Edward norton biography imdb

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, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Everyone Says I Love You. 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 to learn 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 romant