James Norton (actor)
{{Short description|English actor (born 1985)}}
{{about|the English actor|other people|James Norton (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = James Norton
| image = James Norton at Cambridge.jpg
| alt = James Norton filming TV series Grantchester on Clare College Bridge in Cambridge in 205
| caption = Norton in 2015
| birth_name = James Geoffrey Ian Norton
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|7|18}}
| birth_place = Lambeth, London, England
| education = Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2007–present
| height =
}}
James Geoffrey Ian Norton{{cite web| access-date=29 September 2017| url=https://www.mrporter.com/journal/the-look/the-rise-of-mr-james-norton/2612|title=The Rise of Mr. James Norton| website=Mr. Porter| first=Richard| last=Godwin| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929194835/https://www.mrporter.com/journal/the-look/the-rise-of-mr-james-norton/2612| archive-date=29 September 2017| url-status=live}} (born 18 July 1985) is an English actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace and McMafia. He played the title role in the 2019 film Mr. Jones. He earned a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for his performance as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley.
Early life and education
Norton was born on 18 July 1985 in Lambeth, London,Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales confirms name and birthdate and lists birthplace as Lambeth. Publisher: General Register Office. Retrieved: 30 April 2021. the son of Hugh Biddulph Norton and Lavinia Jane Norman.{{cite web| url=http://www.famechain.com/family-tree/21067/hugh-norton/lavinia-norton| title=Hugh Norton & Lavinia Norton Engagement, Children, Joint Family Tree & History| website=Famechain.com| access-date=13 October 2017}} His parents were both teachers; his father, who was born in Tanzania, was a lecturer at Hull School of Art and Design.{{cite episode| series=Graham Norton| title=James Norton, Graham Norton| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03dgqg8| access-date=3 January 2016| network=BBC Radio 2| date=2 January 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/479237/Happy-Valley-s-James-Norton-on-Grantchester |title='I admire Michael Fassbender enormously,' says Happy Valley's James Norton |last1=Williams |first1=Andrew |date=1 June 2014 |newspaper=The Sunday Express |location=London |access-date=20 June 2014}} Though originally from London, Norton's family lived in the town of Malton in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.{{cite news| title=How James Norton went from killer to clergyman| url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/theatre-and-tv/how-james-norton-went-from-killer-to-clergyman-1-6869080| access-date=10 January 2015| newspaper=The Yorkshire Post| date=5 October 2014}}{{cite web| url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/theatre/9036732.Review__Journey___s_End__Leeds_Grand_Theatre/| title=Review: Journey's End, Leeds Grand Theatre| last1=Hutchinson| first1=Charles| date=19 May 2011| newspaper=The Press| location=York| access-date=27 December 2013}} Norton, who grew up at the edge of the Howardian Hills in North Yorkshire, has described his childhood as "idyllic".{{cite news| last1=Shattuck| first1=Kathryn| title=Easily Channeling a Vulnerable Vicar: James Norton in 'Grantchester' on PBS 'Masterpiece'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/television/james-norton-in-grantchester-on-pbs-masterpiece.html| access-date=10 January 2015| newspaper=The New York Times| date=9 January 2015| url-access=subscription}} His grandfather, Ian Norton MBE (1923–2003), a colonial official in Tanganyika,{{cite book| title=Tanganyika Territory Blue Book for the year ended 31 December 1946| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y15v5e2wHsQC&q=detailed+statement&pg=PA111| publisher=The Government Printer| location=Dar Es Salaam| year=1946| page=115}} was son of Hugh Ross Norton OBE, Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1945 to 1962; Ian's wife, Jean (1923–2016), was daughter of Colonel Francis John Biddulph, of the Royal Engineers. The Biddulphs were a branch of an Irish landed gentry family.{{cite book| title=Burke's Irish Family Records| editor-first=Hugh| editor-last=Montgomery-Massingberd| publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd| year=1976| page=108| isbn=978-0-0850-1118-4}}
Norton was educated at Bramcote Prep School (Scarborough College) in Scarborough until the age of 13 and Ampleforth College,{{cite journal| title=All the world's a stage| journal=Optima| date=Autumn 2007| issue=13| page=13| url=http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/mi-client/media/import/documents/Optima13.pdf| access-date=10 January 2015| publisher=Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge| url-status=usurped| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228144657/http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/mi-client/media/import/documents/Optima13.pdf| archive-date=28 December 2013 }} an independent Roman Catholic (Benedictine) boarding school in the village of Ampleforth in North Yorkshire. He did work experience at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough when he was 15.
