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Joel Edgerton

ジョエル・エドガートン　/　じょえる・えどがーとん

Actor from Australia

June 23, 1974 (age 51)　・　Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales
actor
screenwriter
film actor

My Take

Edgerton is my favorite kind of movie star: the one who refuses to behave like one. Coming out of Blacktown and Western Sydney University rather than a drama-school conveyor belt, he built his career sideways through writing, directing, and producing, so even his acting feels authored. Returning to Owen Lars in Obi-Wan Kenobi twenty years after Attack of the Clones showed a craftsman's loyalty to a small part, which I find quietly admirable. His directorial work, especially The Gift, proves he understands tension better than many full-time directors. He carries the weathered, unshowy presence of someone who knows how films actually get made, and I trust him in any genre.

Overview

Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001–2002), and for playing Owen Lars in the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), a role he reprised in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022).

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1. Profile

Name (English): Joel Edgerton
Name (Japanese): ジョエル・エドガートン
Reading: じょえる・えどがーとん
Born: June 23, 1974 (age 51)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Tiger
Origin: Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: actor / screenwriter / film actor / film director / film producer

2. Background

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Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Western Sydney University

3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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