James Norton
Acting
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.
Born: July 18, 1985
Place of Birth: Lambeth, London, England, UK
Known For
A Little Life
Following four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude. As ambition, addiction, and pride threaten to pull the group apart, they always find themselves bound by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his past. But when those secrets come to light, they finally learn that to know Jude St Francis is to understand the limitless potential of love in the face of life.
Black Mirror
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
Wild West: America's Great Frontier
Discover the amazing ways nature has found to survive in the extremely testing land of America's wild west.
Happy Valley
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
The Nevers
In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces — to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place.
Little Women
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Inspector George Gently
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Rush
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Doctor Who
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Filmography
as Brian Epstein
as Brian Epstein
as Brian Epstein
as Brian Epstein
as Sean Rafferty
as Harold Godwinson
as Pete Riley
as Robert Edwards
as Nick Pearce
as Chris Blackwell
as Jude St. Francis
as Robert Freegard
as George Claire
as Hugo Swann
as John
as Stephen Ward
as John Brooke
as Gareth Jones
as Self
as Alex Godman
as Harry
as Jamie
as Philip
as Duke of Wellington
as Aaron
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Andrei Bolkonsky
as Sir Clifford Chatterley
as Young Duncan Grant
as Ralph
as Clarinettist
as Bjorn
as Sidney Chambers
as Lone Man
as Will Martin
as Tommy Lee Royce
as Henry Alveston
as Michael Prence
as Guy Edwards
as Oliver Ashford
as Jimmy Belford
as Kolia
as Ryan Pound
as Student
as James Blackstone
as Self
as Onegin
as Self
as (voice)