James Norton

James Norton

1985-07-18 Lambeth, London, England, UK 28 Credits

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.

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Joy

Joy

2024

as Robert Edwards

6.9
Acting

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

Ex-Husbands

2024

as Nick Pearce

6.4
Acting

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

Bob Marley: One Love

2024

as Chris Blackwell

6.7
Acting

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

A Little Life

A Little Life

2023

as Jude St. Francis

9.0
Acting

Following four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude...

Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent

2022

as Robert Freegard

6.4
Acting

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

Rogue Agent

2022

Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Things Heard & Seen

2021

as George Claire

5.7
Acting

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

Nowhere Special

2020

as John

7.2
Acting

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

Little Women

2019

as John Brooke

7.9
Acting

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

2019

as Gareth Jones

6.8
Acting

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

Angelica

2017

as Harry

4.7
Acting

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

Flatliners

Flatliners

2017

as Jamie

5.6
Acting

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

Hampstead

2017

as Philip

6.0
Acting

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

To Walk Invisible

2016

as Duke of Wellington

7.1
Acting

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

Everyday Performance Artists

2016

as Aaron

7.0
Acting

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

Lady Chatterley's Lover

2015

as Sir Clifford Chatterley

6.4
Acting

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

Bonobo

2014

as Ralph

5.0
Acting

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

Mr. Turner

2014

as Clarinettist

6.5
Acting

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

Northmen: A Viking Saga

2014

as Bjorn

5.4
Acting

A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

Hollow

Hollow

2014

as Lone Man

Acting

The club tests its own characters and people for their strength and beliefe every while...

Rush

Rush

2013

as Guy Edwards

7.7
Acting

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

Belle

2013

as Oliver Ashford

7.1
Acting

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

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

2012

as Owen

5.6
Acting

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

Acting

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

An Education

2009

as Student

6.9
Acting

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

Heart of Darkness

N/A

as (voice)

Acting

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

Acting

Described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy”.

Sunny Dancer

Sunny Dancer

N/A

Acting

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 ...