 2015Life — John Morris
• 2015Lifted — Paul
• 2015The Gift — Gordo Mosley, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings — Ramses II
• 2014Felony — Detective Malcolm Toohey, Screenplay, Producer
• 2014The Rover — Story
• 2013The Captain — Dead Body
• 2013The Great Gatsby — Tom Buchanan
• 2012The Odd Life of Timothy Green — Jim Green
• 2012Wish You Were Here — Dave Flannery
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
• 2011Fighting Fear — Narrator
• 2011Griff the Invisible — Thanks
• 2011Monkeys — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2011Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life
• 2011The Cartographer — The Envoy (voice)
• 2011The Thief — Joel
• 2011The Thing — Carter
• 2011Warrior — Brendan Conlon
• 2010Animal Kingdom — Barry 'Baz' Brown
• 2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole — Metalbeak (voice)
• 2010The Waiting City — Ben Simmons
• 2009$9.99 — Ron (voice)
• 2009Acolytes — Ian Wright
• Dirt Game — Shane Bevic
• 2009Separation City — Simon Nicholson
• 2008Netherland Dwarf — Thanks
• 2008The List — Director, Writer
• 2008The Square — Billy, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2007Crossbow — The Dad
• Dangerous — Senior Sergeant Mark Field
• 2007Spider — Paramedic
• 2007Whisper — Vince Delayo
• 2006Open Window — Peter
• 2006Smokin' Aces — Hugo Croop
• 2005Kinky Boots — Charlie Price
• 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — Owen Lars
• 2005The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello — Jasper Morello (voice)
• 2004Fuel — Thanks
• 2004King Arthur — Gawain
• 2003Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 — Barney
• 2003Ned Kelly — Aaron Sherritt
• 2003The Night We Called It a Day — Rod Blue
• Dossa and Joe — Robbo
• 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones — Owen Lars
• 2002The Hard Word — Shane
• 2001Saturn's Return — Barney
• 2001The Pitch — Guy, Writer
• The Secret Life of Us — William 'Will' McGill
• 2000Gate — David
• 2000Sample People — Sem
• 2000The Island — Thanks
• 2000The Three Stooges — Tom Cosgrove
• 1999Dogwatch — Sparrow
• 1999Erskineville Kings — Wayne
• 1999Praise — Leo
• 1999Secret Men's Business — Baz
• 1998Bloodlock — Danny, Writer, Producer
• 1998Never Tell Me Never — Pab
• 1998Pentuphouse — Thanks
• Big Sky
• 1997Deadline — Assistant Camera
• 1996Jac et Bill — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1996Loaded — Frog, Producer
• 1996Race the Sun — Steve Fryman
• Water Rats — Crosby, Aaron Lawrence
• Spellbinder — Bazza
• Police Rescue — Andy
• 2034
• Bluebottle — Executive Producer
• Fangs — Fangs
• Father — Narrator
• Trigger Point — Red
• Wizards! — Story

Appearances as themselves (12)

• Dark Matter: The Official Podcast — Self
• Skip Intro — Self - Guest
• 2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Owen Lars
• 2021The Green Knight Documentary — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2005The IF Thing — Self
• 2004Blood on the Land: The Making of a King — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Australian Story — Self