- Joel's brother, Nash Edgerton, was also in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Nash was the stunt double for Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
- His short film Monkeys (2011) was selected for Australian short film event Final Cut in 2012, where it was awarded the Audience Favourite Prize alongside short films from award-winning filmmakers David Ludlow [Drifting (2010)] and Kelly Hucker [Kwik Fix (2010)].
- His favorite actors are Gene Hackman, Gary Oldman, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ben Mendelsohn.
- Was in a relationship with Olympic Gold medalist Cathy Freeman from 2003-2005.
- His mother is a Dutch emigrant, who was born in The Hague and moved to Australia in 1957. Her family is from Bodegraven-Reeuwijk and North Brabant.
- The Edgerton brothers have collaborated on several film projects.
- Is the second Star Wars actor to have played Sir Gawain in a King Arthur movie. Liam Neeson played the role in Excalibur (1981).
- Joel appears in the music video for Ben Lee's (Claire Danes's then-boyfriend) 2002 single "Something Borrowed, Something Blue". The music video was directed by Joel's brother Nash Edgerton.
- Founding member of 'Blue-Tongue Films'.
- Studied acting at Theatre Nepean in Sydney, Australia.
- When he graduated from high school he attended University of Western Sydney-Nepean Kingswood Campus and studied Drama there
- Attended Hills Grammar School in Sydney's north-west.
- In 2013, he was set to star in The Double Hour, a remake of the Italian film The Double Hour (2009), alongside Michelle Williams, but the project fell apart.
- Auditioned for the role of "Ty-Zor" in McG's now-aborted version of "Superman."
- Starred in Ned Kelly (2003) with Orlando Bloom. Bloom in turn starred with Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Kiera also starred in King Arthur (2004) with Edgerton.
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