James Norton
Acting
Born: July 18, 1985 (age 41) · Lambeth, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Rush
2013
Little Women
2019
House of the Dragon
2022
Black Mirror
2011
Doctor Who
2005
Flatliners
2017
An Education
2009
Things Heard & Seen
2021
Bob Marley: One Love
2024
Belle
2013
The Nevers
2021
Mr. Turner
2014
Photos (4)
Movies (26)
Little Women
John Brooke
Rush
Guy Edwards
Sunny Dancer
Bob
Bob Marley: One Love
Chris Blackwell
Flatliners
Jamie
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Sir Clifford Chatterley
Things Heard & Seen
George Claire
Mr. Jones
Gareth Jones
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Bjorn
Nowhere Special
John
Rogue Agent
Robert Freegard
An Education
Student
Belle
Oliver Ashford
Mr. Turner
Clarinettist
Joy
Robert Edwards
House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere
Lord Ormund Hightower
Hampstead
Philip
Ex-Husbands
Nick Pearce
To Walk Invisible
Duke of Wellington
Hollow
Lone Man
Superbloom
Cowboy
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Owen
Angelica
Harry
A Little Life
Jude St. Francis
Bonobo
Ralph
Everyday Performance Artists
Aaron
TV Shows (20)
House of the Dragon
Lord Ormund Hightower · 8 eps
Doctor Who
Onegin · 1 eps
Black Mirror
Ryan Pound · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
1 eps
Grantchester
Sidney Chambers · 24 eps
The Nevers
Hugo Swann · 6 eps
House of Guinness
Sean Rafferty · 8 eps
Happy Valley
Tommy Lee Royce · 18 eps
War and Peace
Andrei Bolkonsky · 6 eps
Inspector George Gently
James Blackstone · 1 eps
King & Conqueror
Harold Godwinson · 8 eps
McMafia
Alex Godman · 8 eps
Blandings
Jimmy Belford · 1 eps
Playing Nice
Pete Riley · 4 eps
Restless
Kolia · 2 eps
Death Comes to Pemberley
Henry Alveston · 3 eps
The Trial of Christine Keeler
Stephen Ward · 6 eps
By Any Means
Michael Prence · 1 eps
The Great War: The People's Story
Will Martin · 1 eps
Life in Squares
Young Duncan Grant · 3 eps
