Edward Norton biography and movies
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).

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Rate: 9.7 Pride And Glory

Year: 2008

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Director: Gavin O

Artists: Jon Voight, Ramon Rodriguez, Edward Norton, Lake Bell, Rick Gonzalez


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Rate: 9.7 Pride And Glory

Year: 2008

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Director: Gavin O'Connor

Artists: Jon Voight, Ramon Rodriguez, Edward Norton, Lake Bell, Rick Gonzalez


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Rate: 9.7 The Incredible Hulk

Year: 2008

Genres: Thriller, Action

Director: Louis Leterrier

Artists: Betty Ross, Bruce Banner, Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Greg Bryk


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Rate: 9.7 The Incredible Hulk

Year: 2008

Genres: Thriller, Action

Director: Louis Leterrier

Artists: Betty Ross, Bruce Banner, Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Greg Bryk


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Rate: 6.7 Pride And Glory

Year: 2008

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Gavin O\\

Artists: Rick Gonzalez, Jon Voight, Ramon Rodriguez, Lake Bell, Edward Norton


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Rate: 9.7 The Incredible Hulk

Year: 2008

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Louis Leterrier

Artists: Edward Norton, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Liv Tyler, William Hurt


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Rate: 9.7 The Incredible Hulk

Year: 2008

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Louis Leterrier

Artists: Tim Blake Nelson, William Hurt, Tim Roth, Liv Tyler, Edward Norton


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Rate: 7.1 The Incredible Hulk

Year: 2008

Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action

Director: Louis Leterrier

Artists: William Hurt, Tim Roth, Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Greg Bryk


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Rate: 7.7 The Illusionist

Year: 2006

Genres: Thriller, Romance, Mystery, Drama

Director: Neil Burger

Artists: Rufus Sewell, Eleanor Tomlinson, Eddie Marsan, Paul Giamatti, Edward Norton


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Rate: 7.6 The Painted Veil

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: John Curran

Artists: Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Sally Hawkins, Edward Norton, Toby Jones


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Rate: 6.6 Down in the Valley

Year: 2005

Genres: Romance, Thriller, Drama

Director: David Jacobson

Artists: Hunter Parrish, David Morse, Kat Dennings, Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood


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Rate: 7.9 25th Hour

Year: 2002

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Spike Lee

Artists: Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson, Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Brian Cox


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Rate: 7.3 Red Dragon

Year: 2002

Genres: Thriller, Crime

Director: Brett Ratner

Artists: Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Emily Watson, Frankie Faison, Anthony Hopkins


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Rate: 6.2 Death to Smoochy

Year: 2002

Genres: Musical, Crime, Thriller, Comedy

Artists: Jon Stewart, Danny DeVito, Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener


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Rate: 7.4 Frida

Year: 2002

Genres: Romance, Biography, Drama

Director: Julie Taymor

Artists: Roberto Medina, Ashley Judd, Amelia Zapata, Guillermo Kahlo, Roger Rees, Saffron Burrows, Alejandro Usigli, Edward Norton, Diego Luna, Valeria Golino, Antonio Banderas, Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek


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Rate: 7.3 Red Dragon

Year: 2002

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Director: Brett Ratner

Artists: Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Emily Watson, Frankie Faison, Anthony Hopkins


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Rate: 7.3 Red Dragon

Year: 2002

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Director: Brett Ratner

Artists: Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Emily Watson, Frankie Faison, Anthony Hopkins


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Rate: 9.7 The Score

Year: 2001

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Frank Oz

Artists: Gary Farmer, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando, Edward Norton, Robert De Niro


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Rate: 6.8 The Score

Year: 2001

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama

Director: Frank Oz

Artists: Marlon Brando, Mark Camacho, Edward Norton, Serge Houde, Martin Drainville, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer, Robert De Niro, Gavin Svensson, Richard Waugh, Jamie Harrold, Claude Despins, Paul Soles


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Rate: 6.8 The Score

Year: 2001

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama

Director: Frank Oz

Artists: Richard Waugh, Edward Norton, Robert De Niro


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Rate: 6.8 The Score

Year: 2001

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama

Director: Frank Oz

Artists: Richard Waugh, Robert De Niro, Edward Norton


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Rate: 8.6 American History X

Year: 1999

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Tony Kaye

Artists: Edward Furlong, Dennis Vinyard, Jennifer Lien, Edward Norton, Ethan Suplee, Joseph Cortese, Jason Bose Smith, Avery Brooks, Antonio David Lyons, Alex Sol, Guy Torry, Lamont, William Russ, Stacy Keach, Fairuza Balk, Elliott Gould


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Rate: 9.7 Fight Club

Year: 1999

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: David Fincher

Artists: Zach Grenier, Meat Loaf, Helena Bonham Carter, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton


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Rate: 8.6 American History X

Year: 1998

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Tony Kaye

Artists: Alex Sol, Antonio David Lyons, Jason Bose Smith, Joseph Cortese, Dennis Vinyard, William Russ, Lamont, Guy Torry, Elliott Gould, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach, Ethan Suplee, Jennifer Lien, Avery Brooks, Edward Furlong, Edward Norton


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