Joel Edgerton
| Born | June 23, 1974 |
| Hometown | Blacktown, Australia |
| Net worth | $4 million |
| Height | 5'10" (1.79m) |
| Partner | Christine Centenera |
| Parents | Michael Edgerton, Marianne Edgerton |
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Joel Edgerton Failed His ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Audition Because He Didn’t ‘Understand the Tone,’ Says ‘The World Is a Much Better Place That I’m Not Star Lord’
- Joel Edgerton revealed on The Playlist’s “Bingeworthy” podcast that he failed his audition for Star Lord in “Guardians of the Galaxy” because he just couldn’t nail down the tone writer-director James Gunn was looking for. Chris Pratt ended up getting the career-defining role, which he’d reprise in two “Guardians of the Galaxy” sequels and various …
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | Best Lead Actor | The Stranger (2022 film) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The King (2019 film) | Winner |
| 2018 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Boy Erased | Winner |
| 2017 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Loving (2016 film) | Nominated |
| 2013 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Great Gatsby (2013 film) | Winner |
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Joel Edgerton Details Failed Star-Lord Audition
Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Joel Edgerton recalled losing out on playing Peter Quill/Star-Lord to Chris Pratt in Marvel‘s Guardians of the Galaxy. “Star-Lord’s a good one, actually, because I, unlike Chris [Pratt], didn’t quite sort of understand the tone of it the way he did and the way that those guys did,” Edgerton said during an […]
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Joel Edgerton on Failing ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Audition: “The World Is a Much Better Place”
The Guardians of the Galaxy could’ve looked a little different. In an upcoming episode of The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast, Joel Edgerton revealed that he auditioned for the role of Star-Lord, which eventually went to Chris Pratt, in James Gunn’s Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. “I, unlike Chris, didn’t quite sort of understand the tone of it …
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
‘Dark Matter’ Review: Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly in Apple TV+’s Relentlessly Glum Take on ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
Blake Crouch adapts his own novel in this nine-part dimension-spanning sci-fi drama also featuring Alice Braga and Jimmi Simpson.
- EntertainmentThe Wrap
‘Dark Matter’ Showrunner Blake Crouch on Adapting His Sci-Fi Novel for Apple TV+
Crouch and EP Matt Tolmach unpack casting Joel Edgerton and making The Box come to life The post ‘Dark Matter’ Showrunner Blake Crouch on Adapting His Sci-Fi Novel for Apple TV+ appeared first on TheWrap.
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In the sci-fi thriller 'Dark Matter,' Joel Edgerton battles through parallel worlds
Apple TV+'s "Dark Matter," based on Blake Crouch's 2016 book, is a series about parallel realities, with a dose of domestic drama and some secret project shenanigans.
- EntertainmentThe Wrap
‘Dark Matter’ Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Stream?
The latest Apple TV+ sci-fi adaptation has arrived The post ‘Dark Matter’ Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Stream? appeared first on TheWrap.
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Dark Matter, review: multiple universe drama suffers from multiple episode syndrome
The head-scratching idea that we might exist in an infinite set of parallel universes is ripe with dramatic possibility. According to so-called quantum multiverse theory, the life you lead in a neighbouring reality can be subtly or entirely different. That’s the secret at the heart of Dark Matter (Apple+ TV), in which Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a blameless physics lecturer with a wife and a son, is kidnapped from his happy humdrum life in Chicago.
- EntertainmentThe Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Major motion picture 'Train Dreams' is filming in Spokane, to star Joel Edgerton and Oscar nominee Felicity Jones
May 8—Adapted from a novel set in the Idaho Panhandle, "Train Dreams" is filming in Eastern Washington and will begin its shoot in Spokane later this week. The film is led by Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, who was nominated for an Oscar for her leading role in the Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything." The movie also stars William H. Macy, Kerry Condon and Clifton Collins Jr. ...
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Apple's sci-fi 'Dark Matter': Family man pulled into parallel worlds
Blake Crouch has enjoyably adapted his own 2016 novel "Dark Matter" into a nine-episode series for Apple TV+, which aims to be your destination for classy sci-fi. It's got nothing to do with "dark matter" except as Shakespeare might have used the phrase to describe some sinister business — "This dark matter doth shade our bright prospects," something like that. Pseudoscientifically speaking, this is a parallel realities series, with a dose of domestic drama, some secret project shenanigans and a
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‘Dark Matter’ Review: Apple’s Sad Dad Sci-Fi Series Is Handsome but Shallow
A scenic Chicago and solemn Joel Edgerton can't quite salvage Blake Crouch's adaptation of his own novel, about a married father who's forced to reconsider his life's biggest choice.