Starting in 2004,{{cite web| date=16 October 2020| title=James Norton British Actor: Know Everything About Him| url=https://artstribune.com/2020/10/16/james-norton-british-actor/|access-date=24 November 2020| website=Arts Tribune| language=en-US}} Norton read theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating in 2007 with First Class Honours. Norton received a Fitzwilliam Travel Grant to travel to Northern India, to teach and perform for schoolchildren at 16 schools. He has said his studies were principally focused on Hinduism and Buddhism.
Norton was a member of The Marlowe Society theatre club at Cambridge, and in 2007 he played Posthumus in a production of Cymbeline directed by Trevor Nunn for the society's centenary.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3668124/The-Marlowe-Society-Talent-show-for-theatres-brightest-stars.html |title=The Marlowe Society: Talent show for theatre's brightest stars |last1=Christiansen |first1=Rupert |date=24 September 2007 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=29 December 2013}} Norton has said that he performed in many theatre productions while at university.{{cite web| title=James Norton| url=http://www.theartistspartnership.co.uk/norton/269/#.VLFhxivF98E| website=The Artists Partnership| access-date=10 January 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110191926/http://www.theartistspartnership.co.uk/norton/269/#.VLFhxivF98E| archive-date=10 January 2015| url-status=usurped}}{{cite news| last1=Merry|first1=Elspeth| title=James Norton| url=http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/james-norton| access-date=10 January 2015| work=1883 Magazine| date=28 April 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216180949/http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/james-norton|archive-date=16 February 2016| url-status=usurped}} Norton then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London for three years, but left in 2010 six months before graduation to take an acting assignment.{{cite news| last1=Watson| first1=Jonathan| title=James Norton: Joining the big league| url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/people/2011/11/james-norton-joining-the-big-league/|access-date=10 January 2015| magazine=The Stage| date=4 November 2011}}
Career
Norton appeared as a classmate of Jenn in the film An Education, starring Carey Mulligan, in 2009. In 2010 he was an original cast member of Posh at the Royal Court Theatre.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/apr/16/posh-royal-court-billington| title='Posh' – Royal Court, London| last=Billington| first=Michael| date=16 April 2010| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| access-date=29 December 2013}} At the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2010, Norton starred in That Face as Henry, an 18-year-old who has dropped out of school to care for his mentally disturbed and drug-dependent mother, played by Frances Barber. Lynne Walker of The Independent wrote of his performance: "At the centre of it all is Henry who, in James Norton's striking portrayal, is like a young caged animal."{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/that-face-crucible-studio-sheffield-2022104.html| title='That Face, Crucible Studio, Sheffield| last1=Walker| first1=Lynne| date=9 July 2010| newspaper=The Independent| location=London| access-date=29 December 2013}} In 2011, Norton starred as Captain Stanhope in the First World War drama Journey's End.{{cite web| title=Best of British: James Norton| url=http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/best-of-british-james-norton| magazine=ShortList| access-date=4 November 2014| date=16 January 2012}} The production toured the UK from March to June and transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End from July to September. Norton then took the role of Geoffrey in The Lion in Winter at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket directed by Trevor Nunn, with whom Norton had worked at Cambridge in Cymbeline.
