James Norton
Acting1985Lambeth, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
Acting History
Future
2028
The Beatles: George
as Brian Epstein
The Beatles: Ringo
as Brian Epstein
The Beatles: Paul
as Brian Epstein
The Beatles: John
as Brian Epstein
2025
King & Conqueror
TVas Harold Godwinson• 8 eps
Playing Nice
TVas Pete Riley• 4 eps
House of Guinness
TVas Sean Rafferty• 8 eps
Playing Nice
TVExecutive Producer
King & Conqueror
TVExecutive Producer
2024
2023
A Little Life
as Jude St. Francis
2022
Rogue Agent
as Robert Freegard
Rogue Agent
Producer
2021
Things Heard & Seen
as George Claire
The Nevers
TVas Hugo Swann• 6 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 4 eps
2020
Nowhere Special
as John
2019
Mr. Jones
as Gareth Jones
Little Women
as John Brooke
The Trial of Christine Keeler
TVas Stephen Ward
Jerk
TVas Self
2018
McMafia
TVas Alex Godman• 8 eps
2017
2016
To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters
as Duke of Wellington
Everyday Performance Artists
as Aaron
Black Mirror
TVas Ryan Pound• 1 eps
War and Peace
TVas Andrei Bolkonsky• 6 eps
Wild West: America's Great Frontier
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Sir Clifford Chatterley
Life In Squares
TVas Young Duncan Grant
2014
Northmen: A Viking Saga
as Bjorn
Hollow
as Lone Man
Mr. Turner
as Clarinettist
Bonobo
as Ralph
Happy Valley
TVas Tommy Lee Royce• 18 eps
Grantchester
TVas Sidney Chambers• 24 eps
The Great War: The People's Story
TVas Will Martin
2013
Rush
as Guy Edwards
Belle
as Oliver Ashford
By Any Means
TVas Michael Prence
Death Comes to Pemberley
TVas Henry Alveston• 3 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Onegin• 1 eps
Blandings
TVas Jimmy Belford
2012
2009
An Education
as Student
1988
This Morning
TVas Self