Joel Edgerton
Actor, screenwriter and filmmaker Joel Edgerton belongs to an elite collective of Australian artists who have enjoyed great success in Hollywood. After starting out in showbiz through the Australian tv show Police Rescue, he made his feature film debut in the comedy-drama Race the Sun (1996). Subsequently, Edgerton got his first big break courtesy of the Australian crime film The Hard Word (2002), which earned him an AACTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The epic space opera film Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), the action thriller Smokin' Aces (2006) were some of the actor's notable film credits outside of Australian cinema in the early part of his career.