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Edward Norton Biography

Birth Name:
Edward Harrison Norton
Birth Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, producer, director

Fast Facts

  • Yale classmates included fellow actors Paul Giamatti and Ron Livingston
  • Briefly worked for his grandfather's company in Osaka, Japan, after graduating college
  • Gained 30 pounds of muscle for his role as a violent neo-Nazi in 1998's American History X
  • Ran in the 2009 New York Marathon with a team of Maasai warriors to raise funds for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
  • Founder of Crowdrise, a website that has helped organize grassroots activism
  • Has served as the UN goodwill ambassador for biodiversity

Awards

  • 2015Independent Spirit Awards-Best Supporting Male: nominated
  • 2015Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2015Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2015Independent Spirit Awards-Best Supporting Male: nominated
  • 2015Critics' Choice Movie Awards-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2015Critics' Choice Movie Awards-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2015BAFTA Film Awards-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2015BAFTA Film Awards-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2014Los Angeles Film Critics Association-Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up): winner
  • 2014National Board of Review-Best Supporting Actor: winner
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2014Oscar-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2014Oscar-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 2010Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Special: nominated
  • 2007Independent Spirit Awards-Best Male Lead: nominated
  • 1998Oscar-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 1997Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 1997BAFTA Film Awards-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 1996Chicago Film Critics Association-Most Promising Actor: winner
  • 1996National Society of Film Critics-Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up): winner
  • 1996National Board of Review-Best Supporting Actor: winner
  • 1996Los Angeles Film Critics Association-Best Supporting Actor: winner
  • 1996Oscar-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated

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