Edward Norton
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-08-18
- Place of birth:
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his debut in Primal Fear (1996), which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. His role as a redeemed neo-Nazi in American History X (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also starred in the film Fight Club (1999), which garnered a cult following. Norton established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003, and was director or producer of the films Keeping the Faith (2000), Down in the Valley (2005), and The Painted Veil (2006). He continued to receive praise for his acting roles in films such as The Score (2001), 25th Hour (2002), The Italian Job (2003), The Illusionist (2006), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). His biggest commercial successes have been Red Dragon (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Incredible Hulk (2008), and The Bourne Legacy (2012). For his roles as a haughty actor in Birdman (2014) and Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown (2024), Norton earned further Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He has also directed and acted in the crime film Motherless Brooklyn (2019) and starred in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Norton is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. He is a trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit organization that advocates for affordable housing, and serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. He is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.
Known For
Filmography
The Invite
TFI Unplugged
The American Revolution
From Rails to Trails
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
A Complete Unknown
Longevity Hackers
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Bad River
UnCharitable
Asteroid City
Extrapolations
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
High Noon on the Waterfront
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Paper Birds
Belmondo l'influenceur
Motherless Brooklyn
Alita: Battle Angel
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Isle of Dogs
Collateral Beauty
Ask the Storybots
Sausage Party
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Nature Is Speaking
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Salinger
The Bourne Legacy
Moonrise Kingdom
The Dictator
The Apple Pushers
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
Conan
Stone
The Invention of Lying
Modern Family
Leaves of Grass
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
The Making of 'The Incredible Hulk'
The Incredible Hulk: Becoming the Hulk
The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out in the Bottling Plant
The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out on Campus
The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out in Harlem
Pride and Glory
Bustin' Down the Door
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
The Incredible Hulk
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Brando
Brando: The Documentary
The Painted Veil
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Rachael Ray
The Illusionist
The One Show
Stella
Down in the Valley
Kingdom of Heaven
Strange Days on Planet Earth
Sunday Morning Shootout
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Comedy Central Roasts
Declaration of Independence
The Italian Job
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
25th Hour
Red Dragon
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
Frida
Death to Smoochy
Secret Killers of Monterey Bay
Cal Ripken Jr - The Ironman's Legendary Career
Baltimore Orioles Legends - Cal Ripken Jr. The Iron Man's Legendary Career
Making "The Score"
The Concert for New York City
The Score
Fight Club: Behind the Scenes
Keeping the Faith
Fight Club
Forever Hollywood
Rounders
Out of the Past
American History X
The View
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Everyone Says I Love You
The Daily Show
Primal Fear
The 53rd Calypso
Inside the Actors Studio
Only in America
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Fasting and the Longevity Revolution
Porto Rico