Acting credits
59
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
James Norton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 32Series: 27Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 1205278
IMDb ID: nm3584268
Known for: Acting
Born: July 18, 1985
Age: 41
Place of birth: Lambeth, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2028
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q15990205
Also known as
James Geoffrey Ian Norton
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)Producer (1)
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.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Norton.
Apr 5, 2028
The Beatles: Paul
as Brian Epstein
2028 Movie
Apr 5, 2028
The Beatles: John
as Brian Epstein
2028 Movie
Apr 5, 2028
The Beatles: George
as Brian Epstein
2028 Movie
Apr 5, 2028
The Beatles: Ringo
as Brian Epstein
2028 Movie
Feb 18, 2027
Wife & Dog
2027 Movie
Sunny Dancer
as Bob
2026 Movie
Superbloom
as Cowboy
2026 Movie
JOY
as Robert Edwards
2024 Movie
Ex-Husbands
as Nick Pearce
2024 Movie
Bob Marley: One Love
as Chris Blackwell
2024 Movie
A Little Life
as Jude St. Francis
2023 Movie
Rogue Agent
as Robert Freegard
2022 Movie
Things Heard & Seen
as George Claire
2021 Movie
Nowhere Special
as John
2020 Movie
Little Women
as John Brooke
2019 Movie
Mr. Jones
as Gareth Jones
2019 Movie
Hero
as Young Charles
2018 Movie
Angelica
as Harry
2017 Movie
Flatliners
as Jamie
2017 Movie
Hampstead
as Philip
2017 Movie
To Walk Invisible
as Duke of Wellington
2016 Movie
Everyday Performance Artists
as Aaron
2016 Movie
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Sir Clifford Chatterley
2015 Movie
Bonobo
as Ralph
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Norton.
Saturday Night Live UK
as Self - Host • 1 eps
2026 Series
House of Guinness
as Sean Rafferty • 8 eps
2025 Series
King & Conqueror
as Harold Godwinson • 8 eps
2025 Series
Playing Nice
as Pete Riley • 4 eps
2025 Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
1 eps
2022 Series
House of the Dragon
as Lord Ormund Hightower • 8 eps
2022 Series
The Nevers
as Hugo Swann • 6 eps
2021 Series
The Trial of Christine Keeler
as Stephen Ward • 6 eps
2019 Series
Jerk
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
McMafia
as Alex Godman • 8 eps
2018 Series
Wild West: America's Great Frontier
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
2016 Series
War and Peace
as Andrei Bolkonsky • 6 eps
2016 Series
Life in Squares
as Young Duncan Grant • 3 eps
2015 Series
Grantchester
as Sidney Chambers • 24 eps
2014 Series
The Great War: The People's Story
as Will Martin • 1 eps
2014 Series
Happy Valley
as Tommy Lee Royce • 18 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Death Comes to Pemberley
as Henry Alveston • 3 eps
2013 Series
By Any Means
as Michael Prence • 1 eps
2013 Series
Blandings
as Jimmy Belford • 1 eps
2013 Series
Restless
as Kolia • 2 eps
2012 Series
Black Mirror
as Ryan Pound • 1 eps
2011 Series
Inspector George Gently
as James Blackstone • 1 eps
2008 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 4 eps
2007 Series