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James Norton

Acting

Born July 18, 1985 · Lambeth, London, England, UK

Also known as James Geoffrey Ian Norton

Biography

James Geoffrey Ian Norton (born July 18, 1985) is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace and McMafia. He earned a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for his performance as ex-convict Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley.

Awards & recognition

  • Crime Thriller Awards
  • Glamour Award

Filmography38 titles

House of the Dragon

2022as Lord Ormund Hightower

Black Mirror

2011as Ryan Pound

Wild West: America's Great Frontier

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Little Women

2019as John Brooke

Happy Valley

2014as Tommy Lee Royce

Inspector George Gently

2007as James Blackstone

Rush

2013as Guy Edwards

House of Guinness

2025as Sean Rafferty

War & Peace

2016as Andrei Bolkonsky

Doctor Who

2005as Onegin

McMafia

2018as Alex Godman

Nowhere Special

2020as John

To Walk Invisible

2016as Duke of Wellington

Grantchester

2014as Sidney Chambers

Blandings

2013as Jimmy Belford

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

King & Conqueror

2025as Harold Godwinson

Belle

2013as Oliver Ashford

Restless

as Kolia

Joy

2024as Robert Edwards

Death Comes to Pemberley

2013as Henry Alveston

An Education

2009as Student

The Trial of Christine Keeler

2019as Stephen Ward

Mr. Jones

2019as Gareth Jones

Playing Nice

2025as Pete Riley

Bob Marley: One Love

2024as Chris Blackwell

The Great War: The People's Story

as Will Martin

Mr. Turner

2014as Clarinettist

Rogue Agent

2022as Robert Freegard

Life In Squares

as Young Duncan Grant

Ex-Husbands

2023as Nick Pearce

Hampstead

2017as Philip

Things Heard & Seen

2021as George Claire

Flatliners

2017as Jamie

Northmen: A Viking Saga

2014as Bjorn

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

2012as Owen

Angelica

2017as Harry

Bonobo

2014as Ralph