Edward Norton
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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Acted in
A Complete Unknown
2024
as Pete Seeger
Longevity Hackers
2024
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
2024
as Sammy (voice)
Bad River
2024
as Narrator
UnCharitable
2023
as Self
Asteroid City
2023
as Conrad Earp
Extrapolations
2023
as Jonathan Chopin
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
as Miles Bron
High Noon on the Waterfront
2022
as Carl Foreman (voice)
The French Dispatch
2021
as The Chauffeur
Paper Birds
2021
as Robert
Belmondo l'influenceur
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Lionel Essrog
Alita: Battle Angel
2019
as Nova (uncredited)
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
2018
as Self
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Rex (voice)
Collateral Beauty
2016
as Whit Yardsham
Ask the Storybots
2016
Sausage Party
2016
as Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice)
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015
as Self / Scout Ward
Nature Is Speaking
2015
as The Soil
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
2015
as Self
Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming
2014
as Narrator
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
as Mike
Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Henckels
Salinger
2013
as Self - Actor
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Byer
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Scout Master Ward
The Dictator
2012
as Self
The Apple Pushers
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
2011
as Self
Stone
2010
as Stone
The Invention of Lying
2009
as Cop
Modern Family
2009
as Izzy LaFontaine
Leaves of Grass
2009
as Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid
Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
2009
as Self
Pride and Glory
2008
as Ray Tierney
Bustin' Down the Door
2008
as Narrator (voice)
The Incredible Hulk
2008
as Bruce Banner
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008
as Self - Bruce Banner / Hulk, The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Brando
2007
as Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
The Painted Veil
2006
as Dr. Walter Fane
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Illusionist
2006
as Eisenheim
Stella
2005
Down in the Valley
2005
as Harlan
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as King Baldwin
Strange Days on Planet Earth
2005
After the Sunset
2004
as Edward Norton
Sunday Morning Shootout
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
The Italian Job
2003
as Steve
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
as Self
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
2003
as Himself
25th Hour
2002
as Monty Brogan
Red Dragon
2002
as Will Graham
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002
as Self
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
as Self
Frida
2002
as Nelson Rockefeller
Death to Smoochy
2002
as Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy
Cal Ripken Jr - The Ironman's Legendary Career
2001
as Narrator
The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
The Score
2001
as Jack Teller
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Father Brian Finn
Fight Club
1999
as Narrator
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Rounders
1998
as Lester 'Worm' Murphy
Out of the Past
1998
as Henry Gerber (voice)
American History X
1998
as Derek
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Alan Isaacman
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
as Holden Spence
Primal Fear
1996
as Aaron/Roy
The 53rd Calypso
1996
as Jon Sodon
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995
as Bill
Only in America
1994
as Duane / Kevin / Bruno / Eric / Museum Guard
The Simpsons
1989
as Reverend Elijah Hooper (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Devon Bradley (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Fasting And The Longevity Revolution
as Narrator
