James Norton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1985 (age 41)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Heart of Darkness
Movie · as Marlow (voice)
Dog Person
Movie
Wavewalker: Breaking Free
TV · 1 ep
The Beatles: Paul
Movie · as Brian Epstein
The Beatles: John
Movie · as Brian Epstein
The Beatles: George
Movie · as Brian Epstein
The Beatles: Ringo
Movie · as Brian Epstein
Wife & Dog
Movie
Sunny Dancer
Movie · as Bob
Superbloom
Movie · as Cowboy
Saturday Night Live UK
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
King & Conqueror
TV · as Harold Godwinson · 8 eps
Playing Nice
TV · as Pete Riley · 4 eps
House of Guinness
TV · as Sean Rafferty · 8 eps
Bob Marley: One Love
Movie · as Chris Blackwell
Ex-Husbands
Movie · as Nick Pearce
JOY
Movie · as Robert Edwards
A Little Life
Movie · as Jude St. Francis
Rogue Agent
Movie · as Robert Freegard
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · 1 ep
House of the Dragon
TV · as Lord Ormund Hightower · 8 eps
Things Heard & Seen
Movie · as George Claire
The Nevers
TV · as Hugo Swann · 6 eps
Nowhere Special
Movie · as John
Mr. Jones
Movie · as Gareth Jones
Little Women
Movie · as John Brooke
The Trial of Christine Keeler
TV · as Stephen Ward · 6 eps
Jerk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hero
Movie · as Young Charles
McMafia
TV · as Alex Godman · 8 eps
Angelica
Movie · as Harry
Flatliners
Movie · as Jamie
Hampstead
Movie · as Philip
Everyday Performance Artists
Movie · as Aaron
To Walk Invisible
Movie · as Duke of Wellington
War and Peace
TV · as Andrei Bolkonsky · 6 eps
Wild West: America's Great Frontier
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Movie · as Sir Clifford Chatterley
Life in Squares
TV · as Young Duncan Grant · 3 eps
Bonobo
Movie · as Ralph
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Movie · as Bjorn
Mr. Turner
Movie · as Clarinettist
Hollow
Movie · as Lone Man
Grantchester
TV · as Sidney Chambers · 24 eps
Happy Valley
TV · as Tommy Lee Royce · 18 eps
The Great War: The People's Story
TV · as Will Martin · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rush
Movie · as Guy Edwards
Belle
Movie · as Oliver Ashford
By Any Means
TV · as Michael Prence · 1 ep
Death Comes to Pemberley
TV · as Henry Alveston · 3 eps
Blandings
TV · as Jimmy Belford · 1 ep
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Movie · as Owen
On This Island
Movie · as Hadrian
Restless
TV · as Kolia · 2 eps
Black Mirror
TV · as Ryan Pound · 1 ep
An Education
Movie · as Student
Inspector George Gently
TV · as James Blackstone · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Onegin · 1 ep
Glastonbury
TV · as Self · 1 ep
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep