Edgerton plays the young Owen Lars in George Lucas’ six-part Star Wars saga. Edgerton plays Owen in Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005).
The older Owen is played by Phil Brown in the previously made Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). Joel Edgerton is also known for the films Animal Kingdom, The Thing and Warrior. In the Netflix film Bright (2017) he plays Nick, an orchestra and colleague of agent Ward (Will Smith).
In Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001-02). For this performamce he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television drama.
In 2015, Edgerton received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a psychological horror-thriller film Edgerton wrote, directed, co-produced, and in which he co-starred.