James Norton (actor)

James Geoffrey Ian Norton is an English actor. He is best known for roles in the British TV series Happy Valley, Grantchester and War amp Peace. For his role as exconvict Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley, Norton was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015.

Norton was born in London, England, the son of Lavinia Jane and Hugh Biddulph Norton. His parents were both teachers his father, who was born in Tanzania, was a Lecturer at Hull School of Art and Design. Though originally from London, Nortons family lived in the town of Malton in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire. Norton described his childhood as idyllic, a time where he lived at the edge of the Howardian Hills in North Yorkshire.

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