Age: 56
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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.
Edward Norton
Bruce Banner
for Bruce Banner in World War Hulk
Suggested by miguelrodriguez
Earth’s skies burn as Bruce Banner returns from exile. No longer a fugitive, Hulk arrives as a conqueror forged on Sakaar—bearing the weight of betrayal, loss, and a world that was stolen from him. The off-world containment that sent him away was not an accident. It was sanctioned. And Hulk has come for those responsible. His arrival triggers global panic. Military forces mobilize as Hulk systematically dismantles gamma facilities and black sites tied to his exile. The world braces for annihilation—but Hulk’s rage is focused, deliberate. In the remote wilderness of North America, Hulk’s path collides with Wolverine, dispatched to slow the green titan before cities fall. What follows is a brutal, feral clash—bone against muscle, rage against rage. Neither can truly defeat the other. The fight ends in stalemate, Wolverine warning Hulk that his war will wake darker things. Hulk leaves him broken but alive, continuing forward. Behind the scenes, Samuel Sterns, now fully transformed into the Leader, manipulates the chaos. His evolved intellect predicts Hulk’s movements, engineers global fear, and accelerates forbidden experiments. Sterns believes Hulk is not a threat—but the inevitable end of human evolution. As gamma energies spike worldwide, an ancient predator is unleashed: the Wendigo—a monstrous force born from corrupted experiments and primal hunger. The creature tears through cities and wilderness alike, slaughtering indiscriminately. For the first time, Hulk is forced into a battle not of vengeance, but necessity. The clash between Hulk and the Wendigo becomes apocalyptic. Their battle levels entire regions, pushing Hulk to his absolute limits. Hulk ultimately destroys the creature—but at devastating cost. The world witnesses that Hulk is not the greatest monster walking the Earth. That title belongs to what comes next. Emerging from the ashes is General Thaddeus Ross, who unveils his final contingency. Exposed to a perfected gamma transformation, Ross becomes the Red Hulk—retaining his mind, strategy, and hatred, with power equal to Hulk’s own. As cities fall and armies collapse, Betty Ross fights desperately to reach Bruce, believing he can still choose who he becomes. Her voice becomes Hulk’s last connection to humanity as the final battle erupts. Hulk faces Red Hulk in a world-shaking confrontation while the Leader pulls the strings from the shadows, attempting to control both monsters. In the end, Hulk defeats Ross and exposes Sterns’ manipulation—ending the war not as a destroyer, but as something far more terrifying. A force that chooses restraint. Hulk leaves Earth changed forever. Not as its ruler. But as its warning.
