Norton at the premiere of the Metropolitan Opera in September 2009

Edward Norton is an American actor and filmmaker. He made his film debut in the film Primal Fear (1996), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award in the same category. In the same year, he starred in two other films, Everyone Says I Love You and The People vs. Larry Flynt. In 1998, Norton featured in American History X, in which he played a neo-Nazi who served three years in prison and ultimately revamped his ideology.[1] His performance was critically lauded and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[2] For the David Fincher-directed film Fight Club (1999), Norton starred in a role that required him learning boxing, taekwondo and grappling.[3] Though initially fiercely debated by critics, Fight Club gradually received critical reappraisal and earned its status as a cult film.[4]

Norton had his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Keeping the Faith (2000), in which he also starred as a main role. He later played Will Graham, an FBI agent in the film Red Dragon (2002), which received mixed critical reviews but was commercially successful.[5] Controversies surrounded Norton's role and participation in the superhero film The Incredible Hulk (2008), for which he rewrote the script every day but without credit.[6] The film was a critical success compared to its 2003 predecessor,[7] but Norton refused to reprise his role for the film The Avengers (2012) and all following Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects, allegedly due to conflicts between him and other producers.[8] Norton also handled production for several films, including the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2010) and romantic comedy Thanks for Sharing (2012). In 2014, he starred in two Academy Award-nominated films, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman. For the latter role, he earned his second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and his third nomination overall.[9]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Primal Fear Aaron Stampler / Roy [10]
Everyone Says I Love You Holden Spence [11]
The People vs. Larry Flynt Alan Isaacman [12]
1998 Rounders Lester "Worm" Murphy [13]
American History X Derek Vinyard [14]
1999 Fight Club The Narrator [15]
2000 Keeping the Faith Father Brian Finn Also producer and director [16]
2001 The Score Jack Teller [17]
2002 Death to Smoochy Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy the Rhino [18]
Frida Nelson Rockefeller Also uncredited screenwriter [19][20]
Red Dragon Will Graham [21]
25th Hour Monty Brogan Also uncredited producer [22]
2003 The Italian Job Steve Frazelli [23]
2004 Dirty Work — Executive producer only [24]
After the Sunset Himself Uncredited [25]
2005 Kingdom of Heaven King Baldwin IV [26]
Down in the Valley Harlan Fairfax Carruthers Also producer [27]
2006 The Illusionist Eisenheim [28]
The Painted Veil Walter Fane Also producer [29]
2007 Brando Himself Documentary [citation needed]
The Simpsons Movie Panicky Man (voice) Lines redubbed by Dan Castellaneta [30]
Man from Plains Himself Documentary [31]
2008 The Incredible Hulk Bruce Banner / Hulk Also uncredited screenwriter [32]
Pride and Glory Ray Tierney [33]
Bustin' Down the Door Narrator (voice) Documentary
2009 By the People: The Election of Barack Obama — Producer only [34]
The Invention of Lying Cop Cameo
2010 Leaves of Grass Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid Also producer [35]
Stone Gerald "Stone" Creeson [36]
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Scout Master Randy Ward [37]
The Dictator Himself Uncredited
The Bourne Legacy Eric Byer [38]
Thanks for Sharing — Executive producer only [39]
2014 My Own Man Himself Documentary
The Grand Budapest Hotel Henckels [40]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Mike Shiner [41]
2016 Sausage Party Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice) [42]
Collateral Beauty Whit Yardsham [43]
2017 The Guardian Brothers Yu Lei (voice) English dub [44]
2018 Isle of Dogs Rex (voice) [45]
Gotti — Executive producer only
2019 Alita: Battle Angel Nova Uncredited cameo
Motherless Brooklyn Lionel Essrog Also writer, producer and director [46]
2021 The French Dispatch The Chauffeur [47]
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Miles Bron [48]
2023 Asteroid City Conrad Earp [49]
TBA A Complete Unknown † Pete Seeger Filming [50]
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000-2013
 The Simpsons Devon Bradley (voice)

Reverend Elijah Hooper (voice)

Episode: "The Great Money Caper" and

Episode: "Pulpit Friction"[51][52]

2005
 Stella Himself Episode: "Pilot"
2009
 Modern Family Izzy LaFontaine Episode: "Great Expectations"
2013
 Saturday Night Live Host / Owen Wilson Episode: "Edward Norton/Janelle Monáe"
2015
 Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special Himself / Stefon TV special
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself Episode: "Infrastructure"
2018
 The Comedy Central Roast Episode: "Bruce Willis"
Ask the StoryBots Gary the Electronics Salesman Episode: "What Is Electricity?"
2023
 Extrapolations Jonathan Chopin 2 episodes
2024
 Sausage Party: Foodtopia Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice) Upcoming series

Video games

Year Title Voice role
2008
 The Incredible Hulk Bruce Banner / Hulk

Music videos

Year Song title Artist Role
2013
 "Spring Break Anthem" The Lonely Island Himself

See also

References

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