Joel Edgerton Net Worth

Joel Edgerton net worth is $3 million.

Date of Birth: 23 June, 1974

Nationality: Australian

Religion: Non Religious

Joel Edgerton is 41 years old now. To that age he managed to earn a couple of millions. He took part in various movies that became box office hits. The fans know him as Owen Lars in Star Wars II and III. Among his latest successful roles is Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.

Joel Edgerton Biography

Joel Edgerton was born in 1974, on the 23rd of June. His birthplace is Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He grew up in a family of a lawyer and a housewife. Joel has an elder brother Nash Edgerton, who has also become an actor.

Joel got interested in acting from the very childhood. Together with his brother he created home videos, where Joel was an actor and screenwriter, while his brother was a film director and stuntman.

Joel Edgerton attended the local high school, where he was a kind of a bully. After graduating he entered the University of Western Sydney’s Nepean Drama School. There he studied hard in order to become a professional actor. Joel graduated in 1994. He was ready to make career as an actor.

Together with his brother Joel founded the film production company Blue Tongue Productions. He tried to develop his new business, looking for the debut roles at the same time.

His first screen work is the role in Australian TV series “Spellbinder”. He took part in various movies in his native Australia and became quite popular at his motherland. In 2001 Joel Edgerton has got some extra kudos after participation in the TV series “The Secret Life of Us”. For his work in TV series the actor has got Australian Film Institute Award. Thus he was noticed not only by Australian but also by American producers as well.

Joel Edgerton Star Wars was his big break.

UNCUT interview with Joel Edgerton from The Great Gatsby

Joel Edgerton Salary

Per year: $352, 000

Per month: $30, 000

Per week: $7, 335

Per day: $1, 050

Joel Edgerton movies bring him the most part of his annual income. Some amount of money he gets from endorsement deals – about $130, 000 annually. Joel Edgerton also earns some money as a film director and producer. He tries his hand in writing scripts too.

He has got the following salary as an actor:

1. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith – $190, 000

George Lucas movie with such stars as Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman was successful with both, critics and the audience. Although Joel’s salary was comparatively low, this gem in his movie list helped him to get really interesting offers from American producers.

2. Warrior – $210, 000

Joel Edgerton Warrior is box office hit. Probably, this film is one of the most successful in his filmography. The story of Brendan Conlon, a warrior, and his father, an alcoholic boxer, pushed an actor to stardom.

3. The Great Gatsby – $320, 000

This film had everything to become cult – the interesting plot, based on the book of Francis Scott Fitzgerald, the star cast, which included Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Isla Fisher and the talented film director Baz Luhrmann. The project was amplitudinous, but it got modest reviews from critics. Nevertheless, Joel’s work was estimated high.

4. Life – $350, 000

The movie of Anton Corbijn is rather the chance for young actors Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson to push their careers than an opportunity for Joel Edgerton to show his acting talent. Nevertheless he put the cash into his pocket – that is also good, isn’t it?

5. Black Mass – $240, 000

Johnny Depp is considered as the most disastrous actor of the year. The movie Black Mass, where he played the title role, is hard to call too successful. But the supporting actor Joel Edgerton tried his best!

“Jane Got a Gun” is the latest movie of an Australian actor. His Dan Frost, the screen lover of Natalie Portman, and one of the main heroes in the film, was handsome and dangerous at the same time. It is hard to tell now, if this movie becomes a box office hit or not. But Joel Edgerton remains the high paid actor – that is for sure. What is about his personal life? Is it as successful as his career?

Joel Edgerton Personal Life

Is Joel Edgerton married? In fact, he is not. The actor was caught by paparazzi several times, having dinner with a mysterious brunette, whom he was rumored to date. But the actor insists he is officially single. Joel Edgerton was in long term relationship with Cathy Freeman, an Olympic athlete, with an actress Robin McLeavy and a writer Alexis Blake.

Joel Edgerton House

The A list star owns a house in Los Angeles. It is rumored to cost about $1, 5 million.

Holliday Grainger Car

Joel Edgerton also has a big black vehicle. Probably it is Audi R8 that is the favorite car of various Hollywood celebrities. The actor is fond of brand clothes. Very often he can be noticed in LA, buying packs of expensive clothes and home belongings.

The actor looks extremely elegant at the red carpet, but he prefers casual style in his everyday life. Joel Edgerton very often is caught by photographs, wearing simple jeans and T shirts.

Joel Edgerton continues to take part in interesting complicated movies, so his fans can admire their favorite actor in new projects annually.

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