Joel Edgerton

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Date of Birth : Jun 23rd 1973

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 Jasper Morello, an Academy Award nominated short film.

The same year, Edgerton appeared in the British comedy Kinky Boots, in a lead role alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor (Serenity), as the son of a deceased shoe maker who must find a niche market in the 21st Century. Assisted by Lola, a drag queen (Ejiofor), Charlie (Edgerton) starts to develop a line of women boots for men. The movie received much acclaim from fans of the drag queen movement, as well as from fans of British comedies in general. He also had a small role in the 2006 American film Smokin’ Aces.

Edgerton will next be seen in the upcoming films ‘Whisper’with Josh Holloway, ‘The Square,’ Directed by his brother Nash Edgerton, and ‘Acolytes’ an Australian film about teenagers who get revenge on a serial killer.