Edward Norton Birthday, Date of Birth

Edward Norton

Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his debut in Primal Fear (1996), which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. His role as a redeemed neo-Nazi in American History X (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also starred in the film Fight Club (1999), which garnered a cult following.

Norton established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003, and was director or producer of the films Keeping the Faith (2000), Down in the Valley (2005), and The Painted Veil (2006). He continued to receive praise for his acting roles in films such as The Score (2001), 25th Hour (2002), The Italian Job (2003), The Illusionist (2006), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). His biggest commercial successes have been Red Dragon (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Incredible Hulk (2008), and The Bourne Legacy (2012). For his roles as a haughty actor in Birdman (2014) and Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown (2024), Norton earned further Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He has also directed and acted in the crime film Motherless Brooklyn (2019) and starred in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).

Norton is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. He is a trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit organization that advocates for affordable housing, and serves as president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. He is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.

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Birthday, Date of Birth
Monday, August 18, 1969
Place of Birth
Boston
Age
56
Star Sign
♌

The August 18, 1969 was a Monday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 229 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.

If you were born on this day, you are 56 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, August 18, 2025, 27 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, in 337 days. You have lived for 20,481 days, or about 491,567 hours, or about 29,494,026 minutes, or about 1,769,641,560 seconds.

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18th of August 1969 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 18, 1969

7-Week Curb on Civil Liberties Stirs Controversy in Argentina

Date: 19 August 1969

Special to The New York Times

continuation of curbs on civil liberties stirs growing controversy; Ongaro has reptdly been held in solitary confinement for last mo, but no charges have been brought against him; 160 persons have been detained since imposition of state of siege; Imaz promises to rev cases; announces release of 9 labor leaders; const provisions for state of siege impose no limitations on press and say that cts will function normally; La Prensa, nation's major morning newspaper, denounces recent closing of news magazine Primera Plana; controversy over closing of Primera Plana and subsequent pub, Ojo, discussed

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GENEROBBISDEAD; ALBANY PUBLISHER; Head of Times-Union and Knickerbocker News, 59

Date: 19 August 1969

Publisher G Robb dies

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Iraq Downgrades Relations With Rumania Over Israel

Date: 19 August 1969

Govt to withdraw charge d'affaires from Rumania and ask Rumanian Amb to Iraq, now visiting Bucharest, to remain there; move is reprisal for upgrading of Rumanian ties with Israel

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SCARSDALE TO DROP GUERRILLA COURSE

Date: 18 August 1969

Special to The New York Times

Scarsdale Educ Bd meets to consider course

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VICTIM IS DESCRIBED AS A TRIPLE AGENT

Date: 18 August 1969

CBS news rept says alleged victim was triple agent who was gathering information for CIA

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Farmer With Soul; Max Yasgur

Date: 18 August 1969

Special to The New York Times

scores those asking money for water

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Goodell Denies Rift Among Republicans On His Senate Seat

Date: 19 August 1969

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Phyllis Twachtman, 48, Is Dead;I WorldTelegram PhotographerI

Date: 18 August 1969

Twachtman, Phyllis

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High Court Nominee; Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr.

Date: 19 August 1969

By JAMES T. WOOTEN

James WOOTEN

biog sketch; full name is Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr; illus

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N.A.A.C.P. STUDIES BUILDING TRADES; Drive to Get List of Minority Contractors Under Way

Date: 19 August 1969

By DAVID K. SHIPLER

David SHIPLER

NAACP begins drive to compile list of minority contractors who can participate in model cities construction; under $173,000 contract from HUD, NAACP plans to determine what factors, other than racial discrimination, have kept nonwhite bldg concerns from getting work on Govt jobs; exec dir Wilkins says 1 problem has been difficulty of small, inexperienced contractors to get bonding or insurance; says that compilation would be 1st step in realizing promise of model cities program that people who live in center cities be given opportunity to get some contracts and jobs; Sec Romney comments

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