Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton 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).
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The Plague
actor
2025
Train Dreams
actor
2025
The Boys in the Boat
actor
2023
Master Gardener
actor
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
actor
2022
The Stranger
actor
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
actor
2022
Thirteen Lives
actor
2022
The Green Knight
actor
2021
The King
writer
2019
The King
actor
2019
Boy Erased
actor
2018
Boy Erased
director
2018
Boy Erased
writer
2018
Gringo
actor
2018
Red Sparrow
actor
2018
Bright
actor
2017
It Comes at Night
actor
2017
Loving
actor
2016
Midnight Special
actor
2016
Jane Got a Gun
actor
2015
Jane Got a Gun
writer
2015
Black Mass
actor
2015
Life
actor
2015
The Gift
actor
2015
The Gift
writer
2015
The Gift
director
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
actor
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
actor
2014
Felony
writer
2014
Felony
actor
2014
The Rover
writer
2014
The Great Gatsby
actor
2013
Zero Dark Thirty
actor
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
actor
2012
Wish You Were Here
actor
2012
The Thing
actor
2011
Warrior
actor
2011
The Thief
actor
2011
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
actor
2010
Animal Kingdom
actor
2010
Acolytes
actor
2009
The Square
actor
2008
The Square
writer
2008
Whisper
actor
2007
Spider
actor
2007
Smokin' Aces
actor
2006
Open Window
actor
2006
Kinky Boots
actor
2005
King Arthur
actor
2004
The Night We Called It a Day
actor
2003
Ned Kelly
actor
2003
The Hard Word
actor
2002
The Pitch
actor
2001
The Pitch
writer
2001
The Three Stooges
actor
2000
Praise
actor
1999
Race the Sun
actor
1996
Father
actor
2034
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