Bruce Norris is an actor and playwright. His plays Purple Heart, The Infidel, and We All Went Down to Amsterdam, winner of a Jeff Award for Best New Work,have been produced by Steppenwolf Theatre. His play The Vanishing Twin and his adaptation of Joe Orton's Up Against It have been produced at Lookingglass Theatre. As an actor, Norris can be seen in the films A Civil Action, The Sixth Sense, and School of Rock, among others. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.