In the 2012 film Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, Norton played Owen, the would-be groom of a conflicted bride.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/movies/cheerful-weather-for-the-wedding-with-elizabeth-mcgovern.html| title=There Will Always Be a Fantasy England: 'Cheerful Weather for the Wedding' With Elizabeth McGovern| last=Holden| first=Stephen| date=6 December 2012| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=20 June 2014}} He appeared in the 2013 film Rush as Formula One driver Guy Edwards. In the 2013 film Belle, he played a suitor of the title character, a mixed-race woman in 18th-century English society.{{cite news| url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/05/21/movie-review-belle/9380533/| title=Movie Review: 'Belle'| last=Darling| first=Cary| date=21 May 2014| newspaper=The Courier-Journal| location=Louisville, Kentucky| access-date=20 June 2014}} Norton's television appearances include the Doctor Who episode "Cold War", in which he played a crewman on a Soviet submarine during the Cold War, and Death Comes to Pemberley, based on the P. D. James novel involving characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice caught up in a murder mystery. Norton was acclaimed for his role as Tommy Lee Royce, the villain of the hit crime drama Happy Valley. Michael Hogan of The Telegraph wrote: "...the breakout star, seen in only a few small parts before this, has been the devilishly handsome James Norton, 29, as the heinous killer Royce, whom he has played with impressive depth." As the first series came to its dramatic conclusion, Norton commented, "8 million people are currently wishing me dead."{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10872830/8-million-people-are-currently-wishing-me-dead.html| title=Happy Valley's James Norton: '8 million people are currently wishing me dead'| last=Hogan| first=Michael| date=3 June 2014| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| location=London| access-date=20 June 2014}} Norton confirmed he would be appearing in the second series of Happy Valley at the 2015 BAFTAs{{cite web| last1=Goodacre| first1=Kate| last2=Jeffery| first2=Morgan| url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a646593/james-norton-will-return-to-happy-valley-for-series-2.html#~pcjMRy2nfdB8| title=James Norton will return to Happy Valley for series 2| date=10 May 2015|work=Digital Spy| access-date=10 May 2015}} and continued in the role in the third series.
From 2014 to 2018 Norton played crime-solving vicar Sidney Chambers alongside Robson Green as Police Inspector Geordie Keating in the ITV series Grantchester, based on the stories by James Runcie.{{cite press release| url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-announces-cast-new-six-part-drama-grantchester| title=ITV announces the cast of new six-part drama Grantchester| date=25 March 2014| publisher=ITV| access-date=20 June 2014}}{{cite news| last1=Debnath| first1=Neela| title=Grantchester star Robson Green: 'We're going to lose James Norton quickly'| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/granchester-star-robson-green-were-going-to-lose-james-norton-quickly-9794245.html| access-date=10 January 2015| newspaper=The Independent| location=London| date=20 October 2014}} Grantchester was his first starring role.{{cite news| title=Grantchester: James Norton talks about playing heavy-drinking vicar in new detective drama| url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Grantchester-James-Norton-talks-playing-heavy/story-23046669-detail/story.html| access-date=10 January 2015|newspaper=Nottingham Post| date=7 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516153240/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Grantchester-James-Norton-talks-playing-heavy/story-23046669-detail/story.html| archive-date=16 May 2015| url-status=usurped}} A second series was broadcast in early 2016. A third series went into production in autumn 2016, and aired in both the UK and the U.S. in late spring and early summer 2017.{{cite news| last1=Tartaglione| first1=Nancy| url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/itv-grantchester-second-season-order-masterpiece-video-1201297680/| title=ITV Has Faith In 'Grantchester', Orders 2nd Season Of Period Mystery Series| website=Deadline Hollywood| access-date=19 July 2015| date=26 November 2014}}{{cite news| last=Hughes| first=Sarah| title=Grantchester, TV review: It took less than two minutes for James Norton to strip to his swimming trunks| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/grantchester-tv-review-it-took-less-than-two-minutes-for-james-norton-to-strip-to-his-swimming-a6908371.html| access-date=6 March 2016| newspaper=The Independent| location=London| date=3 March 2016}} A fourth series began filming in June 2018, and it was confirmed that this would be Norton's final series.{{cite news| title=Grantchester series 4 confirmed – but it's set to be James Norton's last| url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-06-29/grantchester-series-4-james-norton-final-episodes-itv/| access-date=1 July 2018| magazine=Radio Times}}
