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name: "Norman Mailer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norman-mailer"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 January 1923"
died: "10 November 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-17T05:02:22.193043+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Norman Mailer

Actor. Born 31 January 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Died 10 November 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 January 1923, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 10 November 2007
- **Active:** 1996–2000
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143280

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*When We Were Kings*](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md) (83)

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## Biography

Norman Mailer (31 January 1923 – 10 November 2007) was an American actor. He appeared as himself in the 1996 documentary *When We Were Kings*.

His other screen acting credits include the role of Stanford White in *Ragtime* (1981) and appearances in *King Lear* (1987) and *Cremaster 2* (1999). He also directed and wrote several films, among them *Tough Guys Don't Dance* (1987).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Norman Mailer — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *When We Were Kings* (1996), Fi1m 83, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md)

## Also known for

- *Ragtime* (1981), Stanford White
- *Best of Enemies* (2015), Self (archival)
- *Inside Deep Throat* (2005), Self
- *The Oscars* (1953), Self
- *Tough Guys Don't Dance* (1987), Director, Writer

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