Nash Edgerton | |
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 Edgerton at a Warrior premiere in Israel on 16 October 2011 | |
| Born | 19 January 1973 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.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2002 | Nash Edgerton for Eskimo Joe's "Liar" | Best Video | Nominated | [12] |
| 2004 | Nash Edgerton for The Sleepy Jackson's "Good Dancers" | Nominated |