He also appeared in the 2014 films Northmen: A Viking Saga and Mr. Turner, a biographical drama on the life of the artist J. M. W. Turner by director Mike Leigh.{{cite news| last1=Fisher| first1=Alice| title=Fashion: James Norton under cover| url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/oct/05/fashion-james-norton-modelling-coats| access-date=10 January 2015| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| date=5 October 2014}} In 2015 Norton played Duncan Grant in the BBC Two mini-series about the Bloomsbury Group, Life in Squares.{{cite news| last1=Molloy|first1=Antonia| title=New BBC drama Life in Squares to track lives of Bloomsbury Set| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/new-bbc-drama-life-in-squares-to-track-lives-of-bloomsbury-set-9676202.html| access-date=10 January 2015| newspaper=The Independent| location=London| date=18 August 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Kelly| first1=Guy| title=Life In Squares star James Norton: 'acting is a neurotic profession, I always need to get away'| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11755526/Life-In-Squares-star-James-Norton-acting-is-a-neurotic-profession-I-always-need-to-get-away.html| access-date=14 September 2015| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| location=London| date=25 July 2015}} In 2016, Norton appeared as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky in the BBC miniseries of Andrew Davies' production of War & Peace.{{cite news| title=James Norton: 'Weirdly, I read War & Peace while filming Happy Valley!' (Video)|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-news/news/james-norton-weirdly-i-read-war-peace-while-filming-happy-valley-video| access-date=3 January 2016| work=What's on TV| date=29 December 2015}} The mini-series, a co-production with The Weinstein Company, allowed the cast to film in Russia.{{cite news| last1=Brown| first1=Emma| title=The Russian Prince| url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/james-norton/| access-date=31 January 2016| magazine=Interview| date=14 January 2016}}
Between March and May 2016 Norton appeared in Tracy Letts’ Bug in London's West End.{{cite news| last1=Shenton| first1=Mark|title=Tracy Letts's Bug To Be Revived at West End's Found111 with TV Star James Norton and Kate Fleetwood| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/tracy-lettss-bug-to-be-revived-at-west-ends-found111-with-tv-star-james-norton-and-kate-fleetwood-386395| access-date=14 February 2016| magazine=Playbill| date=12 February 2016}} In 2016, he appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.{{cite news| title='Black Mirror' Season 3 Trailer: "No One Is This Happy'| url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/black-mirror-season-3-trailer-netflix-bryce-dallas-howard-alice-eve-james-norton-1201832611/| last=Pederson| first=Erik| website=Deadline Hollywood| date=7 October 2016| access-date=3 May 2024}} Between December 2017 and February 2018 he appeared in Amy Herzog’s Belleville at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre.{{cite news| last1=Hetrick| first1=Adam| title=James Norton and Imogen Poots Cast in Amy Herzog's Belleville at the Donmar| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/james-norton-and-imogen-poots-cast-in-amy-herzogs-belleville-at-the-donmar| magazine=Playbill| access-date=15 November 2017| date=13 November 2017}} As part of his preparation for his role in McMafia, Norton studied the Russian martial art and health system Systema.{{citation| title=James Norton talks about Systema training for his role in McMafia| date=5 January 2018| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45PsYGX4nbw| access-date=9 January 2018}} In 2019, Norton portrayed John Brooke in Greta Gerwig's film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women.{{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/sony-little-women-greta-gerwig-james-norton-1202438845/|website=Deadline Hollywood| title=Sony's 'Little Women' Adaptation Adds 'Flatliners' Actor James Norton| last=N'Duka| first=Amanda| date=2 August 2018}}{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191216-why-little-women-is-a-triumph| website=BBC Online| title=Why Little Women is a Triumph| last=James| first=Caryn| date=16 December 2019}}
He was ranked 31 on the Radio Times{{'}}s TV 100 power list in 2024.{{cite web| title=Radio Times TV 100 – the full list| url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-100-full-list/| access-date=2024-12-01| website=Radio Times| first=James| last=Hibbs| date=7 April 2024| language=en-GB}}
Personal life
When asked if he was religious, in the context of portraying a vicar in Grantchester, Norton said: "Obviously I have a relationship with religion, because I went to a Catholic school and studied theology. I can't call myself religious, but I'm definitely fascinated by it".
