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James Norton
Lambeth, London, England, UK
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 (…
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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.
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2028
The Beatles: John
Movie Brian Epstein
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2028
The Beatles: George
Movie Brian Epstein
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2028
The Beatles: Paul
Movie Brian Epstein
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2028
The Beatles: Ringo
Movie Brian Epstein
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2027
Wife & Dog
Movie
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2026
Sunny Dancer
Movie Bob
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2026
House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere
Movie Lord Ormund Hightower
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2026
Superbloom
Movie Cowboy
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2025
House of Guinness
TV show Sean Rafferty
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2025
King & Conqueror
TV show Harold Godwinson
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2025
Playing Nice
TV show Pete Riley
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2024
JOY
Movie Robert Edwards
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2024
Ex-Husbands
Movie Nick Pearce
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2024
Bob Marley: One Love
Movie Chris Blackwell
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2023
A Little Life
Movie Jude St. Francis
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2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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2022
House of the Dragon
TV show Lord Ormund Hightower
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2022
Rogue Agent
Movie Robert Freegard
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2021
Things Heard & Seen
Movie George Claire
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2021
The Nevers
TV show Hugo Swann
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2020
Nowhere Special
Movie John
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2019
The Trial of Christine Keeler
TV show Stephen Ward
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2019
Little Women
Movie John Brooke
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2019
Mr. Jones
Movie Gareth Jones
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2019
Jerk
TV show Self
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2018
Hero
Movie Young Charles
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2018
McMafia
TV show Alex Godman
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2017
Angelica
Movie Harry
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2017
Flatliners
Movie Jamie
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2017
Hampstead
Movie Philip
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2016
To Walk Invisible
Movie Duke of Wellington
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2016
Everyday Performance Artists
Movie Aaron
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2016
Wild West: America's Great Frontier
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2016
War and Peace
TV show Andrei Bolkonsky
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2015
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Movie Sir Clifford Chatterley
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2015
Life in Squares
TV show Young Duncan Grant
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2014
Bonobo
Movie Ralph
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2014
Mr. Turner
Movie Clarinettist
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2014
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Movie Bjorn
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2014
Grantchester
TV show Sidney Chambers
