Edward Norton

Known for ActingBorn 1969-08-18 (age 56)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Paper Birds

Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.

Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming

Behind Bars: The Making of Stone

Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"

Dirty Work

Nature Is Speaking

Belmondo l'influenceur

Fight Club

Forever Hollywood

American History X

On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"

The Grand Budapest Hotel

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Isle of Dogs

Modern Family

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Simpsons

Moonrise Kingdom

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

Declaration of Independence

Vidéo Club

Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy

Primal Fear

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

Inside the Actors Studio

Alita: Battle Angel

Frida

Collateral Beauty

The Painted Veil

The Illusionist

Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

A Complete Unknown

25th Hour

Conan

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

UnCharitable

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Comedy Central Roasts

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Ask the Storybots

The Apple Pushers

Kingdom of Heaven

Red Dragon

Bad River

Sausage Party: Foodtopia