James Norton

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.

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Selected Filmography

• Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Doctor Who(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Onegin
• The Graham Norton Show(2007)TV Series · 4 epsas Self
• House of the Dragon(2022)TV Series · 8 epsas Lord Ormund Hightower
• Black Mirror(2011)TV Series · 1 epas Ryan Pound
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg(2022)TV Series · 1 ep
• Grantchester(2014)TV Series · 24 epsas Sidney Chambers
• Little Women(2019)as John Brooke
• Inspector George Gently(2008)TV Series · 1 epas James Blackstone
• Happy Valley(2014)TV Series · 18 epsas Tommy Lee Royce
• McMafia(2018)TV Series · 8 epsas Alex Godman
• The Nevers(2021)TV Series · 6 epsas Hugo Swann
• Rush(2013)as Guy Edwards
• War and Peace(2016)TV Series · 6 epsas Andrei Bolkonsky
• House of Guinness(2025)TV Series · 8 epsas Sean Rafferty
• Glastonbury(1997)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Things Heard & Seen(2021)as George Claire
• Rogue Agent(2022)as Robert Freegard
• Bob Marley: One Love(2024)as Chris Blackwell
• Death Comes to Pemberley(2013)TV Series · 3 epsas Henry Alveston