The acclaimed Australian actor is a stalwart of the Star Wars universe as well as a veteran of a string of chewy independent thrillers – so get your questions over to him now
Like most Australian actors in Hollywood, you can trace Joel Edgerton’s career back to a soap opera. In this case, it’s The Secret Life of Us,, which led to his breakout film role as “Uncle” Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, as well as the 2022 TV series Obi-Wan Kenobi. (It definitely helped that Edgerton has an uncanny resemblance to Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker’s step-uncle in the original 1977 Star Wars film.
And, once you’ve done Star Wars, Hollywood beckons. Edgerton appeared with James Gandolfini and Chris Pratt in Zero Dark Thirty, the dramatisation of the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden. He was in historical adventure King Arthur with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley and romantic drama The Great Gatsby, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. He also went back to Australia for astonishing crime drama Animal Kingdom – the film which also brought Ben Mendelsohn and Jackie Weaver to international attention.
