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Edward Norton
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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.
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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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
The Simpsons
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Modern Family
Ask the Storybots
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Comedy Central Roasts
Stella
Sunday Morning Shootout
The Dictator
Alita: Battle Angel
After the Sunset
The French Dispatch
The Invention of Lying
Extrapolations
Sausage Party
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Asteroid City
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Kingdom of Heaven
Isle of Dogs
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Moonrise Kingdom
The Italian Job
The Bourne Legacy
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Primal Fear
Rounders
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Score
Collateral Beauty
The Incredible Hulk
Motherless Brooklyn
American History X
The Illusionist
Fight Club
Red Dragon
Production Credits
Motherless Brooklyn
Gotti
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