Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton
Edgerton at the Warrior premiere in Sydney, October 2011
Born	23 June 1974 (1974-06-23) Blacktown, Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present

Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian film and television actor. He is known for his roles in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Animal Kingdom, The Thing, Warrior and as Tom Buchanan in the upcoming film adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

Early life

Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney, to a homemaker mother and a solicitor/property developer father, Michael. His brother, Nash Edgerton, is a stuntman and filmmaker. Edgerton graduated from The Hills Grammar School in 1991.

Edgerton attended the Nepean Drama School at the University of Western Sydney before moving on to various stage productions, most notably at Sydney Theatre Company – Blackrock, Third World Blues and Love for Love – and Bell Shakespeare – Henry V – as well as television series.

Career

He has appeared in such films as Erskineville Kings, King Arthur, Ned Kelly, and, most notably, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, portraying a young Owen Lars, stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker and uncle to Luke Skywalker. Edgerton's brother Nash was the stunt double for Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. He is known for playing the role of Will on the series The Secret Life of Us for which he was nominated for an AFI award.

In 2005, he lent his voice to the title character of The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, an Academy Award-nominated animated short film. The same year, Edgerton appeared in the British comedy Kinky Boots, in a lead role alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, as the son of a deceased shoe maker who must find a niche market in the 21st century. He also had a significant role in the 2006 American film Smokin' Aces.

Edgerton was seen in the film Whisper with Josh Holloway in 2007; The Square, which he co-wrote and was directed by his brother Nash; Acolytes, an Australian film about teenagers who get revenge on a serial killer; and Separation City, a comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages. In 2009, he starred alongside Cate Blanchett as Stanley in the Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Edgerton and Blanchett also appeared in a production of this play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2009.

Edgerton had a major role in the MMA movie Warrior, which received a 2011 release through Lions Gate Entertainment. Edgerton played the son of Nick Nolte's character and older brother of Tom Hardy's character, Joel also has a black belt in Karate. On 7 February 2010, he was cast in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s 2011 prequel to The Thing, portraying helicopter pilot Sam Carter.

In 2011, Edgerton was cast as Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's 2012 remake of The Great Gatsby.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Spellbinder	Bazza	(2 episodes, 1995)
1995	Police Rescue	Andy	(1 episode, 1995)
1996	Loaded	Frog
1996	Race the Sun
1996	Water Rats	Aaron Lawrence	(2 episodes, 1996–1999)
1997	Big Sky	Pierce Bateman	(1 episode, 1997)
1997	Fallen Angels	Scoob	(1 episode, 1997)
1998	Never Tell Me Never	Pab
1998	Wildside	Michael Savini	(1 episode, 1998)
1998	Praise	Leo
1998	Bloodlock	Danny
1999	Secret Men's Business	Baz
1999	Dogwatch	Sparrow
1999	Erskineville Kings	Wayne
2000	Sample People	Sem
2000	Three Stooges, TheThe Three Stooges	Tom Cosgrove
2000	Gate
2001	Secret Life of Us, TheThe Secret Life of Us	Will McGill	(29 episodes, 2001–2002)
2001	Saturn's Return	Barney
2001	Pitch, TheThe Pitch	Guy
2002	Dossa and Joe	Robbo	(2 episodes, 2002)
2002	Hard Word, TheThe Hard Word	Shane
2002	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	Owen Lars
2003	Night We Called It a Day, TheThe Night We Called It a Day	Rod Blue
2003	Ned Kelly	Aaron Sherritt
2004	King Arthur	Gawain
2005	Kinky Boots	Charlie
2005	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	Owen Lars
2005	Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, TheThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello	Jasper Morello	(voice)
2006	Smokin' Aces	Hugo Croop
2006	Open Window	Peter
2007	Spider	Paramedic
2007	Crossbow	The Dad
2007	Whisper	Vince Delayo
2007	Dangerous	Senior Sergeant Mark Field	(8 episodes, 2007)
2008	$9.99	Ron
2008	Square, TheThe Square	Billy
2008	Father	Narrator
2008	Acolytes	Ian Wright
2009	Waiting City, TheThe Waiting City	Ben Simmons
2009	Separation City	Simon
2009	Dirt Game	Shane Bevic	(6 episodes, 2009)
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Metalbeak	(voice)
2010	Animal Kingdom	Barry Brown
2011	Warrior	Brendan Conlon
2011	Thing, TheThe Thing	Sam Carter
2011	Wish You Were Here	Dave
2012	Great Gatsby, TheThe Great Gatsby	Tom Buchanan
2012	Odd Life of Timothy Green, TheThe Odd Life of Timothy Green	Jim Green

External links

• Joel Edgerton at the Internet Movie Database