1. Edward Norton was born in 1969, in Baltimore.

2. He stands at 6' (1.83 m).

3. He dated Desperado’s starring actress Salma Hayek for 4 years.

4. He’s currently dating producer Shauna Robertson.

5. He was nominated for Oscar twice. Once for Best Actor in a supporting role for his performance in Primal Fear, starring Richard Gere and once for Best Actor in a leading role for his performance in the film American History X.

6. Edward Norton is good friends for singer/actress/ex-Mrs. Kurt Cobain Courtney Love. He even played the guitar with her and her band at two concerts.

7. His male co-stars include Brad Pitt (Fight Club), Matt Damon and John Malkovich (Rounders), Liev Schreiber (The Painted Veil), Richard Gere (Primal Fear), Robert De Niro (The Score, Stone), Edward Furlong (American History X), William Hurt and Tim Roth (The Incredible Hulk), Woody Harrelson (The People vs. Larry Flynt), Philip Seymour Hoffman (25th Hour), Ben Stiller (Keeping the Faith), Noah Emmerich, Colin Farrell and Jon Voight (Pride and Glory), Tim Blake Nelson (Leaves of Grass), Robin Williams (Death to Smoochy), Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Fiennes (Red Dragon).

8. His female co-stars include Naomi Watts (The Painted Veil), Liv Tyler (The Incredible Hulk), Milla Jovovich (Stone), Keri Russell (Leaves of Grass), Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club), Courtney Love (The People vs. Larry Flynt), Rosario Dawson (25th Hour), Jena Elfman (Keeping the Faith), Catherine Keneer (Death to Smoochy), Salma Hayek (Frida), Jessica Biel (The Illusionist).

9. In 1996, Norton starred in a romantic comedy/musical called Everyone Says I Love You written and directed by Woody Allen. His co-stars included Drew Barrymore, Woody Allen, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Goldie Hawn, Tim Roth, Billy Crudup and Alan Alda.

10. In 2000, he directed the romantic comedy/drama Keeping the Faith. He co-starred in the movie along with Ben Stiller and Jenna Elfman. The movie tells the story of three childhood friends –two guys and a girl. The girl has grown up to be a big shot business woman, and the boys have become a priest and a rabbi. Upon meeting again, both guys fall for her.

11. Most notable movies are American History X, Fight Club, Primal Fear, The Painted Veil, Pride and Glory, 25th Hour and The Illusionist.

12. He has appeared in a film where he doesn’t show his face. He played King Baldwin, who had leprosy. The movie is 2005’s Kingdom of Heaven, starring English actor Orlando Bloom.

13. Edward Norton co-starred with Robert De Niro twice – once in the action thriller The Score (2001) and once in Stone, a drama/thriller from 2010.

14. He has a very short cameo as a cop in The Invention of Lying, a fantastic romantic comedy from 2009, co-written and co-directed by English actor/comedian Ricky Gervais who also stars in the movie.