Edward Norton Highlights

  • 2008: Cast in the lead role of Bruce Banner in the adaptation of "The Incredible Hulk"; also co-wrote
  • 2006: Co-starred (also produced) with Naomi Watts in the period drama, "The Painted Veil"; received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination
  • 2006: Starred (also produced) with Evan Rachel Wood in the indie drama, "Down in the Valley"
  • 2005: Played the leper king of Jerusalem in "Kingdom of Heaven"
  • 2003: Cast as a traitor amongst thieves in "The Italian Job," a remake of the original 1969 film of the same name
  • 2002: Cast in Spike Lee's "The 25th Hour"
  • 2002: Played FBI profiler Will Graham in Brett Ratner's "Red Dragon"
  • 2002: Portrayed Nelson Rockefeller in "Frida" starring and produced by off-screen companion Salma Hayek; also reportedly did uncredited script rewrites
  • 2001: Did uncredited script work for "The Score" co-starring Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro
  • 2000: Made directing debut (also produced and co-wrote) with "Keeping the Faith"
  • 1999: Co-starred with Brad Pitt in David Fincher's adaptation of the cult novel "Fight Club"
  • 1998: Portrayed a reformed neo-Nazi in "American History X"; earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
  • 1998: Co-starred with Matt Damon in John Dahl's "Rounders"
  • 1996: Made feature debut in "Primal Fear" as Aaron Stampler, an innocent young man accused of a brutal murder; received first Academy Award nomination
  • 1996: Featured as lawyers in both Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You" and Milos Forman's "The People vs. Larry Flynt"
  • 1994: Cast in Edward Albee's "Fragments" at the Signature Theater
  • 1991: Moved to NYC and began acting in off-Broadway theater
  • 1990: Briefly lived in Japan while working for The Enterprise Foundation, which was co-founded by his grandparents
  • 1977: Professional debut at age eight in the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" at Toby's Dinner Theater in Columbia
  • Acted in college productions while attending Yale
  • Raised in Columbia, Maryland