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James Norton
Acting · Born 1985-07-18 · Lambeth, 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
House of the Dragon
Lord Ormund Hightower
Doctor Who
Onegin
Black Mirror
Ryan Pound
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Grantchester
Sidney Chambers
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
The Nevers
Hugo Swann
Happy Valley
Tommy Lee Royce
War and Peace
Andrei Bolkonsky
McMafia
Alex Godman
Filmography
- 2028The Beatles: PaulBrian Epstein
- 2028The Beatles: JohnBrian Epstein
- 2028The Beatles: GeorgeBrian Epstein
- 2028The Beatles: RingoBrian Epstein
- 2026Wife & Dog
- 2026Sunny DancerBob
- 2025House of GuinnessSean Rafferty
- 2025King & ConquerorHarold Godwinson
- 2025Playing NicePete Riley
- 2024JoyRobert Edwards
- 2024Ex-HusbandsNick Pearce
- 2024Bob Marley: One LoveChris Blackwell
- 2023A Little LifeJude St. Francis
- 2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
- 2022House of the DragonLord Ormund Hightower
- 2022Rogue AgentRobert Freegard
- 2021Things Heard & SeenGeorge Claire
- 2021The NeversHugo Swann
- 2020Nowhere SpecialJohn
- 2019The Trial of Christine KeelerStephen Ward
- 2019Little WomenJohn Brooke
- 2019Mr. JonesGareth Jones
- 2019JerkSelf
- 2018McMafiaAlex Godman
- 2017AngelicaHarry
- 2017FlatlinersJamie
- 2017HampsteadPhilip
- 2016To Walk InvisibleDuke of Wellington
- 2016Everyday Performance ArtistsAaron
- 2016Wild West: America's Great FrontierSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2016War and PeaceAndrei Bolkonsky
- 2015Lady Chatterley's LoverSir Clifford Chatterley
- 2015Life In SquaresYoung Duncan Grant
- 2014BonoboRalph
- 2014Mr. TurnerClarinettist
- 2014Northmen: A Viking SagaBjorn
- 2014GrantchesterSidney Chambers
- 2014HollowLone Man
- 2014The Great War: The People's StoryWill Martin
- 2014Happy ValleyTommy Lee Royce
- 2013Death Comes to PemberleyHenry Alveston
- 2013By Any MeansMichael Prence
- 2013RushGuy Edwards
- 2013BelleOliver Ashford
- 2013BlandingsJimmy Belford
- 2012RestlessKolia
- 2012Cheerful Weather for the WeddingOwen
- 2012On This IslandHadrian
- 2011Black MirrorRyan Pound
- 2009An EducationStudent
- 2008Inspector George GentlyJames Blackstone
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
- 2005Doctor WhoOnegin
- 1988This MorningSelf
- —Heart of Darkness(voice)
- —Dog Person
- —Wavewalker: Breaking Free
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