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| 3 | ->''"Some people think I look a bit like a young Creator/AlbertFinney, which I'm like, 'Yeah.' [[SelfDeprecation I also look a bit like a potato.]]"'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''Joel Edgerton''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LotoBix4UDM answering Google questions]] |
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| 6 | Joel Edgerton is an actor born on 23 June 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. He is best known for his roles in [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] and [[TheNewTens 2010s]] films like ''Franchise/StarWars Prequel trilogy'', ''Film/KingArthur2004'', ''Film/KinkyBoots'', ''Film/AnimalKingdom'', ''Film/TheThing2011'', ''Film/{{Warrior}}'', ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'' and ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}''. He also voiced Metal Beak, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''. He made his directorial debut with ''[[Film/TheGift2015 The Gift]]''. |
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| 8 | His brother Nash is a director and stuntman. |
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| 10 | !Selected filmography: |
| 11 | !!! '''As actor:''' |
| 12 | * ''Series/{{Spellbinder}}'' (1995 -- 1997) as Bazza |
| 13 | * ''Series/WaterRats'' (1996 -- 1999) as Aaron Lawrence |
| 14 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' (2002 -- 2022) as Owen Lars: |
| 15 | ** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' (2002) |
| 16 | ** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' (2005) |
| 17 | ** ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' (2022) |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}'' (2004) as Gawain |
| 19 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMysteriousGeographicExplorationsOfJasperMorello'' (2005) as Jasper Morello (voice) |
| 20 | * ''Film/KinkyBoots'' (2005) as Charlie Price |
| 21 | * ''Film/SmokinAces'' (2005) as Hugo Croop |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' (2010) as Metal Beak (voice) |
| 23 | * ''Film/AnimalKingdom'' (2010) as Barry Brown |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Warrior}}'' (2011) as Brendan Conlon |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{The Thing|2011}}'' (2011) as Sam Carter |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheOddLifeOfTimothyGreen'' (2012) as Jim Green |
| 27 | * ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'' (2013) as Patrick |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}'' (2013) as Tom Buchanan |
| 29 | * ''Film/ExodusGodsAndKings'' (2014) as UsefulNotes/RamsesII |
| 30 | * ''Film/BlackMass'' (2015) as John Connolly |
| 31 | * ''Film/JaneGotAGun'' (2015) as Dan Frost (also writer) |
| 32 | * ''Film/MidnightSpecial'' (2016) as Lucas |
| 33 | * ''Film/Loving2016'' as Richard Loving |
| 34 | * ''Film/{{Gringo}}'' (2016) as Richard Rusk |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{Bright}}'' (2017) as Nick Jakoby |
| 36 | * ''Film/RedSparrow'' (2018) as Nathaniel Nash |
| 37 | * ''Film/TheGreenKnight'' (2021) as Lord |
| 38 | * ''Film/ThirteenLives'' (2022) as Dr Richard "Harry" Harrison |
| 39 | !!! '''As filmmaker and actor:''' |
| 40 | * ''Film/{{The Gift|2015}}'' (2015) as Gordon "Gordo" Moseley (writer-director and actor) |
| 41 | * ''Film/ItComesAtNight'' (2017) as Paul (actor and executive producer) |
| 42 | * ''Film/BoyErased'' (2018) as Victor Sykes (writer-director and actor) |
| 43 | * ''Film/TheKing'' (2019) (writer, actor, and producer) |
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| 45 | !Tropes |
| 46 | * AwesomeAussie: Since he's often cast in badass roles, [[DyeingForYourArt he goes to the extreme to ensure]] that he'll be able to portray the aforementioned roles with justice. |
| 47 | * EyesAlwaysShut: He gives off this look as well as Joel Hodgson and French Stewart do. |
| 48 | * FakeAmerican: Majority of his roles. |
| 49 | * MrFanservice: Quite a few of his roles have him as this. |
| 50 | * RealLifeRelative: Has collaborated with his brother (filmmaker and stuntman Nash Edgerton) many times. |
| 51 | * [[DirectedByCastMember Written By Cast Member]]: He occasionally writes the screenplays for his movies, and wrote[=/=]directed ''The Gift'' and ''Boy Erased''. |
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