Edward Norton filmography

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 at the premiere of the Metropolitan Opera in September 2009

Norton had his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Keeping the Faith (2000), in which he also starred as a main role. He later played Will Graham, an FBI agent in the film Red Dragon (2002), which received mixed critical reviews but was commercially successful.^[5] Controversies surrounded Norton's role and participation in the superhero film The Incredible Hulk (2008), for which he rewrote the script every day but without credit.^[6] The film was a critical success compared to its 2003 predecessor,^[7] but Norton refused to reprise his role for the film The Avengers (2012) and all following Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects, allegedly due to conflicts between him and other producers.^[8] Norton also handled production for several films, including the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2010) and romantic comedy Thanks for Sharing (2012). In 2014, he starred in two Academy Award-nominated films, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman. For the latter role, he earned his second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and his third nomination overall.^[9]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	Primal Fear	Aaron Stampler / Roy		[10]
	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Alan Isaacman		[11]
	Everyone Says I Love You	Holden Spence		[12]
1998	Rounders	Lester "Worm" Murphy		[13]
	American History X	Derek Vinyard		[14]
1999	Fight Club	The Narrator		[15]
2000	Keeping the Faith	Father Brian Finn	Also producer and director	[16]
2001	The Score	Jack Teller		[17]
2002	Death to Smoochy	Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy the Rhino		[18]
	Frida	Nelson Rockefeller	Also uncredited screenwriter	[19][20]
	Red Dragon	Will Graham		[21]
	25th Hour	Monty Brogan	Also uncredited producer	[22]
2003	The Italian Job	Steve Frazelli		[23]
2004	Dirty Work	—	Executive producer only	[24]
	After the Sunset	Himself	Uncredited	[25]
2005	Kingdom of Heaven	King Baldwin IV		[26]
	Down in the Valley	Harlan Fairfax Carruthers	Also producer	[27]
2006	The Illusionist	Eisenheim		[28]
	The Painted Veil	Walter Fane	Also producer	[29]
2007	Brando	Himself	Documentary	[citation needed]
	The Simpsons Movie	Panicky Man (voice)	Lines redubbed by Dan Castellaneta	[30]
	Man from Plains	Himself	Documentary	[31]
2008	The Incredible Hulk	Bruce Banner / Hulk	Also uncredited screenwriter	[32]
	Pride and Glory	Ray Tierney		[33]
	Bustin' Down the Door	Narrator (voice)	Documentary
2009	By the People: The Election of Barack Obama	—	Producer only	[34]
	The Invention of Lying	Cop	Cameo
2010	Leaves of Grass	Bill Kincaid / Brady Kincaid	Also producer	[35]
	Stone	Gerald "Stone" Creeson		[36]
2012	Moonrise Kingdom	Scout Master Randy Ward		[37]
	The Dictator	Himself	Uncredited
	The Bourne Legacy	Eric Byer		[38]
	Thanks for Sharing	—	Executive producer only	[39]
2013	Salinger	Himself	Documentary
2014	My Own Man
	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Henckels		[40]
	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Mike Shiner		[41]
2016	Sausage Party	Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice)		[42]
	Collateral Beauty	Whit Yardsham		[43]
2017	The Guardian Brothers	Yu Lei (voice)	English dub	[44]
2018	Isle of Dogs	Rex (voice)		[45]
	Gotti	—	Executive producer only
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Nova	Uncredited cameo
	Motherless Brooklyn	Lionel Essrog	Also writer, producer and director	[46]
2021	The French Dispatch	The Chauffeur		[47]
2022	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Miles Bron		[48]
2023	Asteroid City	Conrad Earp		[49]
2024	A Complete Unknown	Pete Seeger	Also performed two songs which were featured in the film's soundtrack	[50]
TBA	The Invite		Filming	[51]

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2013	The Simpsons	Devon Bradley (voice) Reverend Elijah Hooper (voice)	Episode: "The Great Money Caper" and Episode: "Pulpit Friction"[52][53]
2005	Stella	Himself	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Modern Family	Izzy LaFontaine	Episode: "Great Expectations"
2013	Saturday Night Live	Host / Owen Wilson	Episode: "Edward Norton/Janelle Monáe"
2015	Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special	Himself / Stefon	TV special
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself	Episode: "Infrastructure"
2018	The Comedy Central Roast		Episode: "Bruce Willis"
	Ask the StoryBots	Gary the Electronics Salesman	Episode: "What Is Electricity?"
2023	Extrapolations	Jonathan Chopin	2 episodes
2024	Sausage Party: Foodtopia	Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice)	8 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2008	The Incredible Hulk	Bruce Banner / Hulk

Music videos

Year	Song title	Artist	Role
2013	"Spring Break Anthem"	The Lonely Island	Himself

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Edward Norton