Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 18, 1969
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
116 titles
Edward Norton
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
The American Revolution
Benjamin Rush / Philip Vickers Fithian / Philip Schuyler (voice)
From Rails to Trails
Narrator
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Self
A Complete Unknown
Pete Seeger
Longevity Hackers
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Sammy (voice)
Bad River
Self - Narrator (voice)
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 (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn
Lionel Essrog
Alita: Battle Angel
Nova (uncredited)
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Self
Vidéo Club
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
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 - Narrator (voice)
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 - Actor
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Self
The Bourne Legacy
Byer
Moonrise Kingdom
Scout Master Ward
The Dictator
Self
The Apple Pushers
Self - Narrator (voice)
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
Self
Conan
Self
Stone
Stone
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Producer