Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton ( born June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is an Australian film actor.

Life and career

Joel Edgerton attended the Nepean Drama School in Sydney, before working as an actor in theater and television series. For his portrayal of Will in the Australian series The Secret Life of Us, he was nominated for an AFI Award.

Among his most famous roles include the Owen Lars, he in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith embodied. Other well-known films in which he played larger roles are Lawless - The Story of Ned Kelly from 2003 and King Arthur in 2004.

In 2005, he lent in the animated film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello of the title character 's voice. In the same year he joined the British comedy film Kinky Boots - Man (n) is wearing boots alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in a leading role on, and in 2007 in the horror film Whisper.

In 2009, he met twice with Cate Blanchett in theater productions in Sydney and New York City. In 2011 he was The Thing from Another World and the movie Warrior alongside Nick Nolte and Tom Hardy can be seen in the prequel. In 2013 he joined the 3- D movie on The Great Gatsby alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.

Together with his brother Nash Edgerton, a stuntman, he runs his own production company.

Filmography (selection)

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