Joel Edgerton

Highest Rated: 95% Animal Kingdom (2010)

Lowest Rated: 20% Open Window (2006)

Birthday: Jun 23, 1974

Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A native of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, actor Joel Edgerton grew up in the town of Dural, where he attended primary and secondary school. After high school, the aspiring thespian attended the Nepean Drama School on the Kingswood Campus at the University of Western Sydney, graduating in 1994. Cinematically, he divided his subsequent efforts between producing (for his Blue Tongue Films production shingle, co-run with his brother) and acting, but placed the greatest emphasis on acting. Early features (produced mostly in Australia) included Praise (1998), Dogwatch (1999), and Erskineville Kings (1999), but Edgerton came into his own with his popular ongoing turn as Will McGill on the Aussie soaper The Secret Life of Us, then branched out into increased international exposure with onscreen contributions to two of George Lucas' Star Wars films, Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith (2005). Those assignments represented something of a watershed for Edgerton, who then worked predominantly on higher profiled features, including Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces (2007) and Tatia Rosenthal's $9.99 (2008). In 2010, he co-starred in the highly acclaimed Australian crime-drama Animal Kingdom and lent his voice to the animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. Edgerton soon began scoring starring roles, headlining the disappointing 2011 remake of The Thing, starring opposite Jennifer Garner in the family film The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) and playing a predominate role in the Academy Award-nominated Zero Dark Thirty (2012). In 2013, he played Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

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Highest Rated Movies

Animal Kingdom
95%
The Gift
92%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
80%	Boy Erased	Director Victor Sykes Producer Screenwriter	—	2018
38%	Gringo	Richard Rusk	—	2018
46%	Red Sparrow	Nathaniel Nash	$17.1M	2018
25%	Bright	Nick Jacoby	—	2017
87%	It Comes At Night	Actor	$14M	2017
90%	Loving	Richard Loving	$7.7M	2016
83%	Midnight Special	Lucas	$3.4M	2016
41%	Jane Got a Gun	Dan Frost	$1M	2016
64%	Life	John Morris	—	2015
73%	Black Mass	John Connolly	$48.8M	2015
92%	The Gift	Director Gordo Producer	$33.1M	2015
30%	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Ramses	—	2014
72%	Felony	Producer Screenwriter Malcolm Toohey	$0.2M	2014
66%	The Rover	Screenwriter	$0.8M	2014
No Score Yet	The Double Hour	Actor	—	2014
71%	Wish You Were Here	Dave	$0.9M	2013
49%	The Great Gatsby	Tom Buchanan	$144.9M	2013
91%	Zero Dark Thirty	Patrick - Squadron Team Leader	$95.8M	2013
35%	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	Jim Green	$51.9M	2012
50%	Fighting Fear	Actor	—	2011
35%	The Thing	Baxter Carter	$17M	2011
83%	Warrior	Brendan Conlon	$13.7M	2011
75%	Acolytes	Ian Wright	—	2011
51%	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Metal Beak	$54.5M	2010
75%	The Waiting City	Ben	—	2010
95%	Animal Kingdom	Barry "Baz" Brown	$1.1M	2010
86%	The Square	Billy Executive Producer Screenwriter	$0.5M	2010
No Score Yet	Separation City	Simon	—	2009
73%	$9.99	Ron	—	2008
No Score Yet	Whisper	Vince Delayo	—	2007
30%	Smokin' Aces	Hugo Croop	$35.7M	2007
No Score Yet	Spider	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Crossbow	Actor	—	2007
20%	Open Window	Peter	—	2006
57%	Kinky Boots	Charlie Price	$1.7M	2006
79%	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Owen Lars	—	2005
No Score Yet	The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	All the Way	Rod Blue	—	2004
31%	King Arthur	Gawain	$51.8M	2004
39%	The Hard Word	Shane Twentyman	$0.5M	2003
56%	Ned Kelly	Aaron Sherritt	—	2003
No Score Yet	Night We Called It a Day	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	All the Way: The Kidnapping of a Music Legend	Actor	—	2003
66%	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Owen Lars	$308M	2002
88%	Praise	Leo	—	2000
No Score Yet	Sample People	Sem	—	2000
No Score Yet	The Three Stooges	Tom Cosgrove	—	2000
No Score Yet	Erskineville Kings	Wayne	—	1999
22%	Race the Sun	Steve Fryman	—	1996

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2018	Guest	2018 2017 2016
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2018 2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2017 2014
No Score Yet	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2015	Guest	2016

QUOTES FROM Joel Edgerton CHARACTERS

Lucas

Could we go back to Texas now?

