'', May 2013 Edgerton has appeared in such films as
Erskineville Kings,
King Arthur and
Ned Kelly. In the
Star Wars franchise, he played a young
Owen Lars in
Attack of the Clones (2002) and
Revenge of the Sith (2005) and reprised the role in the
Disney+ series
Obi-Wan Kenobi. 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 appeared in ''
Smokin' Aces'' (2006). Edgerton appeared in the film
Whisper (2007),
The Square (which he co-wrote and which was directed by his brother
Nash Edgerton),
Acolytes, and
Separation City. In 2009, he starred 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 appeared in the crime drama film
Animal Kingdom as Barry Baz Brown in 2010 in which he won an AFI award. He starred as fictional
MMA fighter Brendan Conlon in the 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 2013, it was revealed that Edgerton and
David Michôd had collaborated on writing an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henriad" plays,
Henry IV, Part 1,
Henry IV, Part 2 and
Henry V, for
Warner Bros. Pictures. 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 7 August 2015 and grossed 60 million with a budget of 5 million. 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 films
Midnight Special and
Loving, and in 2017, he starred in the film
Bright as Officer Nick Jacoby, an
orc who is a police officer. In 2018, Edgerton headlined
Francis Lawrence's thriller film
Red Sparrow with
Jennifer Lawrence, and based on the book by Jason Matthews. He plays Nathaniel Nash, a CIA agent who becomes involved with a Russian spy Dominika Egorova (Lawrence). In February 2018,
Timothée Chalamet joined the cast of
The King, with
Brad Pitt,
Dede Gardner, and
Jeremy Kleiner producing, alongside
Liz Watts, under their
Plan B Entertainment banner. In March 2018, Edgerton joined the cast of the film. In April 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, it was announced that a new film,
The Unknown Man, directed by
Thomas M. Wright, would begin filming in South Australia as soon as enough of the
COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. It was released in 2022 as
The Stranger. In September 2020, Edgerton was tapped to star in and executive produce limited series
The Florida Man based on a novel of the same name by Tom Cooper. In 2021, Edgerton starred in the medieval fantasy film
The Green Knight written and directed by David Lowery. In 2024, Edgerton guest starred in the
Bluey episode "
The Sign", voicing a
German Shepherd policeman. In 2025, Edgerton starred in the drama film
Train Dreams, receiving universal acclaim from the critics. The performance earned him nominations for the
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor and the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance, among others. ==Philanthropy==