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Edward James Norton, Jr. (born August 18, 1969) is an Oscar nominated
American actor known for his reluctance to embrace celebrity status. Norton
was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Columbia, Maryland.
His mother Robin, an English teacher, died of a brain tumor in 1997; his
father, Edward Sr. is an attorney and former federal prosecutor under the
Carter administration who now works for the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. He is the grandson of developer James Rouse (also see The
Rouse Company), who designed the city of Columbia, Maryland (where Norton
grew up) and who also helped develop Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Boston's
Quincy Market.
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Norton graduated from Wilde Lake High School in 1985, then Yale University
in 1991 with a B.A. in history. It was at Yale that Norton became heavily
involved in theater, taking as many classes as he could although never
majoring in drama. Among one of his classmates was actor Ron Livingston, who
acted alongside Norton onstage. Norton relocated to New York City where he
began waiting tables and doing Off-Broadway theater.
Norton was launched into the spotlight by 1996's Primal Fear, in which he
played a young sociopathic convict, and for which he won a Golden Globe and
a nomination for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He earned numerous
nominations, including a Best Actor Oscar, for his role as a reformed
neo-Nazi in 1998's American History X, and starred in the 1999 adaptation of
Chuck Palahniuk's cult hit novel Fight Club. More recently, he played
himself in a cameo role in the experimental comedy show Stella, and won
critical acclaim for his role as the leper king in Kingdom of Heaven.
Norton has put time and money toward social activist causes, including
improving the quality of living in low-income communities.
He has dated actresses Salma Hayek and Drew Barrymore, as well as musician/actress
Courtney Love, with whom he toured as a temporary guitarist for alternative
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