Joel
Edgerton is an Australian actor and filmmaker born on 23rd June, 1974. He grew
up in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia but then moved to Sydney, where he
attended to Hills Grammar School and then to Nepean Drama School in 1994. His
first appearance was in the TV series, The Secret Life of Us (2001), which made
him win an AACTA Award and be nominated to an AFI. He’s better known for his
roles in films such as Star Wars: Episode II (2002), The Great Gatsby (2013)
and Warrior (2001). Edgerton also co-stared Johnny Depp, playing John Conolly,
in the acclaimed 2015 film, Black Mass.
Joel Edgerton Religion
Joel grew
up in a strict Catholic family, but nowadays he doesn’t even go to church and
has no religion at all. This unchained a lot of controversy since he has
participated in several religious movies, without having a religion himself.
Edgerton once declared that as a child, he used to feel guilty for small things
because of religion, and that many of his decisions today are a reflection of
it.
Joel Edgerton Political Views
Edgerton
hasn’t made any comments about his political views directly or about any
president’s actions, so it is difficult to determine if he tends to some
certain party. However, in his last movie, Loving (2016), it’s obvious he
clearly supports racial equality and Human Rights; in fact, he even declared
that this last work of his made him feel embarrassed about Australian marriage
equality laws (comparing them to US’s).
Who is he dating?
There are
plenty of rumors about Joel’s to be dating Dayana Reeves, a French model who he
has been seen with in several pictures and in Cannes Film Festival, even posing
with matching rings, but none of them has confirmed their relationship to date.
Edgerton has had another engagement before, with Alexis Blake, with who he
broke up with in 2013. He also was said to be dating Wanessa Wilhomem on
February 2016, but this neither was ever confirmed.
Joel Edgerton Hobbies
Joel
confessed that one of the things he enjoyed the most as a kid was making home
movies with his old brother, with who he played them for relatives and friends.
He also loves sweets, says is addicted to them, specially jelly beans and
chocolate. He can’t have some in front of him because he’ll eat them, no matter
if he wants or not. Edgerton likes music a lot, and likes to go to concerts
frequently, even if he doesn’t know the artist.
Interesting Facts
Joel has
often spoken up against piracy, above all because it’s a big problem for the
copyright of directors.
His old
brother is Nash Edgerton.
Joel’s
first job was making French pastries and filling profiteroles with cream.
He likes to
watch movies he hasn’t in flights only.
One of his
favorite musicians is Hozier, who he knew by chance, attending at one of his
concerts without knowing who he was.
His
favorite music genre is rap, and usually listens to Public Enemy and Run DMC
old songs.
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