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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Joy
2024
as Robert Edwards
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursu...

Ex-Husbands
2024
as Nick Pearce
Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, ...

Bob Marley: One Love
2024
as Chris Blackwell
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

A Little Life
2023
as Jude St. Francis
Following four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude...

Rogue Agent
2022
as Robert Freegard
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him b...

Rogue Agent
2022
Producer
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him b...

Things Heard & Seen
2021
as George Claire
Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a j...

Nowhere Special
2020
as John
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after g...

Little Women
2019
as John Brooke
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Mr. Jones
2019
as Gareth Jones
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the S...

Angelica
2017
as Harry
A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.

Flatliners
2017
as Jamie
Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for ...

Hampstead
2017
as Philip
Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, ...

To Walk Invisible
2016
as Duke of Wellington
To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they fac...

Everyday Performance Artists
2016
as Aaron
Starring Gemma Chan, James Norton and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and narrated by Shia LaBeouf, this is the story of an uncomfortably timed confession, in...

Lady Chatterley's Lover
2015
as Sir Clifford Chatterley
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeepe...

Bonobo
2014
as Ralph
Judith, an uptight divorcee, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a commune of hippie-misfits who live according to the be...

Mr. Turner
2014
as Clarinettist
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful ...

Northmen: A Viking Saga
2014
as Bjorn
A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

Hollow
2014
as Lone Man
The club tests its own characters and people for their strength and beliefe every while...

Rush
2013
as Guy Edwards
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.

Belle
2013
as Oliver Ashford
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in Engl...

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
as Owen
England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances th...
On This Island
2012
as Hadrian
Set in a satirical vision of modern Britain, Hadrian is a young and ambitious civil servant who arranges to receive Greek lessons in preparation for a...

An Education
2009
as Student
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When ...

Heart of Darkness
N/A
as (voice)
Based on Joseph Conrad's novel, Marlow captains a leaky steamboat up the River Congo in search of a mysterious figure named Kurtz who has carved out a...
Wife & Dog
N/A
Described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy”.

Sunny Dancer
N/A
Ivy is a teenager in remission from cancer, whose mum and dad insist she attend Children Run Free Camp, a summer retreat for young adults affected by ...