Australian actor Joel Edgerton was greeted by fans as he jetted into Melbourne on Saturday.

The 49-year-old Hollywood star wore a tan buttoned up shirt, blue jeans, and light yellow boots as he made his way through the domestic terminal.

He completed his look with an off-white hat and backpack as he was stopped by fans who wanted an autograph.

In a sweet moment, the Master Gardener star knelt down for a child who was excited to meet him.

After signing autographs, the Aussie star headed out to catch his transportation into the city.

The sighting comes after Joel claimed that Hollywood superstar George Clooney gave him Covid last month. 

The Australian actor was appearing on The Sunday Project when he said that he and the entire cast of his latest film The Boys in the Boat, which Clooney directed, contracted the illness at a party which he described as a 'Petri dish'

'The legendary cast dinner. I thought post COVID was a thing of the past,' he began.

'It was George, so we held it in this private, in a really tiny cellar door kind of room. An incubator,' he said.

'Within three weeks every member of that dinner had COVID except for one, I think, who'd previously had it.'

Joel said that George accused him of being the one who had Covid first, but he insists it was actually Clooney who spread the bug. 

'George decided in the last year I'm patient zero. But I've been going around telling everyone George Clooney grcdf ave me Covid,' Joel joked. 

He added that he thought it 'sounded cool' to have caught the illness from the celebrated actor. 

Joel stars in the new Clooney-directed drama The Boys in the Boat which tells the true story of nine student athletes.

The film follows the University of Washington crew team that represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympic games in Berlin.

It is based on the 2013 book of the same name by Daniel James Brown and also stars Callum Turner.

The film was released by Amazon MGM Studios in the United States on December 25 and came to Australian cinemas on January 4th 2024.