Edward Norton's biography

Edward Harrison Norton is 53 years old film actor born at Boston. He was born on Monday 18th of August 1969. Edward is often nicknamed as Ed. According to year of birth 1969 Edward belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 18th of August means Edward is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

Edward is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. Edward is anglican / episcopalian. His primary profession is to be film actor. You can know him also as film director, film producer, character actor, screenwriter, journalist, environmentalist, stage actor, voice actor. Edward is recently known as television actor. He received Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Primal Fear in 1996

Edward Norton's dad

Edward Norton's father's name is Edward Mower Norton Jr..

Edward Norton's mom

Edward Norton's mother's name is Lydia Robinson Rouse.

Edward Norton's family

Edward Norton's wife

She is known as film producer. His wife was born on Wednesday 18th of December 1974 in Toronto.

Edward Norton's ex wife

Edward Norton's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Wilde Lake High School, Yale University, Ezra Stiles College.

Detailed informations about Edward´s schools

Did NOT attend the famed Yale Drama School, as reported in many news paper articles. He attended Yale merely as an undergraduate.
Graduated from Wilde Lake High School where actress Sara Lindsey is also an alumnus.

Edward Norton's career

His main focus is to be film actor. Edward is famous thanks to Aaron Stampler In Primal Fear (1996), Derek Vinyard In American History X (1998), The Narrator In Fight Club (1999).. You could see him also in Primal Fear, Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt, American History X and many more.

Is Edward Norton gay ?

Edward is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Edward Norton's Awards

He received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for work Primal Fear in 1996
He received award for Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Everyone Says I Love You in 1996
He received award for Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for work The People vs. Larry Flynt in 1996
Edward received award for Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture for work American History X in 1999

Edward Norton's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Primal Fear in 1996
He was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Primal Fear in 1996
Edward was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for work Primal Fear in 1996
He was nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for work Primal Fear in 1997
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for work Primal Fear in 1997
Edward was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work American History X in 1998
Edward was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture for work American History X in 1999
He was nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for work Fight Club in 2000
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for work Keeping the Faith in 2001
He was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture for work 25th Hour in 2003
He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for work The Painted Veil in 2007
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

What Edward Norton has done for a first time

His babysitter, Betsy True, went on to perform as Cossette in a Broadway version of Les Miserables. She was the one who originally piqued Edward's interest in acting, taking him to see his first play, If I Were A Princess, at age six.

Edward Norton's quotes

I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.
Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.
If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.
Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.
I've never felt any particular encroachment of the 'celebrity' stuff into my life.
The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.
It's a nice position to be in; I'm lucky. At the same time, all the excitement of that has been put into stark perspective ... In some ways, the highs of it have been blunted, which in a way, is a gift.
People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.
I'm not interested in making movies for everybody. I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.
I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass.
Nobody makes me uncomfortable here. It's a place where you can be eternally anonymous. - the reason he loves living in New York City.
In fact, the United States today keeps on making the same sort of mistakes. We force those methods we think are useful on a few countries, hoping to make a few changes.
I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw?
He has such a rich mellifluous voice. Anytime I would hear him speak, it would remind me of how flat my voice is. (about Ralph Fiennes)
[on showing Marlon Brando The Simpsons (1989)] I showed him the episode where Marge gets cast in a musical version of "A Streetcar Named Desire". He loved it. Marlon loves stuff like that.
[on Robert De Niro] I look at De Niro, and the thing I admire about him is just the length and diversity of his career. He has just done so much wonderful work and so many different kinds of work. That to me is worth something.
All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard.
I spent a lot of my early career in the theatre - and by that I mean as an usher.
[About congress & global warming] I have very little doubt that the legacy of my generation is going to hinge on how we respond to these revelations that we're not living sustainably and that we are altering the environment.
[About George W. Bush] I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.
If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm going to have a heart attack.
[After not voting for George W. Bush in 2004] Do tax breaks for movie stars make any sense to you?
I grew up an honorary Jew. If you go to more than ten barmitzvahs you get an honorary Jew certificate. I went to at least ten in one year. I was drunk on Manischevitz half of 1987!
[About doing sequels] I think you can sort of do anything once, but if you do it too many times, it can become a suit that's hard to take off, in other people's eyes.

Edward Norton's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Edward Norton looks. We will focus on his height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. Edward is tall as 6' 0" (183 cm). He weights 174lbs (79 kg). Body build is athletic. His eyes are tinted blue. His hair is shade of brown - dark.

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