Joel Edgerton in Warrior | 2011

About this actor

Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian film and television actor. Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney. He has appeared in such films as Erskineville Kings, King Arthur, Ned Kelly, and, most notably, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, portraying a young Owen Lars, stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker and uncle to Luke Skywalker. Edgerton's brother Nash was the stunt double for Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Edgerton attended the Nepean Drama School in western Sydney before moving on to various stage productions, most notably at Sydney Theatre Company – Blackrock, Third World Blues and Love for Love – and Bell Shakespeare – Henry V – as well as television series. He is known for playing the role of Will on the series The Secret Life of Us for which he was nominated for an AFI award. In 2005, he lent his voice to the title character of The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of...