Joel Edgerton Wiki, Biography, Age, Net Worth, Contact & Informations

Joel Edgerton
Wiki, Biography, Age, Net Worth, Contact & Informations

Here you can learn about Joel Edgerton’s career and private life facts, read the latest news, find all the awards he has won and watch photos and videos.

PERSONAL DATA OF JOEL EDGERTON

Age: 46 years old
Height: 180 cm
Born in: Blacktown, Australia
Born on: 06/23/1974

JOEL EDGERTON BIOGRAPHY

Joel Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales (Australia) on 23 June 1974. He studied acting in Sydney and began acting in the theater before becoming a well-known face to the Australian public for his television performances, the most famous of which in the drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001-2002), for which he is nominated for numerous awards. The film debut is five years earlier, in the film Running with the sun, in whose cast there are Casey Affleck is James Belushi. In Australia he also plays Erskineville Boys with Hugh Jackman and other films, but came to the international limelight in 2002 with the role of young Owen Lars, Anakin Skywalker’s half-brother, in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. His brother Nash, stuntman and director, is the stunt double for Ewan McGregor in the movie.

The following year he plays Ned Kelly, with Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts is Geoffrey Rush is in the 2004 is the knight Sir Gawain in King Arthur of Antoine Fuqua. The following year he reprises the role of Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, to which follow Kinky Boots is Smokin ‘Aces of Joe Carnahan. In 2007 returns to Australia for the TV series Dangerous and work in the thriller The Square, which he also wrote, directed by his brother Nash. In 2009 appears in the Australian drama series Dirt Game, before playing the thriller Animal Kingdom. In 2011 is the martial arts fighter, brother of Tom Hardy in Warrior of Gavin O’Connor, then plays the remake de The thing of John Carpenter and is one of the protagonists of the 2013 Oscar-winning film Zero Dark Thirty.

Directed by the compatriot Baz Luhrmann then he is a perfect Tom Buchanan, rival in love of Leonardo Dicaprio, in Great Gatsby (for the role wins the Australian Oscar for best supporting role) is in the 2013 always plays in Australia Felony, which he also wrote. In 2014 is the pharaoh Ramses, cruel half-brother of Moses, in Exodus – Gods and kings of Ridley Scott. The 2015 is the year of Life and of Black Mass, where it stands up to Johnny Depp as the corrupt cop, childhood friend of gangster Whitey Bulger. He made his directorial debut with the film, also co-produced and starring, Gifts from a Stranger – The Gift, thriller that gets a great success with audiences and critics and is worth it Directors Guild of America nomination for Best New Director. He also interprets the tormented western Jane Got a Gun, with Natalie Portman, of which he wrote the screenplay, the science fiction Midnight Special of Jeff Nichols with Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver is Michael Shannon and returns to work with the director and the latter in Loving, on the true story of an American interracial couple during the years of segregation.

Joel Edgerton has been actively involved with the Fred Hollow Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps people with vision problems in various countries and contributes to improving the health of Aboriginal people. He described his commitment in this field as an escape from the materialistic life of the actors.