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Edward Norton

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn August 18, 1969 (55 years)
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan 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 Fight Club (1999), garring a cult following.

Norton established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003. He was a 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. This non-profit organization 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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Illusionist
  • Everyone Says I Love You
  • Leaves of Grass
  • Down in the Valley
  • By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
  • America's Game

Known For

  • Fight Club
  • American History X
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • The Illusionist
  • Red Dragon
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Glass Onion
  • 25th Hour
  • Primal Fear
  • The Italian Job
  • The Painted Veil
  • The Bourne Legacy
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Rounders
  • A Complete Unknown
  • The Score
  • Motherless Brooklyn
  • Pride and Glory
  • Keeping the Faith
  • Collateral Beauty
  • Isle of Dogs
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt
  • Leaves of Grass

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    A Complete Unknown · as Pete Seeger
    2024
    Sausage Party: Foodtopia (TV Series) · as Sammy (voice)
    2023
    Asteroid City · as Conrad Earp
    2023
    Extrapolations (TV Series) · as Jonathan Chopin
    2022
    Glass Onion · as Miles Bron
    2022
    High Noon on the Waterfront · as Carl Foreman (voice)
    2021
    The French Dispatch · as The Chauffeur
    2019
    Motherless Brooklyn · as Lionel Essrog
    2019
    Alita: Battle Angel · as Nova (uncredited)
    2018
    Isle of Dogs · as Rex (voice)
    2016
    Collateral Beauty · as Whit Yardsham
    2016
    Ask the StoryBots (TV Series)
    2016
    Sausage Party · as Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice)
    2015
    2014
    2014
    Nature Is Speaking (TV Series) · as The Soil
    2014
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Bridge Inspection Supervisor
    2014
    SNL Shorts · as Owen Wilson
    2014
    2012
    2012
    Moonrise Kingdom · as Scout Master Ward
    2011
    The Apple Pushers · as Narrator (voice)
    2010
    Stone · as Stone
    2009
    2009
    Modern Family (TV Series) · as Izzy Lafontaine
    2009
    Leaves of Grass · as Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid
    2008
    Pride and Glory · as Ray Tierney
    2008
    Bustin' Down the Door · as Narrator (voice)
    2008
    The Incredible Hulk · as Bruce Banner
    2006
    The Painted Veil · as Dr. Walter Fane
    2006
    America's Game (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2006
    Rachael Ray (TV Series)
    2006
    The Illusionist · as Eisenheim
    2005
    2005
    Stella (TV Series)
    2005
    Kingdom of Heaven · as King Baldwin (uncredited)
    2005
    2003
    2003
    The Italian Job · as Steve
    2002
    25th Hour · as Monty Brogan
    2002
    Frida · as Nelson Rockefeller
    2002
    Red Dragon · as Will Graham
    2002
    Death to Smoochy · as Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy
    2001
    The Score · as Jack Teller
    2000
    Keeping the Faith · as Father Brian Finn
    1999
    Fight Club · as Narrator
    1999
    1998
    Rounders · as Lester 'worm' Murphy
    1998
    American History X · as Derek
    1998
    Out of the Past · as Henry Gerber (voice)
    1996
    The People vs. Larry Flynt · as Alan Isaacman
    1996
    1996
    Primal Fear · as Aaron/roy Stampler
    1994
    Only in America · as Duane / Kevin / Bruno / Eric / Museum Guard
    1992
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Devon Bradley (voice)

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