Edward Norton
- Acting
- August 18, 1969 · 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 · Hawk
- TFI Unplugged
- The American Revolution · Benjamin Rush / Philip Vickers Fithian / Philip Schuyler (Voice)
- From Rails to Trails · Narrator
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" · Self
- A Complete Unknown · Pete Seeger
- Longevity Hackers · Self
- Sausage Party: Foodtopia · Sammy (Voice)
- Bad River · Self
- UnCharitable · Self
- Asteroid City · Conrad Earp
- Extrapolations · Jonathan Chopin
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Miles Bron
- High Noon on the Waterfront · Carl Foreman (Voice)
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · The Chauffeur
- Paper Birds · Robert
- Belmondo l'influenceur · Self
- Motherless Brooklyn · Lionel Essrog, Screenplay
- Alita: Battle Angel · Nova (uncredited)
- Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis · Self
- Gotti · Producer
- Isle of Dogs · Rex (Voice)
- One October · Executive producer
- Collateral Beauty · Whit Yardsham
- Ask the Storybots
- Sausage Party · Sammy Bagel Jr. (Voice)
- Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' · Self / Scout Ward
- Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. · Self, Camera Operator
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Nature Is Speaking · The Soil
- Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming · Narrator
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) · Mike
- Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Bridge Inspection Supervisor
- The Grand Budapest Hotel · Henckels
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Salinger · Self
- The Bourne Legacy · Byer
- Moonrise Kingdom · Scout Master Ward
- The Dictator · Self
- The Apple Pushers · Self
- Behind Bars: The Making of Stone · Self
- Conan · Self
- Stone · Stone
- By the People: The Election of Barack Obama · Producer
- The Invention of Lying · Cop
- Modern Family · Izzy LaFontaine
- Leaves of Grass · Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid, Producer
- Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" · Self
- The Making of 'The Incredible Hulk' · Self
- The Incredible Hulk: Becoming the Hulk · Self
- The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out in the Bottling Plant · Self
- The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out on Campus · Self
- The Incredible Hulk: Hulking Out in Harlem · Self
- Pride and Glory · Ray Tierney
- Bustin' Down the Door · Narrator (Voice)
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence · Self
- The Incredible Hulk · Bruce Banner
- Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound · Self
- Brando · Self
- Brando: The Documentary · Self
- The Painted Veil · Dr. Walter Fane, Producer
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions · Narrator (Voice)
- Rachael Ray
- The Illusionist · Eisenheim
- The One Show · Self
- Stella
- Down in the Valley · Harlan Fairfax Curruthers, Producer
- Kingdom of Heaven · King Baldwin (uncredited)
- Strange Days on Planet Earth
- Dirty Work · Executive producer
- Sunday Morning Shootout
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Comedy Central Roasts · Self
- Declaration of Independence · Self