Edward Norton
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Edward James Norton, Jr.<ref name="fundrace.org">Template:Cite web</ref> (born August 18, 1969) is an Oscar-nominated American actor.
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Early Life
Norton was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Columbia, Maryland. His mother Robin, an English teacher, died of a brain tumor in 1997; his father, Edward Sr. is an attorney and former federal prosecutor under the Carter administration who now works for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Norton Jr. is the grandson of developer James Rouse (also see The Rouse Company), who designed the city of Columbia, Maryland (where Norton grew up) and who also helped develop Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Boston's Quincy Market. He has two younger siblings; his sister Molly Norton, who attended Washington and Lee University and has brother Jim with whom he has collaborated professionally.
Norton graduated from Wilde Lake High School in 1987, then from Yale University in 1991 with a B.A. in history. It was at Yale that Norton became heavily involved in theater, taking as many classes as he could although never majoring in drama. Actor Ron Livingston was a classmate and fellow collegiate actor.
After graduation Norton had a brief stint in Japan, teaching English at the popular English Language School, NOVA Group. [1]
Career
Norton relocated to New York City and began his acting career Off-Broadway theater.
Moving into film, he was launched into the spotlight by 1996's Primal Fear, in which he played a young sociopathic convict, and for which he won a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
He earned numerous nominations, including an Best Actor nomination, for his role as a reformed neo-Nazi in 1998's American History X, and starred in the 1999 adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's cult novel Fight Club. More recently, he played himself in a cameo role in the experimental comedy show Stella, and won critical acclaim for his role as the leper king in Kingdom of Heaven.
Personal Life
Norton is generally known for his reluctance to embrace his celebrity status.
He has put time and money toward social activist causes, including improving the quality of living in low-income communities.
He has dated actresses Salma Hayek and Drew Barrymore, as well as musician/actress Courtney Love, with whom he toured as a temporary guitarist for alternative band Hole.
Filmography
- Undaunted Courage (2007) (mini) TV Series (announced) (produced)
- Pride And Glory (2007) - Ray (filming)
- The Painted Veil (2006) (post-production) - Walter Fane (also produced)
- The Illusionist (2006) (post-production) - Eisenheim
- Motherless Brooklyn (2005) (announced) - Lionel Essrog (also wrote, directed, and produced)
- Down in the Valley (2005) - Harlan (also produced)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - King Baldwin
- National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth (2004) (host)
- The Italian Job (2003) - Steve Frezelli
- 25th Hour (2002) - Monty Brogan (also produced)
- Red Dragon (2002) - Will Graham
- Frida (2002) - Nelson Rockefeller
- Death to Smoochy (2002) - Sheldon Mopes/Smoochy the Rhino
- The Score (2001) - Jack Teller
- Catch Her In the Eye (2001) - J.D. Caulfield
- Keeping the Faith (2000) - Father Brian Finn (also directed/produced)
- Fight Club (1999) - Narrator
- American History X (1998) - Derek Vinyard
- Rounders (1998) - Lester 'Worm' Murphy
- Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - Holden Spence
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) - Alan Isaacman
- Primal Fear (1996) - Aaron Stampler
Trivia
- Edward Norton was listed at the Internet Movie Database to appear as John Bauer in Season 5 of 24 from 8:00-9:00 p.m., but his name has since been removed from IMDb's filmography. There had also been rumors that Edward Norton would replace Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer as 24's main protagonist, which have been denied by the show's producers.[2]
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