Editing Edward Norton (section)

==Early life==
Edward Harrison Norton was born in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], on August 18, 1969. He was raised in [[Columbia, Maryland]].<ref name="Biography.com">{{Cite web | url=http://www.biography.com/people/edward-norton-9542130 | title = Edward Norton | publisher = [[Biography.com]]| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053900/http://www.biography.com/people/edward-norton-9542130| archive-date=September 21, 2013|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://radioalice.radio.com/2010/10/01/podcast-sarah-vinnie-october-1st/ |title=Podcast: Sarah & Vinnie |publisher=Radio Alice |date=October 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715145031/http://radioalice.radio.com/2010/10/01/podcast-sarah-vinnie-october-1st/ |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217144258/http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/ed-takes-a-leap-of-faith-6304474.html|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/ed-takes-a-leap-of-faith-6304474.html|title=Ed takes a leap of faith|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=September 13, 2000|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2013|first=James|last=Mottram}}</ref> His father, Edward Mower Norton Jr., served in Vietnam as a [[US Marines|Marine]] lieutenant before becoming an [[environmental law]]yer and [[conservation ethic|conservation advocate]] working in Asia and a federal prosecutor in the [[Carter administration]].{{Sfn|Mitchell|Stebenne|2007|p=96}} His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" ([[Birth name|née]] Rouse), was an English teacher who died following surgery to remove a [[brain tumor]] in 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-08-29 |title=Edward Norton |url=https://www.biography.com/actors/edward-norton |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}</ref> Norton's maternal grandfather, [[James Rouse]], was the founder of [[The Rouse Company]] and co-founder of the real estate corporation [[Enterprise Community Partners]].<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820050402/https://www.eonline.com/photos/13293/rich-before-they-were-famous/405358|url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/13293/rich-before-they-were-famous/405358|title=Rich Before They Were Famous|publisher=[[E!]]|archive-date=August 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has two younger siblings, Molly and James.<ref name="Yahoobio"/>

At age five, Norton and his parents saw a musical related to ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]'' at the [[Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts]] (CCTA), starring his babysitter, which ignited his interest in the theater.<ref name="NYTimesProfile">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/19/movies/he-s-hot-but-cool-to-lure-of-fame.html|title=He's Hot But Cool To Lure Of Fame|last=Hoban|first=Phoebe|date=January 19, 1997|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007041525/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/19/movies/he-s-hot-but-cool-to-lure-of-fame.html|archive-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="BaltimoreSun">{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-exho-columbia-center-for-theatrical-arts-marks-40-years-of-inspiring-young-talent-20120404-story.html|title=Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts marks 40 years of inspiring young talent|last=Nitkin|first=Karen|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 4, 2012|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232659/http://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-exho-columbia-center-for-theatrical-arts-marks-40-years-of-inspiring-young-talent-20120404-story.html|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He enjoyed watching films with his father as a pre-teen, but later reflected that he was fascinated with the [[cinematography]] rather than the acting.<ref name="Carbondale"/> Norton recalled that it was theater and not films that inspired him to act.<ref name="Carbondale"/> He made his professional debut at the age of eight in the musical ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' at his hometown's [[Toby's Dinner Theatre]].<ref name="Yahoobio">{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208191157/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018634/bio|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018634/bio|title=Edward Norton Biography|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|archive-date=December 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the CCTA, he acted in several theatrical productions directed by [[Toby Orenstein]].<ref name="BaltimoreSun"/>

In 1984, Norton won the acting cup at Pasquaney, an annual summer camp for boys in [[Hebron, New Hampshire]], where he later returned as a theater director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/la-et-twohulks-2008-pg-photogallery.html|title=Lou vs. Edward: A tale of two Hulks|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|first=Alberto E.|last=Rodriguez|date=September 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308092146/https://www.chicagotribune.com/la-et-twohulks-2008-pg-photogallery.html|archive-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref> He subsequently immersed himself in films, naming [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Robert De Niro]] as two of his early inspirations because "the ones [he] liked were also the ones who made [him] think [he] could do it because they weren't the most handsome guys".<ref name="Carbondale"/> He graduated from [[Wilde Lake High School]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolker|first=Robert|title=The Vulture Transcript: Stone's Edward Norton on Acting, Whether in Fight Club or The Incredible Hulk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203061916/http://www.vulture.com/2010/10/vulture_transcript_an_intimate.html|url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/vulture_transcript_an_intimate.html|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]|date=October 6, 2010|archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> He attended [[Yale College]], graduating in 1991 with [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[history]].<ref name=":0" /> While at Yale, he also studied [[Japanese language|Japanese]], acted in university productions, and was a competitive [[Rowing (sport)|rower]].<ref name="Yahoobio"/><ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/09/10/ed.norton.marathon/index.html | publisher=[[CNN]]| title=Edward Norton plays marathon man to fund African conservation | date=September 10, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407230646/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/09/10/ed.norton.marathon/index.html| archive-date=April 7, 2010| url-status=dead| first=Doug |last=Gross}}</ref> After graduating from Yale, conversant in Japanese, Norton worked not-for-profit as a representative for his grandfather's company, Enterprise Community Partners, in Osaka, Japan.<ref name="Vogue_interview">{{Cite news|title=Wanted: Edward Norton|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|issue=January 1997|first=David|last=Handelman}}</ref> <!--sEe TaLk PaGe He has said in a podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett that he is not trained in [[aikido]] and [[krav maga]]?<ref>{{Cite interview |title= Smartless Edward Norton|publisher=Wondery and Amazon present Smartless}}</ref>-->