Edward Norton Raised Funds For An Unnamed Syerian Refugee only known as "The Scientist"

Edward Norton has stepped up his game.

The actor, famous for his role in "Fight Club," "Bird Man" and "Italian Job" films, has helped a Syrian refugee who lost his wife in a missile strike. He has been recently diagnosed with stomach cancer. Norton opened his heart and decided to raise funds through crowd funding. He said the man's story moved him to tears. He has raised more than $400,000 to date.

Part of Norton's message posted on Crowdrise.com states, "I saw this story on one of my favorite sites, Humans of New York, and it moved me to tears. This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people and yet he still passionately wants a chance to contribute positively to the world.  

If we don't welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we're not the country we tell ourselves we are.   Let's reject the 'anti-human' voices that tell us to fear refugees and show this man and his family what Americans are really made of.  

Let's show that a country built by the energy and dreams of immigrants still believes in brave people who come here with hope for better life."

The refugee lost other members of his family. Norton read about his story on the popular site "Humans of New York" (HONY) and decided to take action. HONY founder Brandon Stanton dubbed the refugee as "The Scientist" because he's an inventor in real life.

Daily Mail reports that the story has already gone viral and even got the attention of President Barrack Obama who welcomed The Scientist and his two children to the United States. They will be settled in Troy, Michigan, where he still aims to make a difference despite everything he has gone through.

The unnamed man ended up in Turkey, Daily Mail continues, where he had to take odd jobs to support his son and daughter. He was not aware that they were going to the United States. He wrote, "I just want to get back to work. I want to be a person again. I don't want the world to think I'm over. I'm still here."

Another kindhearted individual, Daniel Kang, a resident of Troy, Michigan himself, has set up a crowdfunding to be given to the Syrian refugee's family as well.