Nash Edgerton

Nash Edgerton
Edgerton at a Warrior premiere in Israel on 16 October 2011
Born	(1973-01-19) 19 January 1973 (age 51) Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)	Stuntman, filmmaker, actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Carla Ruffino ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1
Relatives	Joel Edgerton (brother)

Nash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director, stuntman and actor, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films.

Early life[edit]

Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and grew up in Dural (both suburbs of Sydney). He is the son of Marianne (van Dort), a homemaker, and Michael Edgerton, a solicitor/property developer.^[1][2][3] His younger brother is actor Joel Edgerton. His mother is a Dutch immigrant who was born in The Hague.^[4][5]

Career[edit]

Stuntman[edit]

As a stuntman, he has worked on such films as The Matrix trilogy, The Thin Red Line, Superman Returns, and, most notably, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, as the stunt double for Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi.^[6] His brother Joel appeared in those same films as young Owen Lars.

Director[edit]

Throughout Edgerton's career, he has made critically well-received short films often starring himself, such as Spider and Bear. He has also directed a total of four music videos for artist Bob Dylan ("Beyond Here Lies Nothin'", "Must Be Santa", "Duquesne Whistle", and "The Night We Called It a Day"). His feature-length directorial debut was The Square (2008), an Australian neo-noir thriller. His most recent film as director was Gringo, released in 2018.

From 2018 to 2021, Edgerton directed every episode of Mr Inbetween, an Australian television black comedy-drama series starring and written by Scott Ryan. The series is adapted from Ryan's 2005 film The Magician, which Edgerton helped Ryan expand from a short film. Edgerton's stepdaughter Chika Yasumura appears in the series as the daughter of Ryan's character.

Personal life[edit]

Edgerton began dating Carla Ruffino in 2011 and they married on 1 April 2014. He is stepfather to her daughter from a previous marriage, Chika Yasumura.^[7][8] They have one daughter together, born in 2015.^[9][10]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

• Police Rescue In Action (1994) as Alex's mate (TV special)
• Loaded (1996) as Richard - Short film co-directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith
• Deadline (1997) as Young filmmaker - Short film
• Bloodlock (1998) as Ian - Short film (co-directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith)
• Two Hands (1999) - Stunts
• The Matrix (1999) as Resistance Member / Stunt double, uncredited
• The Pitch (2001) - Short film
• Moulin Rouge! (2001) as Stagehand - Stunt team, uncredited
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) - Stunts
• Fuel (2003) - Short film
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as Security Guard #5
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003) - Stunts
• Lucky (2005) - Short film
• The IF Thing (2005) - Short film
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Stunts
• Macbeth (2006) as Macdonwald - Stunts
• Superman Returns (2006) - Stunts
• Spider (2007) - Short film
• Hammer Bay (2007) - TV movie
• The Square (2008) - Director
• Hesher (2010) - Stunt coordinator
• Knight and Day (2010) - Stunts
• Bear (2011) - Short film
• I Am Number Four (2011) as Mog - Stunts
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012) as Nate - DEVGRU EOD - Stunt double
• The Great Gatsby (2013) - Stunt double / stunt performer
• The Bling Ring (2013) - Stunt coordinator
• The Wolverine (2013) - Stunts
• Felony (2013) - Stunt coordinator / stunt double
• The Rover (2014) as Town Soldier
• Son of a Gun (2014) as Chris
• The Equalizer (2014) as Teddy's Guy - Stunts (uncredited)
• Jane Got a Gun (2015) as Fur Trader - Stunts
• The Gift (2015) as Frank Dale - Stunts^[11]
• Straight Outta Compton (2015) - Stunts
• American Ultra (2015) as Beedle - Stunts
• Sinister 2 (2015) - Stunts
• Miles Ahead (2015) - Stunt double
• The Nice Guys (2016) - Stunts (uncredited)
• The Darkness (2016) - Stunt coordinator
• American Pastoral (2016) - Stunt coordinator
• 20th Century Women (2016) - Stunt coordinator
• Please Stand By (2017) - Stunt coordinator
• Bright (2017) - Stunts
• Bleeding Steel (2017) - Stunts
• American Express (2017)
• Boy Erased (2018) - Stunt coordinator
• Gringo (2018) - Director
• Little Monsters (2019) - Stunts
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - Stunt performer / stunts
• Babyteeth (2019) - Stunt coordinator
• All the Bright Places (2020) - Stunt coordinator
• The Invisible Man (2020) as Security Guard

Television[edit]

• Love Child (2016) - Stunts, 1 episode
• Mr Inbetween (2018) as Trent - 1 episode, director
• Wolf Like Me (2022)

Music videos[edit]

• Crossfire (2010)
• Strong by London Gramma
• Duquesne Whistle by Bob Dylan (Director)

Awards and nominations[edit]

ARIA Music Awards[edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Nash Edgerton at IMDb

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