1. Joel Edgerton was born on 23 June 1974 and is an Australian actor and filmmaker.
30 Facts About Joel Edgerton
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Joel Edgerton is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us, and for playing Owen Lars in the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, a role he reprised in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Joel Edgerton has appeared in several Australian films, such as The Square, Animal Kingdom, Wish You Were Here, and Felony.
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Joel Edgerton has starred in the Amazon Prime miniseries The Underground Railroad in 2021 and the Apple TV+ science fiction series Dark Matter in 2024.
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Joel Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia the son of Michael, a solicitor and property developer, and Marianne Joel Edgerton.
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Joel Edgerton's mother is a Dutch immigrant, who was born in The Hague.
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Joel Edgerton graduated from The Hills Grammar School in 1991.
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Joel Edgerton attended the Nepean Drama School at the University of Western Sydney, before moving on to various stage productions, including at Sydney Theatre Company.
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Joel Edgerton has appeared in such films as Erskineville Kings, King Arthur and Ned Kelly.
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Joel Edgerton played Will on The Secret Life of Us, for which he won an AACTA Award in 2002.
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Joel Edgerton appeared in the film Whisper, The Square, Acolytes, and Separation City.
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Joel Edgerton appeared in a production of the same play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2009.
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Joel Edgerton appeared in the crime drama film Animal Kingdom as Barry Baz Brown in 2010 in which he won an AFI award.
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Joel Edgerton starred as fictional MMA fighter Brendan Conlon in the film Warrior.
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In February 2010, Joel Edgerton was cast in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
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Joel Edgerton played Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 remake of The Great Gatsby.
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Joel Edgerton was honoured for his work in international roles with the 2011 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.
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In 2014, Joel Edgerton starred in the biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings, as Ramesses II, Moses' adoptive brother, who became a notorious king.
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Joel Edgerton directed, starred in, wrote, and produced the thriller The Gift, which was released on 7 August 2015 and grossed 60 million with a budget of 5 million.
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Joel Edgerton co-starred in the 2015 film Black Mass as John Connolly, FBI contact and childhood friend of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger.
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In 2018, Joel Edgerton headlined Francis Lawrence's thriller film Red Sparrow with Jennifer Lawrence, and based on the book by Jason Matthews.
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Joel Edgerton plays Nathaniel Nash, a CIA agent who becomes involved with a Russian spy Dominika Egorova.
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In March 2018, Joel Edgerton joined the cast of the film.
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In September 2020, Joel Edgerton was tapped to star in and executive produce limited series The Florida Man based on a novel of the same name by Tom Cooper.
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In 2021, Joel Edgerton starred in the medieval fantasy film The Green Knight written and directed by David Lowery.
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In 2024, Joel Edgerton guest starred in the Bluey episode "The Sign", voicing a German Shepherd policeman.
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Joel Edgerton has been a distinguished ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation for a number of years and has strong personal ties to the organisation, which works to restore people's sight in poor countries and to improve the health of Aboriginal Australians.
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Joel Edgerton has described social activism and his involvement with The Fred Hollows Foundation as "an escape" from the "materialistic life" that often surrounds an actor.
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Joel Edgerton was in a relationship with Olympic Gold medalist Cathy Freeman from 2003 to 2005.
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In 2018, Joel Edgerton began a relationship with Christine Centenera, editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia.