Early life

Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, the son of Michael, a solicitor and property developer, and Marianne Edgerton. He graduated from The Hills Grammar School in 1991. He attended the Nepean Drama School at the University of Western Sydney, before moving on to various stage productions, most notably at Sydney Theatre Company.

Career

Edgerton has appeared in such films as Erskineville Kings, King Arthur, Ned Kelly, and as a young Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. He played Will on The Secret Life of Us, for which he won an AACTA Award in 2002. In 2005, he lent his voice to the title character of The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, an Academy Award-nominated animated short film. The same year, he appeared as the son of a deceased shoemaker in the British comedy Kinky Boots. He also appeared in Smokin' Aces (2006).

Edgerton appeared in the film Whisper (2007), The Square (which he co-wrote and was directed by his brother), Acolytes, and Separation City. In 2009, he starred alongside as Stanley in the Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire. He appeared in a production of the same play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2009. He starred as fictional MMA fighter Brendan Conlon in the MMA film Warrior (2011).

In February 2010, Edgerton was cast in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s 2011 prequel to The Thing, portraying helicopter pilot Sam Carter. He played Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 remake of The Great Gatsby. He was honoured for his work in international roles with the 2011 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.

In 2014, Edgerton starred in the biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings, as Ramesses II, Moses' adoptive brother, who became a notorious king. Edgerton directed, starred in, wrote, and produced the thriller The Gift, which was released on August 7, 2015. He co-starred in the 2015 film Black Mass as John Connolly, FBI contact and childhood friend of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger.

In 2016, he starred in the Jeff Nichols film Midnight Special, and will headline Nichols' upcoming film Loving.

Philanthropy

Edgerton has been an ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation for a number of years and has strong personal ties to the organization, which works to restore people's sight in poor countries and to improve Aboriginal health. In 2012, he visited Nepal, where he saw sight restored first hand. He has described social activism and his involvement with The Fred Hollows Foundation as "an escape" from the "materialistic life" that often surrounds an actor.

Personal life

Edgerton's brother, Nash, is a stuntman and filmmaker.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Loaded	Frog	Producer
1996	Race the Sun	Steve Fryman
1998	Never Tell Me Never	Pab
1998	Praise	Leo
1998	Bloodlock	Danny	Writer, producer
1999	Dogwatch	Sparrow
1999	Erskineville Kings	Wayne
2000	Sample People	Sem
2000	Gate
2001	Saturn's Return	Barney
2001	Pitch, TheThe Pitch	Guy	Writer
2002	Hard Word, TheThe Hard Word	Shane
2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Owen Lars
2003	Night We Called It a Day, TheThe Night We Called It a Day	Rod Blue
2003	Ned Kelly	Aaron Sherritt
2004	King Arthur	Gawain
2005	Kinky Boots	Charlie
2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Owen Lars
2005	Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, TheThe Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello	Jasper Morello	Voice
2006	Smokin' Aces	Hugo Croop
2006	Open Window	Peter
2007	Spider	Paramedic
2007	Crossbow	The Dad
2007	Whisper	Vince Delayo
2008	$9.99	Ron
2008	Square, TheThe Square	Billy	Writer, producer
2008	Father	Narrator
2008	Acolytes	Ian Wright
2009	Waiting City, TheThe Waiting City	Ben Simmons
2009	Separation City	Simon
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Metal Beak	Voice
2010	Animal Kingdom	Barry Brown
2011	Warrior	Brendan Conlon
2011	Thing, TheThe Thing	Sam Carter
2012	Wish You Were Here	Dave
2012	Odd Life of Timothy Green, TheThe Odd Life of Timothy Green	Jim Green
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Patrick
2013	Great Gatsby, TheThe Great Gatsby	Tom Buchanan
2013	Felony	Malcolm Toohey	Writer, producer
2014	The Rover		Writer
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Ramesses II
2015	Life	John G. Morris
2015	The Gift	Gordon "Gordo" Moseley	Also director, writer and producer
2015	Black Mass	John Connolly
2016	Jane Got a Gun	Dan Frost	Writer
2016	Midnight Special	Lucas
2016	Loving	Richard Loving	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Police Rescue	Andy	Episode: "Wild Card"
1995-1997	Spellbinder	Bazza	2 episodes
1996-1999	Water Rats	Aaron Lawrence	2 episodes
1997	Big Sky	Pierce Bateman	Episode: "Lost and Found"
	Fallen Angels	Scoob	Episode: "The Faust Lane"
1998	Wildside	Michael Savini	Episode: "Episode #1.15"
1999	Secret Men's Business	Baz	Television film
2000	The Three Stooges	Tom Cosgrove	Television film
2001-2002	Secret Life of Us, TheThe Secret Life of Us	Will McGill	series 1-2: 32 episodes
2002	Dossa and Joe	Robbo	2 episodes
2007	Dangerous	Senior Sergeant Mark Field
2009	Dirt Game	Shane Bevic	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2000	AACTA Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series	Secret Life of Us, TheThe Secret Life of Us	Nominated
2002		Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama		Won
	Logie Award	Most Outstanding Actor		Nominated
	AACTA Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Hard Word, TheThe Hard Word	Nominated
	Film Critics Circle of Australia Award	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2003			Ned Kelly	Nominated
2008	Melbourne Underground Film Festival Award	Best Actor	Acolytes	Won
	AACTA Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Square, TheThe Square	Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
2009	Film Critics Circle of Australia Award	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
		Best Screenplay - Original		Nominated
	New Zealand Film and TV Award	Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film	Separation City	Nominated
2010	Film Critics Circle of Australia Award	Best Actor	Waiting City, TheThe Waiting City	Won
	IF Award			Nominated
	AACTA Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Animal Kingdom	Won
2011	Film Critics Circle of Australia Award	Best Supporting Actor	Animal Kingdom & Waiting City, TheThe Waiting City	Won
2012	MTV Movie Award	Best Fight	Warrior	Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award	Best Ensemble	Zero Dark Thirty	Nominated
2013	Film Critics Circle of Australia Award	Best Actor	Wish You Were Here	Nominated
	AACTA Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
2014		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Great Gatsby	Won
	AACTA International Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
2015	Hollywood Film Awards	Breakout Actor	Black Mass	Won
	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film	The Gift	Nominated
	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Wide-Release Film		Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor		Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Sitges Film Festival	Best Actor		Won
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards	Breakthrough Film Artist		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]