Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton was born on Jun 23, 1974 in Australia. Joel Edgerton's big-screen debut came with Race the Sun directed by Charles T. Kanganis in 1996, strarring Steve Fryman. Joel Edgerton is known for Thirteen Lives directed by Ron Howard, Viggo Mortensen stars as Rick Stanton and Colin Farrell as John Volanthen. Joel Edgerton has got 20 awards and 78 nominations so far. The most recent award Joel Edgerton achieved is Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. The upcoming new movie Joel Edgerton plays is Master Gardener which will be released on May 26, 2023.

Joel Edgerton was born on June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, to Marianne (van Dort) and Michael Edgerton, who is a solicitor and property developer. His brother is filmmaker Nash Edgerton. His mother is a Dutch immigrant. Joel went to Hills Grammar School in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, and after leaving, he attended Nepean Drama School in 1994. Joel has done many projects on stage and off, but most people will recognize him from his work on the Australian television series The Secret Life of Us (2001), in which he played William McGill. This gave him his first big break through in the television industry. For this role, he was nominated in 2001 for an AFI Award. As well as "The Secret Life of Us", he has also appeared in other television projects such as The Three Stooges (2000), Dossa and Joe (2002), Secret Men's Business (1999), Never Tell Me Never (1998) and Saturn's Return (2001). Joel has done a lot of work on the theatrical stage having played King Henry in "Henry V", Prince Hal in "Henry III", and others including "Road", "Third World Blues" and "Dead White Males". As well as acting, he has also starred, co-written and produced the short movie Bloodlock (1998).His first international break came from when he played Uncle Owen Lars in Star Wars : Épisode II - L'Attaque des clones (2002). Since then, he has also starred in Ned Kelly (2003), Le roi Arthur (2004), Star Wars : Épisode III - La Revanche des Sith (2005) and Kinky Boots (2005).