
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.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · as Owen Lars

King Arthur
2004 · as Gawain

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · as Owen Lars

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · as Metalbeak (voice)

Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · as Ramses II

The Great Gatsby
2013 · as Tom Buchanan

Red Sparrow
2018 · as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash

Train Dreams
2025 · as Robert Grainier

The Thing
2011 · as Carter

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · as Self - Owen Lars

Warrior
2011 · as Brendan Conlon

Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

Black Mass
2015 · as John Connolly

The King
2019 · as Falstaff

Thirteen Lives
2022 · as Harry Harris

Bright
2017 · as Nick Jakoby

The Green Knight
2021 · as Lord

The Gift
2015 · as Gordo Mosley