Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and
filmmaker. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II â€"
Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III â€" Revenge of the
Sith (2005) as a young Owen Lars, King Arthur (2004) as Gawain, Zero
Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving
(2016), Bright (2017), Red Sparrow (2018), and The King (2019).In
Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series The
Secret Life of Us (2001â€"02), for which he won the AACTA Award for
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He has also appeared in several
Australian films, such as The Square (2008), Animal Kingdom (2010),
for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role,
Wish You Were Here (2012), and Felony (2013).In 2015, Edgerton
received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for
Outstanding Directing â€" First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a
psychological horror-thriller film he 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. The next year The King,
which he co-wrote and starred in, was released on Netflix.
filmmaker. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II â€"
Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III â€" Revenge of the
Sith (2005) as a young Owen Lars, King Arthur (2004) as Gawain, Zero
Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving
(2016), Bright (2017), Red Sparrow (2018), and The King (2019).In
Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series The
Secret Life of Us (2001â€"02), for which he won the AACTA Award for
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He has also appeared in several
Australian films, such as The Square (2008), Animal Kingdom (2010),
for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role,
Wish You Were Here (2012), and Felony (2013).In 2015, Edgerton
received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for
Outstanding Directing â€" First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a
psychological horror-thriller film he 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. The next year The King,
which he co-wrote and starred in, was released on Netflix.
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