Gordo

It's all in the eyes, you see. You see what happens when you poison other people's mind with ideas?

Gordo

You think you're done with the past, but the past is not done with you.

Gordo

You think you're done with the past but the past is not done with you.

Gordo

You think you're done with the past but the past is not done with you.

Gordo	Excuse me, we went to school together.
Simon	Sorry, I can't place you.
Gordo	Gordon, Gordon Mosely.

Rod Blue

If you consider the International Date Line, I can be there yesterday.

Harold Price	Okay,now, Charlie. I'm going to show you the most beautiful thing in the world. Do you know what it is?
Charlie Price	A shoe.
Harold Price	A lot of people would say it'd be an oak tree.
Charlie Price	It's a shoe.
Harold Price	A lot of people would say it'd be a field of woodland flowers.Do you know what I think it is, Charlie?

Tom Buchanan

We're all different from you, and there's nothing that you dream up that can ever change that.

Tom Buchanan

Something ought to be done about a fellow like that.

Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

Do you realize what you just did?

Brendan Conlon	God, man, I don't understand this. You won't forgive me, but you'll forgive Pop?
Tommy Conlon	Shit. He's just some old vet I train with. He means nothing to me. From what I hear he means nothing to you, either, so you got balls talking about forgiveness.

Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

Osama? Osama? Osama?

Patrick - Squadron Team Leader	Dude .. Do you realize what you just did?
Patrick - Squadron Team Leader	Dude... Do you realize what you just did?

Patrick - Squadron Team Leader

For God and country. Geronimo.

Brendan Conlon	i'm sorry tommy, i'm sorry, tap tommy , it's okay,it's okay i love you, i love you tommy
Brendan Conlon	Tap, Tommy. It's okay. It's okay. I love you. I love you, Tommy.

Brendan Conlon	I need this
Brendan Conlon	I need this.

Jim Green

He'll score the winning goal.

Jim Green	Have a great day!
Cindy Green	That's too much pressure...
Jim Green	Have a day you have!

Cindy Green	We want to tell you our story
Cindy Green	We want to tell you our story.
Jim Green	There is just one thing
Jim Green	There is just one thing.
Cindy Green	You're going to find it hard to believe.

Metal Beak	You there Soldier What's your name ?
Metal Beak	You there Soldier What's your name?
Kludd	[Whispers] Kludd
Kludd	[Whispers] Kludd.
Metal Beak	Speak up !
Metal Beak	Speak up!
Kludd	Kludd, My name is Kludd
Kludd	Kludd, My name is Kludd.
Metal Beak	Weakness is for the lower species do you know why Kludd ?
Kludd	Because We are Tytos !
Kludd	Because We are Tytos!

Brendan Conlon	Ahh i love my coach!
Brendan Conlon	Ahh I love my coach!

Brendan Conlon	Tommy, what are you doing?
Tommy Conlon	Shut Up! Come on
Brendan Conlon	Come on, what are you that crazy?
Referee Josh Rosenthal	Lets Go To War!
Brendan Conlon	What are you doing? It's over Tommy! Tommy You don't have to do this! Don't make me do this Tommy! I don't want to do this!
Tommy Conlon	Whats the matter?
Brendan Conlon	I'm sorry Tommy! I'm sorry....Tap out Tom! It's OK! It's OK! I Love You! I Love You Tommy!

Brendan Conlon	im sorry Tommy... im sorry
Brendan Conlon	I'm sorry.

Brendan Conlon	C'mon, it's not as bad as it looks.
Principal Zito	Are you being literal or figurative? Because literally it looks bad. And figuratively it looks even worse. The superintendent's coming by in a few minutes. So gimme a little help here, Brendan. Can you explain to me what the hell you were doing?

Brendan Conlon

See, I used to be one of those animals.

Ian Wright

She's my girlfriend now.