Joel Edgerton

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.

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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 52)

Origin

Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / film actor / film director / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

University

Western Sydney University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Edgerton
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
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Tags

• New South Wales
• actor
• screenwriter
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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