Joel Bathe Edgerton is an Australian actor, director, writer, producer and filmmaker. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Warrior, Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby, Black Mass, It Comes at Night, and Red Sparrow.In Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series The Secret Life of Us, for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama. He has also appeared in several Australian films, such as The Square, Animal Kingdom, for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Wish You Were Here, and Felony.
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.