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James Geoffrey Ian Norton was born on 18th July 1985, in London, England, and is an actor perhaps best known for portraying the Prince Andrei Bolkonsky in the miniseries “War and Peace”, for playing Tommy Lee Royce in the miniseries “Happy Valley”, and creating the role of Sidney Chambers in the television series “Grantchester”. Norton has been active in the entertainment industry since 2007.

How much is the net worth of James Norton? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $6 million, as of the data presented at the beginning of 2018. Films and television are the major sources of Norton’s modest fortune.

James Norton Net Worth $6 million

To begin with, the boy was raised in London with his sister, in a family of teachers. James studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London, form which he graduated from in 2010. He was a member of the theatre club The Marlowe Society in Cambridge.

Concerning his professional career, it began in the theatre in 2011 when he played the lead role of Captain Stanhope in the drama play “Journey’s End”. In 2012, the actor joined the main cast of the comedy drama film “Cheerful Weather for the Wedding” by Donald Rice, then took several small roles in the films “Rush” (2013) by Ron Howard, “Belle” (2013) by Amma Asante and “Mr. Turner” (2014) by Mike Leigh. His television credits range from the interpretation of the character of Onegin in the one of the episodes of the series “Doctor Who” (2013), Henry Alveston in the dramatic series “Death Comes to Pemberley” as well as Tommy Lee Royce in the crime series “Happy Valley” (2014 – present). For the latter interpretation, the actor won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the BBC. Since 2014 he has portrayed the Reverend Sidney Chambers in another crime series – “Grantchester” – produced by the British ITV channel. In 2015, he embodied the painter and poet Duncan Grant in the series “Life in Squares” produced by the BBC, and the same year appeared in the new drama of BBC1, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, in which he played Lord Clifford Chatterley. In 2016, he joined the main cast of the miniseries “War and Peace” in the part of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, and in May of the same year it was announced that he had joined the main cast of the movie “Flatliners”, which was released in 2017. In addition to this, he starred alongside Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson in the drama film “Hampstead” directed by Joel Hopkins, and most recently James joined the main cast of the “McMafia” (2018) series, in which he plays the lead role Alex Godman. To conclude, all the above mentioned roles have increased the net worth of James Norton.

Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he is still single, and resides in the Peckham district of London. He suffers from Type 1 diabetes mellitus.