1969-08-18 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Bad River | Narrator | 2024-03-15 | |
UnCharitable | Self | 2023-09-22 | |
Asteroid City | Conrad Earp | 2023-06-08 | |
High Noon on the Waterfront | Carl Foreman (voice) | 2022-09-04 | |
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Miles Bron | 2022-11-12 | |
Paper Birds | Robert | 2021-06-14 | |
The French Dispatch | The Chauffeur | 2021-10-21 | |
Belmondo l'influenceur | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-10 | |
Motherless Brooklyn | Lionel Essrog | 2019-10-31 | |
Alita: Battle Angel | Nova (uncredited) | 2019-01-31 | |
Isle of Dogs | Rex (voice) | 2018-03-23 | |
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis | Self | 2018-07-29 | |
Sausage Party | Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice) | 2016-07-11 | |
Collateral Beauty | Whit Yardsham | 2016-12-15 | |
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self / Stefon | 2015-02-15 | |
À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom | Self / Scout Ward | 2015-09-22 | |
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) | Self | 2015-05-18 | |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Albert Henckels | 2014-02-26 | |
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Mike Shiner | 2014-10-17 | |
Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014-05-06 | |
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel | Self / Henckels | 2014-06-17 | |
Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 | |
Moonrise Kingdom | Scout Master Ward | 2012-05-16 | |
The Dictator | Self | 2012-05-15 | |
The Bourne Legacy | Byer | 2012-08-08 | |
The Apple Pushers | Narrator (voice) | 2012-02-10 | |
Moonrise Kingdom: Welcome to the Island of New Penzance | Self | 2012-10-16 | |
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone | Self | 2011-01-18 | |
Stone | Stone | 2010-10-07 | |
Leaves of Grass | Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid | 2009-09-13 | |
The Invention of Lying | Cop | 2009-10-02 | |
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" | Self | 2009-01-27 | |
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Self - Bruce Banner / Hulk, The Incredible Hulk (2008) | 2008-06-10 | |
Bustin' Down the Door | Narrator (voice) | 2008-07-25 | |
Pride and Glory | Ray Tierney | 2008-09-09 | |
The Incredible Hulk | Bruce Banner / The Hulk | 2008-06-12 | |
Brando | Self | 2007-05-01 | |
The Painted Veil | Dr. Walter Fane | 2006-12-09 | |
The Illusionist | Eisenheim | 2006-08-18 | |
Kingdom of Heaven | King Baldwin | 2005-05-03 | |
Down in the Valley | Harlan | 2005-05-13 | |
After the Sunset | Edward Norton | 2004-11-12 | |
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Himself | 2003-04-03 | |
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003-05-20 | |
The Italian Job | Steve | 2003-05-30 | |
Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 | |
Frida | Nelson Rockefeller | 2002-08-29 | |
Red Dragon | Will Graham | 2002-10-02 | |
25th Hour | Monty Brogan | 2002-12-19 | |
Death to Smoochy | Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy | 2002-03-29 | |
The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 | |
The Score | Jack Teller | 2001-07-13 | |
Keeping the Faith | Father Brian Finn | 2000-04-14 | |
Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 | |
Fight Club | Narrator | 1999-10-15 | |
American History X | Derek | 1998-07-01 | |
Out of the Past | Henry Gerber (voice) | 1998-07-31 | |
Rounders | Lester 'Worm' Murphy | 1998-09-11 | |
The 53rd Calypso | Jon Sodon | 1996-01-01 | |
The People vs. Larry Flynt | Alan Isaacman | 1996-12-25 | |
Primal Fear | Aaron | 1996-03-06 | |
Everyone Says I Love You | Holden Spence | 1996-12-06 | |
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Bill | 1995-05-20 | |
Only in America | Duane / James / Bruno / Eric / The museum guard | 1994-01-01 | |
A Complete Unknown | Pete Seeger |