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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.

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Five Nights At Freddy's is a 2024 American science fiction action film written, produced, and directed by Zack Snyder. Based on Scott Cawthon's video game franchise of the same name, it is the first installment in the Five Nights At Freddy's film series. The film stars Peter Cullen as Golden Freddy, who protects a night watch officer (Evan Peters) from four animatronic mascots that have been tampered with, and features Vin Diesel as Freddy Fazbear, with Megan Fox, Idris Elba, Mike Myers, Edward Norton, and Robert Englund in supporting roles. Five Nights At Freddy's was released in theaters on December 1st, 2024; the film received generally positive reviews from critics, audiences, and fans of the games, receiving praise for Snyder's direction, visuals, Hans Zimmer's musical score, the performances of the cast (particularly Cullen and Diesel), action sequences, themes, story, cinematography, and faithfulness to the source material, with many considering it to be one of the best game adaptions of all time. It was also a blockbuster success and broke several box-office records during its release, grossing $852 million worldwide against print and advertisement costs of $417 million. A sequel is currently in development.