James Norton

38 · Born: Jul 18, 1985

Personal Details

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Height 6' 0"

Born Jul 18, 1985 London, England, UK

Parents

Lavinia J Norton
Hugh B Norton

Relatives

Jessica Norton (Sibling)

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.

Career

acting

2024

Men of Divorce as Nick Pearce

Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love as Don Taylor

Playing Nice as Pete Riley

2023

A Little Life as Jude St. Francis

2022

Rogue Agent as Robert Freegard

2021

Things Heard & Seen

Things Heard & Seen as George Claire

The Nevers as Hugo Swann

2020

Nowhere Special

Nowhere Special as John

2019

Mr. Jones as Gareth Jones

Little Women as John Brooke

The Trial of Christine Keeler

The Trial of Christine Keeler as Stephen Ward

2018

McMafia as Alex Godman

2017

Flatliners as Jamie

Hampstead as Philip

Angelica as Harry

2016

Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters

Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters as Duke of Wellington

War & Peace as Andrei Bolkonsky

2015

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover as Sir Clifford Chatterley

Life in Squares

Life in Squares as Young Duncan Grant

2014

Bonobo as Ralph

Northmen: A Viking Saga

Northmen: A Viking Saga as Bjorn

Happy Valley as Tommy Lee Royce

Grantchester as Sidney Chambers

2013

Belle as Oliver Ashford

Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley as Henry Alveston

2012

Restless as Kolia

Doctor Who as Onegin

2009

An Education as Student

appearances

2016

Wild West: America's Great Frontier

Wild West: America's Great Frontier