James Norton Nationality: What nationality is James Norton?

James Norton is of English nationality. However, Norton’s ancestry is English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Jewish.

James Norton completed work experience at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough when he was 15 years old. Norton then attended Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he studied theology and graduated with First Class Honours in 2007.

James Norton attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London for three years but left in 2010 before graduating to take an acting assignment. He was a member of the original cast of Posh at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010.

James Norton also had a role in the Doctor Who episode “Cold War” and was praised for his portrayal of Tommy Lee Royce in the crime drama Happy Valley.

James Norton played Duncan Grant in the BBC Two mini-series Life in Squares about the Bloomsbury Group.

In 2016, James Norton appeared as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky in the BBC miniseries War & Peace. In 2015, he was appointed as a trustee of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust.