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Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and producer. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018) and The King (2019). 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. Edgerton garnered further critical acclaim for his performance as Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 2018, he wrote, directed and starred in the drama Boy Erased, about gay conversion therapy. In 2019, he starred and co-wrote The King.

Joel Edgerton

Owen Lars
for Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Suggested by stevenkelly

In this reimagined Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, the Republic sends Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi to mediate a growing political crisis on Alderaan, where tensions between the Trade Federation, the Alderaanians, and the Gungans erupt into violence after a deadly bombing orchestrated from the shadows by Sheev Palpatine and his Sith apprentice, Darth Maul. Forced to rescue Queen Padmé Amidala and flee the occupied world, the heroes crash-land on Tatooine, where they encounter the gifted teenage slave Anakin Skywalker. Through a high-stakes podrace and a series of dangerous encounters, Qui-Gon becomes convinced that Anakin is destined for something greater, while Obi-Wan slowly develops a brotherly bond with the young pilot despite his reservations about training someone so old and emotionally attached. Back on Coruscant, the Jedi Council rejects Anakin and dismisses the return of the Sith, while Palpatine manipulates the Senate into a political crisis that elevates his own power. Refusing to stand aside, Qui-Gon leads a mission back to Alderaan, where Gungans and Alderaanians unite against the Trade Federation in a climactic four-front battle involving a space assault, a ground war, a palace siege, and an epic duel with Darth Maul. Qui-Gon sacrifices his life to save his companions, inspiring Obi-Wan to overcome his anger and defeat the Sith warrior. Although the heroes liberate Alderaan and forge a new alliance, Palpatine quietly emerges as the true victor by becoming Supreme Chancellor, while Obi-Wan honors his master's dying wish by taking Anakin as his apprentice—setting in motion the destiny that will shape the future of the galaxy.