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Edward Norton

Born 1969-08-18 in Boston, MA
A Producer
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An Actor
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In Brief:

Edward H Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an Oscar-nominated American actor and film director.

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Bio:

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.

Norton moved 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 Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, for his role as a reformed neo-Nazi in 1998's American History X, then in the 1998 card playing hit Rounders with Matt Damon, and he also 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.

In 2000, he made his debut as a film director with Keeping the Faith. He will also direct his film adaptation of the novel Motherless Brooklyn.

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 is a member of the trustees of the Enterprise Foundation, a non-profit developer of affordable housing. He is also well-known for his support for environmental causes and renewable energy projects, such as BP's Solar Neighbors program.

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.

He is a self-proclaimed Deadhead.

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Filmography:

• Pride and Glory (2007)
• The Painted Veil (2006)
• The Illusionist (2006)
• Motherless Brooklyn (2005)
• Down in the Valley (2005)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
• The Italian Job (2003)
• 25th Hour (2002)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• Frida (2002)
• Death to smoochy (2002)
• The Score (2001)
• Catch Her in the Eye (2001)
• Keeping the Faith (2000)
• Fight Club (1999)
• American History X (1998)
• Rounders (1998)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• The People VS. Larry Flynt (1996)
• Primal Fear (1996)

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