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  • Warrior star Edgerton lands killer Bin Laden role - 5 January 2012
    -Warrior star Joel Edgerton is to play the hero who helped kill Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow's new all-action war film.-The filmmaker and screenwriter Mark Boal were putting the finishing touches to their script about the


  • Edgerton still puzzled about missing out on Bourne - 10 October 2011
    -Warrior star Joel Edgerton is still puzzled about missing out on the lead in the post-Matt Damon Bourne movies - because he thought he had the part locked in.-The Aussie star believed the online hype suggesting he would be Bourne for filmmaker Tony Gillroy's The Bourn


  • Hardy & Edgerton beaten up in new movie - 11 September 2011
    -Actors Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton fought through the pain while making new ultimate martial arts movie Warrior after taking the film's gritty scenes too far.-Both stars were broken and bruised while making the film and director Gavin O'Connor was often left wincing a

Joel Edgerton - what members say


  • Kinky Boots
  • Kinky Boots review by TristanWhite from London, UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars Best British Comedy since Full Monty. No, It's Even Better. 7 October 2005
    ...or all the family. A shoe factory is going under, and the young guy (Aussie Joel Edgerton does an excellent British accent, it has to be said) who has recently inherited...   Read customer review
  • Whisper
  • Whisper review by wikkidsmyle from Newmarket
    Rated - 4.0 stars Surprisingly effective chiller... 12 June 2008
    ...ke scene). The rest of the cast give able support (including Michael Rooker and Joel Edgerton) and the twist at the end is pretty good (though not in the same league as 'The...   Read customer review
  • Warrior
  • Warrior review by MAVERICK from
    Rated - 5.0 stars A knock-out emotional punch! 22 February 2012
    ...Warrior has it all, superb acting by Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. The drama is set up excellently in the first hour as the second half deals with some of the bes...   Read customer review

Joel Edgerton - filmography


  • The Great Gatsby (2012)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Tobey Maguire,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The Great Gatsby follow Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway (Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11 members
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  • The Odd Life Of Timothy Green (2012)
    Starring: Jennifer Garner,  Joel Edgerton,  CJ Adams
    Director: Peter Hedges
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When young Timothy suddenly comes into the lives of Cindy and Jim Green, he is the answer to the couple's dreams, but they have no idea that the magic he brings with him will change the way they-and everyone around them-look at love forever.
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  • Warrior on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Joel Edgerton,  Tom Hardy,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Gavin O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Warrior stars Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Joel Edgerton (The Thing). An inspirational and exhilarating roller-coaster of a film, Warrior centres around Tommy (Hardy) – an ex marine haunted by a tragic past, who enlists the help of his estranged father (Nick Nolte) to train up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 11,195 members
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  • Warrior - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Joel Edgerton,  Tom Hardy,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Gavin O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Warrior stars Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Joel Edgerton (The Thing). An inspirational and exhilarating roller-coaster of a film, Warrior centres around Tommy (Hardy) – an ex marine haunted by a tragic past, who enlists the help of his estranged father (Nick Nolte) to train up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 4,405 members
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  • Animal Kingdom on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Ben Mendelsohn,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: David Michod
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Animal Kingdom tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 13,662 members
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  • The Square (2008)
    Starring: David Roberts,  Claire van der Boom,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: Nash Edgerton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "The Square" centers on an adulterous couple whose scheming leads to arson, blackmail and murder. Escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage, Raymond becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled Carla. Ray's moral limits are tested when Carla presents him with the proceeds of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 57 members
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  • Acolytes on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Joel Edgerton,  Belinda McClory,  Michael Dorman
    Director: Jon Hewitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    James Tresswick and Mark Vincent are victims of a brutal bully. Wandering alone around an isolated forest they stray upon an adult male filling in a trench. It's suspicious and tantalizing. On their return they bring shovels and exhume the ghostly white body of a woman. The "trench" is a grave. The ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 314 members
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  • Whisper (2007)
    Starring: Josh Holloway,  Blake Woodruff,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: Stewart Hendler
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When the ten-year-old son, David, (Blake Woodruff) of a wealthy New England socialite is abducted, his kidnapper Max Harper (Josh Holloway) and his seedy associates assume it will be a routine kidnapping in exchange for a large ransom. Unknown to the kidnappers, the shy and reserved David actually ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,770 members
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  • Open Window on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Robin Tunney,  Joel Edgerton,  Cybill Shepherd
    Director: Mia Goldman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Izzy (Robin Tunney) is a young photographer and her partner Peter (Joel Edgerton) is assistant professor at an LA university. Newly engaged and madly in love, they find their idyllic world shattered by a random act of violence. But there is more than one victim to this indiscriminate crime as Izzy’..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 39 members
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  • Kinky Boots on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Nick Frost,  Chjwetel Ejiofor,  Sarah-Jane Potts
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Charlie Price faces the impending shut down of the Northampton shoe factory that his family has owned and operated for generations. Just when he feels that all is lost, he has a chance encounter with Lola, a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star. Lola's desire for stylish, kinky boots for herself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 32,801 members
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  • The Night We Called It a Day on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Melanie Griffith,  Portia De Rossi
    Director: Paul Goldman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Rod Blue, a down-on-his-luck Aussie rock promoter, struggles to find the one act that will turn his life and business around. Just as a relationship starts to bloom with his assistant Audrey, Rod secures the coup of his career; bringing the legendary Frank Sinatra to tour Australia. The Night We ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 832 members
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  • The Hard Word on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Rachel Griffiths,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: Scott Roberts
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this action-comedy directed by Scott Roberts, a trio of Melbourne prison rats work with a crime boss on the outside, trying to pull off one last scheme to satisfy the man so he'll spring them from jail. The Twentyman brothers consist of leader Dale (Guy Pearce), ex-butcher Mal (Damien Richardson)..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,412 member
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  • The Secret Life Of Us - Series 1 (6 discs) (2001)
    Starring: Claudia Karvan,  Samuel Johnson,  Deborah Mailman
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The lives of eight twenty-somethings living in an apartment block in Melbourne. Discs 1-3 contain episodes: Telemovie Part One, Telemovie Part Two, The Unbelievable Truth, The Garden of Gethsemane, The Rules, Expect The Unexpected, The Road Not Taken, What Am I?, The Secret Life of Us, State of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 653 members
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  • Praise on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Peter Fenton,  peter fenton,  Sacha Horler
    Director: John Curran
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets barmaid Cynthia (Sacha Horler), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 51 members
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Joel Edgerton facts

5 most recent films

The Great Gatsby - 3.0 stars
The Odd Life Of Timothy Green - 3 stars
The Thing - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Thing - 3.5 stars
Warrior - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Warrior - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Warrior - 4.0 stars
The Secret Life Of Us - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Animal Kingdom - 3.5 stars
Animal Kingdom - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Odd Life Of Timothy Green - 3 stars
$9.99 - 2.0 stars
Open Window - 3.0 stars
The Great Gatsby - 3.0 stars
Acolytes - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samuel Johnson - 8 times - show films
Claudia Karvan - 8 times - show films
Sibylla Budd - 7 times - show films
Damian De Montemas - 7 times - show films
Deborah Mailman - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 7 times - show films
Gavin O'Connor - 3 times - show films
David Michod - 3 times - show films
Julian Jarrold - 2 times - show films
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. - 2 times - show films