Australian actor
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Born (1974-06-23) 23 June 1974 (age 51)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater University of Western Sydney
Occupations Actor
screenwriter
producer
director
screenwriter
producer
director
Born (1974-06-23) 23 June 1974 (age 51)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater University of Western Sydney
Occupations Actor
screenwriter
producer
director
screenwriter
producer
director
Wikipedia
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Joel Edgerton - Wikipedia
5 days ago - Edgerton has appeared in such films as Erskineville Kings, King Arthur and Ned Kelly. In the Star Wars franchise, he played a young Owen Lars in Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) and reprised the role in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Joel Edgerton | Actor, Producer, Writer
June 21, 2021 - Known for: The Gift, Boy Erased, The King
Star Wars has casted younger versions of many characters and many of them have been fantastic. But I think Joel Edgerton as Uncle Owen is easily the most underrated.
I love how much he recontextualizes Owen and Beru’s deaths in New Hope. Before we always thought of them as poor bewildered Owen and Beru being slaughtered by stormtroopers, but now you know those two were spitting fire up to the last second. More on reddit.com
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November 21, 2024Star Wars has casted younger versions of many characters and many of them have been fantastic. But I think Joel Edgerton as Uncle Owen is easily the most underrated.
Plus he spawned the “Like you trained his father?” Meme
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November 11, 2023I finally realized the range of Joel Edgerton today. I don't feel bad saying this because I am convinced he's such a chameleon he's been "hiding in plain sight" for years in these movies I watch.
The guy’s everywhere—even Attack of the Clones More on reddit.com
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December 5, 2017anyone else annoyed by Joel Edgerton's acting in this?
Nah I like him, I think he does a great job at portraying the 2 different Jasons. He plays the character(s) in a way that you can tell they're not truly the same person, but at the same time they're still kind of Jason. Jason2 feels more "dark" in terms of demeanor too without doing too much. More on reddit.com
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March 8, 2024Videos
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'The Serpent's Skin' Trailer: Alice Maio Mackay's Latest Queer Genre Thriller Arrives In NYC On March 27, LA On April 3
2 weeks ago - Twentysomething Anna (Alexandra McVicker) leaves her small, transphobic hometown to start a new life in the city with her sister when she quickly finds herself face-to-face with Gen (Avalon Fast), a confident young woman she’d first seen in visions. Gen, Anna learns, has supernatural powers—powers that the two of them share.
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2 weeks ago - Director and co-writer Clint Bentley ... Pacific Northwest whose happy family life, shared with his wife (Felicity Jones) and toddler daughter, is first ......
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2 weeks ago - Joel Edgerton & Felicity Jones talk with Patrick Stoner about the story of a man who spent his life in the deep woods after his home ...
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'Train Dreams' director says goal was to take audience 'on a journey' | National | gjsentinel.com
2 weeks ago - Now, that vision -- starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones -- is up for four Oscars, including the coveted best picture prize.
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Dressed in Salvatore Ferragamo, Pringle of Scotland and more, Exodus: Gods and Kings actor Joel Edgerton connects with photographer Alexei Hay and stylist Julian Jesus for a feature photo shoot in the latest issue of The Wild. Playing Ramses in Exodus: Gods and Kings, Edgerton talks getting ...
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2 weeks ago - Based on the novela by Denis Johnson, this period drama film stars Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones and is nominated for Best Picture Oscar this year.
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3 weeks ago - When “Train Dreams” star Joel Edgerton called Nick Cave to work with composer Bryce Dessner on a song for the film, the postpunk poet and art rocker was on holiday, avoiding the “attendant agony” of songwriting.
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Joel Edgerton delivers a profound, understated performance in ‘Train Dreams’ | Movies
2 weeks ago - Train Dreams. (Featured L-R) Felicity Jones as Gladys Grainier and Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier in Train Dreams. Cr. BBP Train Dreams.
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Joel Edgerton Blows the Whistle on a Cruel Tradition in New Look at 'The Plague' [Exclusive]
November 15, 2025 - In a previous interview about the movie, Edgerton previewed the difficult content these young actors tackle in The Plague, saying, "It felt to me like I was watching some like Full Metal Jacket for 12-year-olds." He continued, "I have kids, and I’m like I don’t know how I’m going to face that period of their lives…
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Digital Spy
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Emma Thompson's "riveting" and "tense" survival thriller gets new UK streaming home
2 weeks ago - After spotting that a young woman, Leah (Laurel Marsden), is being held captive, Barb attempts to free her.
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The changing faces of Joel Edgerton | Fandango Groovers Movie Blog
August 11, 2015 - His first starring role came in Kinky Boots (2005), his performance was strong and his English accent faultless but he was somewhat overshadowed by more flamboyant co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor. These two are a good place to start to look at the changing faces of Joel Edgerton:
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reddit.com › r/starwarscantina › star wars has casted younger versions of many characters and many of them have been fantastic. but i think joel edgerton as uncle owen is easily the most underrated.
r/StarWarsCantina on Reddit: Star Wars has casted younger versions of many characters and many of them have been fantastic. But I think Joel Edgerton as Uncle Owen is easily the most underrated.
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I know that sounds like a weird assertion when he has so little to do in comparison to Ewan McGregor, Alden Ehrenreich, etc but I really do think he's one of the best recastings for any of the OT characters. He does a well enough job in the prequels but in the Obi-Wan show he is utterly fantastic. I love both of his showdowns with Reva and his interactions with Kenobi. You get the sense that he wants to push Obi-Wan away not because he necessarily dislikes the other man but because he genuinely loves this little boy that got foisted into his household ten years ago and will do absolutely anything to keep him safe.
Even to the point where he went up against an Inquisitor TWICE because he wanted to protect Luke. "He is my own". God damn right, he is! If Kenobi season 2 ever does happen (which based on some of McGregor's statements is seemingly becoming more likely) I really hope they give Edgerton more of a starring role because I cannot get enough of his Uncle Owen. Ever since that show came out I've actually been genuinely sad when Owen and Beru die in Episode 4 because so much more weight has been added to those characters now.
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I love how much he recontextualizes Owen and Beru’s deaths in New Hope. Before we always thought of them as poor bewildered Owen and Beru being slaughtered by stormtroopers, but now you know those two were spitting fire up to the last second.
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He was one of my favorite actors prior to this and he only gets better!
Netflix Tudum
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A Look at Joel Edgerton’s Best Roles: Career Highlights From Star Wars to Train Dreams - Netflix Tudum
January 16, 2026 - Edgerton delivers an unnerving turn in this poignant drama, which he also wrote and directed, inspired by Garrard Conley’s memoir. In the film, a young gay man named Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is sent to a gay conversion therapy program led by therapist Victor Sykes (Edgerton) by his devoutly religious parents (played by fellow Aussies Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe).
Cinemablend
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Joel Edgerton Used His Tiny Role In Star Wars To Land Big Hollywood Meetings | Cinemablend
November 16, 2018 - For movie fans, Joel Edgerton is now a household name, but it wasn't always so. Once upon a time he was just a young, relatively unknown Australian actor before he landed the small part of Owen Lars in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
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The Advocate
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How Joel Edgerton, a Former Bully, Became the Director of 'Boy Erased'
June 1, 2023 - Joel Edgerton, an actor known for films like The Great Gatsby and Loving, is the director and screenwriter of Boy Erased.
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British police drama set in rural village with BBC Showtrial star confirms new-season release date
2 weeks ago - "[Season two] takes them from a rural village, where the suspicious death of a beloved community leader exposes long-nursed resentments, to the industrial shadow of a stone works, where the death of a young woman reveals a hidden network of coercion and exploitation."