FrameThrower · Actors · Edward Norton
Edward Norton
16 films · 1,051 frames · top-billed in 11 · 1996–2024
Born 18 August 1969 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Edward Harrison Norton 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 16 films · 1,051 frames · top-billed in 11 · 1996–2024
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture1996
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture1999
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor1996
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor1996
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,051 frames from the 16 films we hold. This is the look of the work Edward takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 16 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day — the look of the work Edward takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Pete Seeger
Glass Onion
2022 · Miles Bron
Motherless Brooklyn
2019 · Lionel Essrog
Collateral Beauty
2016 · Whit Yardsham
The Incredible Hulk
2008 · Bruce Banner
The Illusionist
2006 · Eisenheim
Down In The Valley
2005 · Harlan
25th Hour
2002 · Monty Brogan
Fight Club
1999 · Narrator
The People vs. Larry Flint
1996 · Alan Isaacman
American History X
· Derek
Asteroid City
2023 · Conrad Earp
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Rex (voice)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Henckels
Moonrise Kingdom
2012 · Scout Master Ward
Frida
2002 · Nelson Rockefeller
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,051 frames from Edward Norton's 16 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.