Edward Norton

Edward Harrison Norton portrayed Bruce Banner/Hulk in The Incredible Hulk.

He also rewrote a script for The Incredible Hulk.

He was replaced by Mark Ruffalo from The Avengers onward.

Awards[]

He was nominated for a National Movie Award (UK) for Best Male Performance for his work on The Incredible Hulk.

Edward Norton was considered to be physically similar to Bill Bixby, the actor that portrayed Bruce Banner in the TV series The Incredible Hulk, by both Kevin Feige and Lou Ferrigno.
A.C. Bradley had jokingly asked Marvel Studios if Edward Norton was going to be asked to voice Bruce Banner/Hulk in What If...? if Mark Ruffalo wasn't available, but was told Ruffalo already signed on.^[1]
Kat Coiro discussed with Mark Ruffalo the possibility of swapping the latter with Edward Norton for a She-Hulk: Attorney at Law scene in which Bruce Banner would meet again with Abomination for the first time since The Incredible Hulk, but the idea didn't materialize.^[2]
Edward Norton previously worked with Tim Roth in Everyone Says I Love You.
Edward Norton previously worked with Christina Cabot in Fight Club.
Edward Norton worked again with Tim Blake Nelson and Ty Burrell in Leaves of Grass.
Edward Norton worked again with Ty Burrell in Modern Family.
Edward Norton worked again with Martin Starr in The Invention of Lying.
Edward Norton worked again with Michael Kenneth Williams in Motherless Brooklyn.
Edward Norton previously dated Salma Hayek.
Edward Norton shares his birthday with Robert Redford and Giorgia Whigham.
Edward Norton auditioned for the role of Bruce Banner/Hulk in the Universal Pictures production Hulk, and was close to getting the role, but turned it down due to his disliking of the script.