
Edward Norton
1 FOLLOWER • 51 CREDITS • AUG 18, 1969 • 55
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.
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Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Simpsons

The Daily Show

Golden Globe Awards

The One Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Oscars

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Modern Family

Ask the Storybots

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Comedy Central Roasts

Stella

Sunday Morning Shootout

The Dictator

Alita: Battle Angel

After the Sunset

Kingdom of Heaven

The French Dispatch

The Invention of Lying

Extrapolations

Sausage Party

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Asteroid City

Primal Fear

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Moonrise Kingdom

Isle of Dogs

The Italian Job

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

The Bourne Legacy

Sausage Party: Foodtopia

The Score

A Complete Unknown

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Collateral Beauty

Rounders

Red Dragon

The Illusionist

American History X

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Fight Club

Motherless Brooklyn

The Incredible Hulk
Production Credits
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