Edward Norton

Edward Harrison Norton born August 18 1969 is an American actor and filmmaker After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to New York City 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 neoNazi 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 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 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 a nonprofit organization that 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