Norman Mailer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-01-31 (84 years old)

Deathday

2007-11-10

Place of Birth

Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Norman Mailer

Biography

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II—more than any other post-war American writer. His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be The Executioner's Song, the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize f...

Acting

1981

Ragtime

as Stanford White

1988

King Lear

as Self (uncredited)

2012

Norman Mailer: The American

as Self (archive footage)

2021

The Capote Tapes

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2005

1968

Beyond the Law

as Lt. Francis Xavier Pope

1971

Maidstone

as Norman T. Kingsley

1968

Wild 90

as Prince

1979

2014

2001

2023

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

as Self (archive footage)

2000

2003

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

as Self (archive footage)

2003

The Education of Gore Vidal

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Baby Trouble Hole

as Interviewed

1985

2000

Oh My America

as Himself

1999

Cremaster 2

as Harry Houdini

2006

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

as Self - Writer & Filmmaker

Production

1971

Maidstone

as Writer

1988

King Lear

as Writer

2000

1987

1968

Beyond the Law

as Director

1968

Wild 90

as Director

1971

Maidstone

as Director

1966

1971

Maidstone

as Producer

2002

1968

Wild 90

as Editor

1968

Wild 90

as Producer

1971

Maidstone

as Editor

1968

1968

1968

Beyond the Law

as Producer

1982

The Executioner's Song

as Original Film Writer

1979

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