Edward Norton

It all started when he split into two to play the young Aaron Stampler inThe two faces of the truth . Although for careto, the one that Richard Gere keptin the final scene of the film. And it is curious, because the role that Norton played was about to be done by Leonardo DiCaprio , since the producers were looking for a young star who would give the replica to the well-known Gere. Little did he lack to throw in the towel when the hero ofTitanic got rid of the project, but before the film capsized, a skinny guy appeared, with a good boy face, and backed by some good jobs in the theater. He wasn’t a star, he hadn’t even worked in the movies before, but he had the wood, the role was going well for him and… someone had to be caught. What follows is known. The youngster from Maryland ate Richard Gere’s cutie with potatoes. So much so that his performance rained praiseworthy reviews on him, in addition to being nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Not bad for a debut. The Golden Globe ended up in his pocket, and although the statuette was taken by Cuba Gooding Jr. , no one doubted that we were dealing with an actor whose brilliant career had just taken off.

Edward James Norton was born in Columbia (Maryland) on August 18, 1969. He is the eldest of a family of three brothers, sons of Edward, a lawyer, and Robin, a teacher. From a young age he had a close relationship with his grandfather, a famous architect named James Rouse. His death in 1996 and the death of his mother shortly thereafter were blows to him. He soon became artistically inclined and at Yale – where he majored in history – he participated in several plays. Later, after spending a season in Japan working in a company founded by his grandfather, he returned to New York ready to earn a living as an actor. There he eked out temp jobs while going to every audition he could. So until he was presented with the opportunity to play a young schizoid in aThe two faces of the truth . It seems that in the test they did, Edward brought out a stutter that the character did not have in the original script. He took the paper and in the end that would be the most important hallmark of the naive and kind Aaron. After the debut, Norton participated that year inThe Larry Flynt scandal , where he played the protagonist’s lawyer. And things were looking good, because even Woody Allen himself offered him a role inThey all say I Love You .

But his darkest and most provocative facet was yet to come. In 1998 he gave us a little preview when he was a cheeky, tricky card player in the entertainingRounders , alongside Matt Damon . And then came two of his best roles. The first is that of the neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard ofAmerican History X (1998), a violent redemption film directed by Tony Kaye , where Norton underwent an extraordinary physical transformation and again displayed his talent for bringing different personalities to life. And the last straw came with the narrator ofFight Club (1999), by David Fincher , where Norton lives a true nightmare inside and is accompanied by an equally immeasurable Brad Pitt . And it seems that the relationship between the two went beyond their characters, because they became really good friends. The following year, Edward Norton tried his hand at directing the comedyMore than friends , without much success. She was more in tune withThe Score (A Masterstroke) (2001), where he played a thief alongside Robert De Niro , in a character with something of the Aaron that made him famous and a little of the Steve that he would play two years later inThe Italian Job . Other of his notable roles were the Will Graham ofThe red dragon (2002) and that of the long-suffering Monty Brogan inTHE LAST NIGHT (2002). Now it has to be releasedRidley Scott ‘s Kingdom of Heaven ,and later Motherless Brooklyn , his second film as a director, where he also wrote the script and starred.