Edward Norton

Edward Norton

54 · Born: Aug 18, 1969

Personal Details

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Net Worth 300,000,000.00
Born Aug 18, 1969 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
  • Lydia Robinson "Robin" Rouse
  • Edward Mower Norton Jr
Relatives
  • James Norton (Sibling)
  • Molly Norton (Sibling)

Biography

Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Columbia, Maryland, Norton was drawn to theatrical productions at local venues as a child. After graduating from Yale College in 1991, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. He gained immediate 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 reformed 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 emerged as a filmmaker in the 2000s. He 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 critical acclaim for his acting roles in films such as The Score (2001), 25th Hour (2002), 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 role in the black comedy Birdman (2014), Norton earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Career

2023
Asteroid City
Asteroid City as Conrad Earp
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Extrapolations
Extrapolations as Jonathan Chopin
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2022
High Noon on the Waterfront
High Noon on the Waterfront as Carl Foreman (voice)
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Glass Onion
Glass Onion as Miles Bron
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2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn as Lionel Essrog
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2018
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs as Rex (voice)
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2016
Collateral Beauty
Collateral Beauty as Whit Yardsham
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2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Bridge Inspection Supervisor
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2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel as Albert Henckels
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom as Scout Master Ward
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The Apple Pushers
The Apple Pushers as Narrator
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The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy as Byer
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2010
Stone
Stone as Stone
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2009
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass as Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid
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2008
Bustin' Down the Door
Bustin' Down the Door as Narrator
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The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk as Bruce Banner / The Hulk
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Pride and Glory
Pride and Glory as Ray Tierney
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2006
The Illusionist
The Illusionist as Eisenheim
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The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil as Dr. Walter Fane
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2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven as King Baldwin
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Down in the Valley
Down in the Valley as Harlan
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2003
The Italian Job
The Italian Job as Steve
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2002
25th Hour
25th Hour as Monty Brogan
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Death to Smoochy
Death to Smoochy as Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy
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Red Dragon
Red Dragon as Will Graham
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Frida
Frida as Nelson Rockefeller
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2001
The Score
The Score as Jack Teller
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2000
Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith as Father Brian Finn
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The Simpsons
The Simpsons
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1999
Fight Club
Fight Club as The Narrator
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1998
Rounders
Rounders as Lester 'Worm' Murphy
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Out of the Past
Out of the Past as Henry Gerber (voice)
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American History X
American History X as Derek
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1996
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You as Holden Spence
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The People vs. Larry Flynt
The People vs. Larry Flynt as Alan Isaacman
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Primal Fear
Primal Fear as Aaron
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2023
Uncharitable
Uncharitable
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2020
Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood
2018
Comedy Central Roasts
2013
Salinger
Salinger
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2007
Brando
Brando
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2003
Declaration of Independence
2002
Who Is Alan Smithee?
2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn as Director, Screenplay
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2000
Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith as Director
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