James Norton
Acting
Born: 1985-07-18 in Lambeth, London, England, UK
Biography
James Geoffrey Ian Norton (born 18 July 1985) is an English actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley (2014–2023), Grantchester (2014–2019), War & Peace (2016), and McMafia (2018). He played the title role in the 2019 film Mr. Jones. He played King Harold Godwinson in the 2025 BBC historical mini-series King & Conqueror. He earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the British Academy Television Awards in 2015 for his performance as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley. He is also part of the main cast of House of Guinness (2025) and House of the Dragon (2026). Norton has a reputation for portraying villainous or complicated, morally conflicted characters. Description above is from the Wikipedia article James Norton (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.
Known For
Doctor Who
Onegin
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
House of the Dragon
Lord Ormund Hightower
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Black Mirror
Ryan Pound
Grantchester
Sidney Chambers
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Little Women
John Brooke
Rush
Guy Edwards
Happy Valley
Tommy Lee Royce
War and Peace
Andrei Bolkonsky
The Nevers
Hugo Swann
Inspector George Gently
James Blackstone
House of Guinness
Sean Rafferty
McMafia
Alex Godman
King & Conqueror
Harold Godwinson
Flatliners
Jamie
Bob Marley: One Love
Chris Blackwell
Rogue Agent
Robert Freegard
Things Heard & Seen
George Claire
Hero
Young Charles
An Education
Student
Mr. Turner
Clarinettist
Sunny Dancer
Bob
Playing Nice
Pete Riley
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Sir Clifford Chatterley
Mr. Jones
Gareth Jones
Blandings
Jimmy Belford
Wife & Dog
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Bjorn
Restless
Kolia
The Trial of Christine Keeler
Stephen Ward
Nowhere Special
John
By Any Means
Michael Prence
Belle
Oliver Ashford
Hampstead
Philip
Jerk
Self
JOY
Robert Edwards
This Morning
Self
Death Comes to Pemberley
Henry Alveston