 
    Joel Edgerton
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            Biography
                
            Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and producer. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018) and The King (2019).  In 2015, Edgerton received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a psychological horror-thriller film Edgerton wrote, directed, co-produced, and in which he co-starred. Edgerton garnered further critical acclaim for his performance as Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 2018, he wrote, directed and starred in the drama Boy Erased, about gay conversion therapy. In 2019, he starred and co-wrote The King.
            
        
        
        
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                        Late Night with Seth Meyers
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Bluey
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Obi-Wan Kenobi
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Big Sky
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Smokin' Aces
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Secret Life of Us
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Zero Dark Thirty
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Great Gatsby
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Green Knight
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Thirteen Lives
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Underground Railroad
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Life
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Animal Kingdom
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Odd Life of Timothy Green
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Exodus: Gods and Kings
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The King
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Jane Got a Gun
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Bright
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Gringo
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Red Sparrow
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Thing
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Black Mass
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Dark Matter
                    
                
                    
                         
                        It Comes at Night
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Loving
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Warrior
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Stranger
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Gift
                    
                
                    
                         
                        The Boys in the Boat
                    
                
                    
                         
                        Wish You Were Here
                    
                
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