Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton was born on June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.  Joel and his brother Nash grew up in Dural, Australia and attended Hills Grammar School.  After graduating from Hills he attended high school, graduated, and moved on to the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean Drama School (Kingswood Campus) where he studied Drama it was around this time that he worked as a porter (a doorman).  He graduated from Nepean in 1994.  

Since then Joel has teamed up with his brother Nash on more than a few occasions to make films for their Blue Tongue Films production company, formed in 1996, based out of Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.

 

 

Film

Australia~2008 -

Acolytes~2007 - serial killer

$9.99~2007 - voice of Ron

Whisper~2007 - Vince Celayo

Smokin' Aces~2006 - Hugo Croop

The Square~2006 - Raymond Yale (see Actor Connections - Film)

Hellion<Whisper>~2006 - Vince Delayo

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello~2005 - voice of Jasper Morello

Kinky Boots~2005 - Charlie Price

Open Window~2005 - Peter

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith~2005 - Owen Lars

King Arthur~2004 -  Gawain

Night We Called It a Day, The~2003 -  Rod Blue (see Actor Connections - Film)

Ned Kelly~2003 -  Aaron Sherrit

Hard Word, The~2002 -  Shane Twentyman

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones~2002 -  Owen Lars

One Night The Moon~2001 - Dave

Pitch, The~2001 -  Guy (see Actor Connections - Film)

Gate~2000

Sample People~2000 -  Sam

Dogwatch~1999 -  Sparrow

Erskineville Kings~1999 -  Wayne

Bloodlock~1998 -  Danny

Praise~1998 -  Leo (see Actor Connections - Film)

Loaded~1996 -  Frog

Race the Sun~1996

 

Film Director

Bloodlock~1998

Loaded~1996

 

Film Producer

Bloodlock~1998

Loaded~1996

 

Film Writer

Pitch, The~2001

Bloodlock~1998

 

TV

Inside Film Awards~2006 - presenter

Dangerous~2006 - Detective Mark Field

Dossa and Joe~2002 -  Robbo

Secret Life of Us, The~2001  -  William 'Will' McGill (2001-2002)

Saturn's Return~2001  -  Barney

Rove Life~2000 - Himself (2002)

Three Stooges, The~2000 -  Tom Cosgrove

Secret Men's Business~1999  -  Baz

Never Tell Me Never~1998  -  Pab

Water Rats~1996 playing Aaron Lawrence in  Force of Habit (# 4.24) 8/10/99

Water Rats~1996 -  Crosby in  Eyewitness (# 1.15) 5/27/96

Police Rescue~1990 -  Andy in  Wild Card (# 4.13) 1994

 

Theater

The Pillowman~2007 - (Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Henry V~1999 - Henry (The Playhouse Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Road~1997 - (Tamarama Rock Surfers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) (see Actor Connections - Theatre)

Third World Blues~1997 - (Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Dead White Males~1996 - (Australian Peoples' Theatre,  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Love For Love~1998 - (Australian People's Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) (see Actor Connections - Theatre)

Historia~ - (Australian People's Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Henry IV parts 1 and 2~1998 - Hal (Bell Shakespeare Company, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Blackrock~1995 - (Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

 

Live Performances

Midsummer Night's Dream, A~2002 - Narrator (Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia)

 

Awards, Honors and Nominations

Australian Film Institute:

Rec'd 2002 Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama for The Secret Life of Us

Nom 2002 Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Hard Word

Nom 2002 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series for The Secret Life of Us  

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: 

Nom 2003 Best Supporting Actor - Male for Ned Kelly 

Nom 2002 Best Supporting Actor - Male for The Hard Word 

Logie Awards: 

Nom 2002 Most Outstanding Actor for The Secret Life of Us

 

Miscellany:

2006 - Made the list of Cleo's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors (Australia).

 

2006 -  Celebrity driver in a Formula 1 race in Tazmania for children's charity 2006 Mark Webber Challenge.

 

2003 - Was a judge at the Tropfest in Sydney, Australia

 

Appeared in a clip from Ben Lee's Something Borrowed, Something Blue (directed by his brother Nash Edgerton, a stunt double for Ewan McGregor in Ep II)

 

Blue Tongue Films - co-founder 1996 with his brother Nash Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith. The company is responsible for:

    Music Videos

        Eskimo Joe: Liar

        Eskimo Joe: Older Than You

        Pacifier: Comfort Me

        Ben Lee: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

        Ben Lee: Running With Scissors

        Ben Lee: Chills

        You Am I: Deliverance

        The Sleepy Jackson: Good Dancers

        Alex Lloyd: Everybody's Laughing

    Films

        Fuel~2003

        The Square~2005

        The Island~2000

        Bloodlock~1999

        Jac et Bill~1997

        Deadline~1997

        The Pitch~2001 (see Actor Connections - Film)

        Loaded~1996

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