Edward Norton (born 1969) is an American actor, director and producer who broke through with his debut in Primal Fear (1996) - earning a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination - and has since built a reputation for intense, chameleonic performances. His credits include Fight Club, American History X and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; he also wrote and directed Motherless Brooklyn (2019) and has received four Academy Award nominations in total. In the 2026 A24 comedy-drama The Invite, directed by Olivia Wilde, he plays the enigmatic upstairs neighbor Hawk opposite Penélope Cruz.
The Invite, the A24 comedy by Olivia Wilde with Norton as upstairs neighbor Hawk alongside Penélope Cruz and Seth Rogen, had a limited theatrical release in the US on June 26, 2026 following a successful premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
The Invite premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2026 and received positive reviews, leading to a bidding war between multiple distributors.
Norton lost the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (for his role as Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown) to Kieran Culkin at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025.
A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic by James Mangold in which Norton plays folk singer Pete Seeger opposite Timothée Chalamet, premiered in the US on December 25, 2024.
