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Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
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…
Known for
- Skip Intro — Self - Guest2026
- Dark Matter: The Official Podcast — Self2026
- Train Dreams — Robert Grainier2025
- The Plague — Daddy Wags2025
- Dark Matter — Jason Dessen / Jason22024
- The Boys in the Boat — Coach Al Ulbrickson2023
- Master Gardener — Narvel Roth2023
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Owen Lars2022
- Thirteen Lives — Harry Harris2022
- The Stranger — Mark Frame2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1974-06-23 ) 23 June 1974 (age 51) , Blacktown , New South Wales , Australia
- Alma mater
- University of Western Sydney
- Occupations
- Actor screenwriter producer director
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Partner s
- Christine Centenera, (2018–present)
- Relatives
- Nash Edgerton (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Blacktown
- Sibling
- Nash Edgerton
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- karate
- Image
- Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams.jpg
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- Joel Edgerton
- date of birth
- 1974-06-23
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- name in native language
- Joel Edgerton
- social media followers
- 28606
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Joel Edgerton
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Encyclopedic overview
Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001–2002), and for playing Owen Lars in the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), a role he reprised in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). He also voiced Metal Beak from Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010). For his portrayal of Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and a further nomination in the same category for his critically acclaimed performance in Train Dreams (2025).
In Australia, Edgerton won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for his work on The Secret Life of Us. He has appeared in several Australian films, such as The Square (2008), Animal Kingdom (2010; for which he received the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor), Wish You Were Here (2012), and Felony (2013). Edgerton's other film appearances include King Arthur (2004), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Bright (2017), The Green Knight (2021), Master Gardener (2022), and The Boys in the Boat (2023). He has also starred in the Amazon Prime miniseries The Underground Railroad in 2021 and the Apple TV+ science fiction series Dark Matter in 2024.
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