A powerful screen presence, Richard Norton wins the applause of international audiences with his engaging ability to play either the hero or the heavy. Rare versatility and focused work ethic have enabled him to build an expanding library of almost 100 film and television titles. The disciplines that brought Norton success originated in his ...
Everything great that has happened in my life, like traveling the world as a rock and roll bodyguard and doing martial arts movies, has come as a result of just wanting to be the best martial artist possible.
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Many of the friends I've made through my training have turned out to be some of the most influential people in my life and are just like family to me. Because when you get right down to it, when you really think about it, the only thing that really matters in life is your honor and integrity and the relationship and love of your wife, family and friends.
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I will always strive to be a student of the arts and of life in general and just keep searching.
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I realized long ago that life is all about the journey and not about the destination. The moment you think you know it all you stagnate and die. Life and the arts are all about bodies in motion.
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In 1979 I was offered a job doing security on a U.S. tour with Linda Ronstadt as her personal bodyguard and trainer. So I went out to Southern California. I told everybody in Australia I'd be back in a month and 20 years later I'm still here.
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Was considered for the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon.
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Has a twin sister named Pamela, and an older brother named Adrian.
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Fighting Stars Magazine ranked Norton's climactic fight with Chuck Norris in The Octagon (1980) as #13 on its list of the 25 greatest fight scenes of all time.
He lost 18 pounds while shooting a fight scene with Sammo Kam-Bo Hung that took three weeks to complete in Xia ri fu xing (1985), aka "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars".
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He directs his signature line, "Painful?", in his early films to fight opponents downed by his punch including Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, his co-star and director in several Hong Kong-based productions.
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Recently received his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under instructor Jean Jacques Machado.
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Did extensive television work in the 1990s as guest star, second unit director and stunt coordinator on the syndicated series The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1997).
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Linda Ronstadt is one of the rock music stars who encouraged him to pursue work as an actor in the movies.
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Trained gold medalist Kurt Thomas in martial arts for their film together, Gymkata (1985), and worked as one of the movie's fight choreographers.
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