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.

Filmography

• 2028The Beatles: George — Brian Epstein
• 2028The Beatles: John — Brian Epstein
• 2028The Beatles: Paul — Brian Epstein
• 2028The Beatles: Ringo — Brian Epstein
• 2027Wife & Dog
• 2026Sunny Dancer — Bob
• 2026Superbloom — Cowboy
• House of Guinness — Sean Rafferty
• King & Conqueror — Harold Godwinson, Executive Producer
• Playing Nice — Pete Riley, Executive Producer
• 2024Bob Marley: One Love — Chris Blackwell
• 2024Ex-Husbands — Nick Pearce
• 2024JOY — Robert Edwards
• 2023A Little Life — Jude St. Francis
• House of the Dragon — Lord Ormund Hightower
• 2022Rogue Agent — Robert Freegard, Producer
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
• The Nevers — Hugo Swann
• 2021Things Heard & Seen — George Claire
• 2020Nowhere Special — John
• 2019Little Women — John Brooke
• 2019Mr. Jones — Gareth Jones
• The Trial of Christine Keeler — Stephen Ward
• 2018Hero — Young Charles
• McMafia — Alex Godman
• 2017Angelica — Harry
• 2017Flatliners — Jamie
• 2017Hampstead — Philip
• 2016Everyday Performance Artists — Aaron
• 2016To Walk Invisible — Duke of Wellington
• War and Peace — Andrei Bolkonsky
• 2015Lady Chatterley's Lover — Sir Clifford Chatterley
• Life in Squares — Young Duncan Grant
• 2014Bonobo — Ralph
• Grantchester — Sidney Chambers
• Happy Valley — Tommy Lee Royce
• 2014Hollow — Lone Man
• 2014Mr. Turner — Clarinettist
• 2014Northmen: A Viking Saga — Bjorn
• The Great War: The People's Story — Will Martin
• 2013Belle — Oliver Ashford
• Blandings — Jimmy Belford
• By Any Means — Michael Prence
• Death Comes to Pemberley — Henry Alveston
• 2013Rush — Guy Edwards
• 2012Cheerful Weather for the Wedding — Owen
• 2012On This Island — Hadrian
• Restless — Kolia
• Black Mirror — Ryan Pound
• 2009An Education — Student
• Inspector George Gently — James Blackstone
• Doctor Who — Onegin
• Dog Person
• Heart of Darkness — Marlow (voice)
• Wavewalker: Breaking Free — Producer

Appearances as themselves (7)

• Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Host
• Jerk — Self
• Wild West: America's Great Frontier — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Glastonbury — Self
• This Morning — Self