Edward Norton
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
110
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-08-18 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Edward Norton
Biography
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan 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 Fight Club (1999), garring a cult following. Norton established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003. He was a 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. This non-profit organization 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
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Modern Family
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Conan
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The One Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Golden Globe Awards
Fight Club
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Kingdom of Heaven
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Incredible Hulk
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
The Concert for New York City
The Bourne Legacy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Alita: Battle Angel
A Complete Unknown
Primal Fear
American History X
Sausage Party
The Oscars
The Illusionist
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
The Dictator
The American Revolution
The American Revolution
The Italian Job
Rounders
Isle of Dogs
Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
Extrapolations
The Score
Ask the Storybots
The People vs. Larry Flynt
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Asteroid City
Moonrise Kingdom
Cal Ripken Jr - The Ironman's Legendary Career
Stone
The Invention of Lying
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Comedy Central Roasts
Rachael Ray
Frida
Fasting and the Longevity Revolution
25th Hour
Baltimore Orioles Legends - Cal Ripken Jr. The Iron Man's Legendary Career
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Everyone Says I Love You
Motherless Brooklyn
Collateral Beauty
Keeping the Faith
The Invite
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
The Painted Veil
Pride and Glory
Bustin' Down the Door
Down in the Valley
Stella
Leaves of Grass
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Bad River
Death to Smoochy
Red Dragon
Nature Is Speaking
Vidéo Club
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Brando: The Documentary
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
Salinger
Forever Hollywood
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
The 53rd Calypso
Brando
Only in America
Inside the Actors Studio
Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy
From Rails to Trails
Declaration of Independence
Strange Days on Planet Earth
High Noon on the Waterfront
Sunday Morning Shootout
Out of the Past
Belmondo l'influenceur
UnCharitable
The Apple Pushers
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Making "The Score"
Longevity Hackers
Paper Birds
