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Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. 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.
Nick Fury assembles Earth’s mightiest heroes—Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye—to stop Loki, who has stolen the Tesseract to open a portal for the Chitauri invasion. Hank Pym joins as a key coordinator of the Avengers Initiative, gruff and openly resentful of the Stark family, holding a long-standing grudge against both Howard and Tony. However, Pym bonds with Steve Rogers over shared values and connects with Tony over their mutual struggles with alcohol and loss. Janet Van Dyne appears in an old film reel, adding emotional depth to Pym's character. Bruce Banner gains control over the Hulk, learning to “aim” his transformations, though they still take a physical and emotional toll. Loki’s descent into madness, worsened by the Mind Stone, leaves him mentally and physically scarred. In the final battle in New York, Tony nearly dies redirecting a nuclear missile through the portal. After falling back to Earth, Thor uses Mjolnir as a defibrillator to revive him. Cameos include Peter Parker saving civilians and Reed Richards activating a defensive grid around the Baxter Building. Post Credits: Thanos prepares his next move, foreshadowing cosmic-scale battles to come.
