James 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.

Known for

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Playing Nice	Pete Riley
—	King and Conqueror	Harold, Earl of Wessex
—	Heart of Darkness	(voice)
2024	Bob Marley: One Love	Chris Blackwell
2024	Ex-Husbands	Nick Pearce
2024	Joy	Robert Edwards
2023	A Little Life	Jude St. Francis
2022	Rogue Agent	Robert Freegard
2022	Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2021	Things Heard & Seen	George Claire
2021	The Nevers	Hugo Swann
2020	Nowhere Special	John
2019	Little Women	John Brooke
2019	Mr. Jones	Gareth Jones
2019	The Trial of Christine Keeler	Stephen Ward
2019	Jerk	Self
2018	McMafia	Alex Godman
2017	Flatliners	Jamie
2017	Hampstead	Philip
2017	Angelica	Harry
2016	War and Peace	Andrei Bolkonsky
2016	To Walk Invisible	Duke of Wellington
2016	Wild West: America's Great Frontier	Self - Narrator (voice)
2016	Everyday Performance Artists	Aaron
2015	Lady Chatterley's Lover	Sir Clifford Chatterley
2015	Life In Squares	Young Duncan Grant
2014	Mr. Turner	Clarinettist
2014	Northmen: A Viking Saga	Bjorn
2014	Happy Valley	Tommy Lee Royce
2014	Grantchester	Sidney Chambers
2014	Bonobo	Ralph
2014	The Great War: The People's Story	Will Martin
2014	Hollow	Lone Man
2013	Rush	Guy Edwards
2013	Belle	Oliver Ashford
2013	Death Comes to Pemberley	Henry Alveston
2013	By Any Means	Michael Prence
2013	Blandings	Jimmy Belford
2012	Cheerful Weather for the Wedding	Owen
2012	Restless	Kolia
2012	On This Island	Hadrian
2011	Black Mirror	Ryan Pound
2009	An Education	Student
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2005	Doctor Who	Onegin

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	King and Conqueror	Executive Producer