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Edward Norton

Age: 40
Height: 6' 1"

Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Aug. 18th, 1969

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Edward Norton's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth	Narrator

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Edward Norton was born on August 18, 1969 to parents Edward, an attorney who works for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Robin Norton, a former foundation executive and teacher who passed away of brain cancer on March 6, 1997. Edward also has two younger siblings named James and Molly. From the age of 5 onward, the Yale graduate (majoring in history) has always been interested in acting. At the age of 8, he would ask his drama teacher what his motivation in a scene was. He attended theater schools throughout his life, and eventually managed to find work on stage in New York as a member of the Signature players, who produced the works of playwright and director Edward Albee. Around the time when he was appearing in Albee's Fragments, in Hollywood, they were looking for a young actor to star opposite Richard Gere in a new courtroom thriller, Primal Fear (1996). The role was offered to Leonardo DiCaprio but he turned it down. Gere was on the verge of walking away from the project, fed up with the wait for a young star to be found, when Edward auditioned and won the role over 2000 other hopefuls. Before the film was even released, his test screenings for the part were causing a Hollywood sensation, and he was soon offered roles in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). Edward won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Primal Fear (1996). In 1998, Norton gained 30 pounds of muscle and transformed his look into that of a monstrous skinhead for his role as a violent white supremacist in American History X (1998). This performance would earn him his second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actor. In 1999 came the critically acclaimed Fight Club (1999) and in 2000 came his directorial debut in Keeping the Faith (2000).

TRIVIA:

Specializes in characters with multiple personalities, be it as a mental defect or a disguise. He has played people with several identities in _Primal Fear (1996)_ (qv), _Fight Club (1999)_ (qv), _The Score (2001)_ (qv), _The Incredible Hulk (2008)_ (qv) and arguably in _American History X (1998)_ (qv) in which his character turns 180� during the course of the story and in _Death to Smoochy (2002)_ (qv) in which he portrayed a professional actor and his character Smoochie the Rhino.
Lives in New York City.
Voted International Man of the Year (2003) By British GQ Magazine
'Drew Barrymore (I)' (qv) accompanied him to the Oscar in 1999 where he was nominated for "Best Actor in a Leading Role"
Turned down the role of Private Ryan in _Saving Private Ryan (1998)_ (qv).
Auditioned for roles in _With Honors (1994)_ (qv), _Hackers (1995)_ (qv), and _Up Close & Personal (1996)_ (qv) before his film debut in _Primal Fear (1996)_ (qv).
(June 29, 2000) Was one of the few celebrities invited to 'Brad Pitt' (qv) and 'Jennifer Aniston' (qv)'s Malibu wedding.
Auditioned for the role of 'Rudy Baylor' in the movie _The Rainmaker (1997)_ (qv). The role eventually went to 'Matt Damon' (qv).