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Edgerton

American  
[ej-er-tuhn] / ˈɛdʒ ər tən /

noun

  1. Harold Eugene Doc, 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.


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“Train Dreams,” a film on Netflix starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, is breathtaking in the most literal way, delivering emotion like a sucker punch.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.

From The Wall Street Journal

Teaming with actor Joel Edgerton, they went into the woods and emerged with something poetic.

From Los Angeles Times

There has always been a sturdiness about Edgerton, a sense of solid forthrightness that is put to great use here in what may be his most fully realized performance.

From Los Angeles Times

That Edgerton seems so credible as a man of the early 20th century also makes him believable as someone who has seen his moment pass him by.

From Los Angeles Times