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
House of the Dragon
Lord Ormund Hightower
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
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
Inspector George Gently
James Blackstone
War and Peace
Andrei Bolkonsky
The Nevers
Hugo Swann
House of Guinness
Sean Rafferty
Flatliners
Jamie
McMafia
Alex Godman
King & Conqueror
Harold Godwinson
Rogue Agent
Robert Freegard
Bob Marley: One Love
Chris Blackwell
Things Heard & Seen
George Claire
Hero
Young Charles
Jerk
Self
An Education
Student
Mr. Turner
Clarinettist
Mr. Jones
Gareth Jones
Playing Nice
Pete Riley
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Sir Clifford Chatterley
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Bjorn
Restless
Kolia
Blandings
Jimmy Belford
Wife & Dog
Sunny Dancer
Bob
The Trial of Christine Keeler
Stephen Ward
Nowhere Special
John
Belle
Oliver Ashford
This Morning
Self
Hampstead
Philip
JOY
Robert Edwards
By Any Means
Michael Prence
Hollow
Lone Man