The all-time actor Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. Born in Boston and raised in Columbia, Maryland, Norton was drawn to theatrical productions at local venues as a child.
After five months in Japan, Norton moved to New York City, where he supported himself by working odd jobs. He took six months to research different acting techniques, focusing on method acting. He later took lessons from acting coach Terry Schreiber after discovering he was looking for a Japanese translator to help direct a play in Tokyo.
Norton described him as a great teacher who encouraged students to become “multilingual actors” with different techniques for versatile roles.
Edward Norton parents: Meet Edward Mower Norton, Jr., Lydia Robinson Norton
Edward Harrison Norton was born into a progressive Episcopalian family in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 18, 1969. He was raised in Columbia, Maryland. His father, Edward Mower Norton Jr., served in Vietnam as a Marine lieutenant before becoming an environmental lawyer and conservation advocate working in Asia and a federal prosecutor in the Carter administration. His mother, Lydia Robinson “Robin” Rouse, was an English teacher who died of a brain tumor in 1997.
