Claim: Loving starred a man.

Joel Edgerton -LRB- born 23 June 1974 -RRB- is an Australian actor and filmmaker . He has appeared in films such as Star Wars : Episode II -- Attack of the Clones -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , Warrior -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , The Thing -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Zero Dark Thirty -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and The Great Gatsby -LRB- 2013 -RRB- . Edgerton starred in the biblical epic Exodus : Gods and Kings -LRB- 2014 -RRB- as the main antagonist Ramesses II and in 2015 co-starred with Johnny Depp as corrupt FBI Agent John Connolly in the biographical drama Black Mass -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .   In Australia , Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in The Secret Life of Us for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama in 2002 and appeared in the film Animal Kingdom -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role .   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 thriller that Edgerton wrote , directed , co-produced , and co-starred in .   Edgerton garnered 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 - Motion Picture Drama . Edgerton will soon star as Nathaniel Nash in a film adaptation of Jason Matthews ' book Red Sparrow .