Happy Birthday (August 18th) – Actor Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X)

edwardnorton.jpgEdward Norton

Born: August 18, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Married to: Shauna Robertson (April 2013 – present) (1 child)

Got the role for Fight Club (1999) because director David Fincher enjoyed his performance in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), which was the only film of the actor that he had seen.

Fight Club
1999
dir. Fincher
starring
Brad Pitt
Norton
25th HOUR25th Hour
2002
dir. Spike Lee
starring
Norton
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Death to Smoochy
2002
dir. Danny DeVito
starring
Norton
Robin Williams
The Italian Job
2003
dir. F Gary Gray
Starring
Mark Wahlberg
Norton
Kingdom of HeavenKingdom of Heaven
2005
dir. by Ridley Scott
starring
Orlando Bloom
Liam Neeson
Norton
The Incredible HulkThe Incredible Hulk
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Starring
Norton
Liv Tyler
AMERICAN HISTORY XAmerican History X
1998
dir. Tony Kaye
Starring
Norton
Edward Furlong
MOVIE POSTERMOONRISE KINGDOM
dir. Wes Anderson
Cast:
Bill Murray
Bruce Willis
MOVIE POSTERTHE BOURNE LEGACY
dir. Tony Gilroy
Stars:
Jeremy Renner
Rachel Weisz
MOVIE POSTERTHE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
2014
dir. Wes Anderson
Stars:
Saoirse Ronan
Lea Seydoux
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU
1996
dir. Woody Allen
Stars:
Drew Barrymore
Goldie Hawn
MOVIE POSTERSALINGER
2013
dir. Shane Salerno
Stars:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Edward Norton
MOVIE POSTERTHE ILLUSIONIST
2006
dir. Neil Burger
Stars:
Edward Norton
Jessica Biel
MOVIE POSTERTHE PAINTED VEIL
2006
dir. John Curran
Stars:
Naomi Watts
Edward Norton