In 2015, Norton became a trustee of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust.{{cite web| url=https://twitter.com/jginorton/status/675000193138429952| title=James Norton on Twitter| website=Twitter}} Norton has type 1 diabetes.{{cite episode| title=Series 10, Episode 4| credits=Jonathan Ross; Brenda Blethyn and Craig David| season=10| number=4| url=http://www.itv.com/hub/the-jonathan-ross-show/2a1166a0112| access-date=31 January 2016| series=The Jonathan Ross Show| date=30 January 2016| url-status=usurped| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202144522/http://www.itv.com/hub/the-jonathan-ross-show/2a1166a0112| archive-date=2 February 2016}}
Norton was in a relationship with actress Jessie Buckley between 2015 and 2017.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/20/jessie-buckley-on-covid-filming-worlds-greatest-love-scene-and-we-couldnt-touch| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| title=Jessie Buckley on Covid filming: 'The world's greatest love scene – and we couldn't touch!'| date=20 March 2021| accessdate=17 February 2022| last=Lamont| first=Tom}} From 2018 to 2023, Norton was in a relationship with actress Imogen Poots, to whom he was engaged from 2022 until their breakup.{{cite news| url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20210122105261/james-norton-who-is-girlfriend-imogen-poots/| magazine=Hello!| date=22 January 2021| accessdate=17 February 2022| last=Crosbie| first=Eve| title=Who is actor James Norton dating? All the details}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/30/james-norton-interview-greatest-fear-rats| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| title=James Norton: 'My greatest fear? Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently. It was horrific'| date=30 July 2022| accessdate=17 September 2022| last=Greenstreet| first=Rosanna}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Student | |
| 2012
| Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Owen | |
| rowspan=2|2013
| Rush | Guy Edwards | |
| Belle
| Oliver Ashford | |
| rowspan=3|2014
| Francis Willoughby | |
| Bonobo
| Ralph | |
| Northmen: A Viking Saga
| Bjorn | |
| rowspan=2|2017
| Philip | |
| Flatliners
| Jamie | |
| rowspan=2|2019
| Mr Jones | |
| Little Women
| John Brooke | |
| 2020
| John | |
| 2021
| George Claire | |
| 2022 |
| rowspan=2|2023
| Nick Pearce | |
| A Little Life
| Jude St. Francis | Recording of West End production |
| rowspan=2|2024
| |
| Joy
| |
| TBA
| | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2012
| James Blackstone | Episode: "Gently with Class" |
| Restless
| Kolia | Miniseries |
| rowspan=4|2013
| Jimmy Belford | Episode: "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" |
| Doctor Who
| Onegin | Episode: "Cold War" |
| By Any Means
| Michael Prence | Episode: "Episode 1" |
| Death Comes to Pemberley
| Henry Alveston | 3 episodes |
| 2014–2019
| Sidney Chambers | rowspan=2|Main role |
| 2014–2023
| Tommy Lee Royce |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Young Duncan Grant | 3 episodes |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover
| Sir Clifford Chatterley | Television film |
| rowspan=4|2016
| Prince Andrei Bolkonsky | Main role |
| Black Mirror
| Ryan | Episode: "Nosedive" |
| To Walk Invisible
| Television film |
| Wild West: America's Great Frontier
| Narrator | 3 episodes |
| 2018
| McMafia | Alex Godman | Main role |
| 2019–2020
| The Trial of Christine Keeler | Miniseries |
| 2021–2023
| Hugo Swan | Main role |
| rowspan=2|2025
| Pete | ITV1 drama; 4 episodes |
| King and Conqueror
| In production |
| {{TableTBA}}
| Sean Rafferty |
| {{TableTBA}}
| Ormund Hightower |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Cole | Voice |
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| Posthumus | Cambridge Arts Theatre (1–6 October 2007) |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Posh | Miles Richards | Royal Court Theatre, London (9 April – 22 May 2010) |
| That Face
| Henry | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (7–24 July 2010) |
| 2011
| Captain Stanhope | UK national tour (March–June 2011) |
| 2011–2012
| {{sortname|The|Lion in Winter}} | Geoffrey | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London (5 November 2011 – 28 January 2012) |
| 2016
| Bug | Peter | Found111, London (24 March – 14 May 2016) |
| 2017–2018
| Zack | Donmar Warehouse, London (7 December 2017 – 3 February 2018) |
| 2023
| Jude St Francis | Richmond Theatre, Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre, London{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/a-little-life-to-run-in-the-west-end-and-tour-with_57864.html|title=A Little Life to run in the West End with James Norton, Omari Douglas, Luke Thompson and Zach Wyatt|website=WhatsOnStage|first=Alex|last=Wood|date=November 23, 2022|accessdate=November 24, 2022}} |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! {{Ref.}} |
|---|
| 2014
| rowspan=2|Best Supporting Actor | rowspan=2|Happy Valley | {{won}} | {{cite press release|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/winners-unmasked-specsavers-crime-thriller-awards-2014-itv3|title=Winners unmasked at Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2014 on ITV3|publisher=ITV|date=October 24, 2014|accessdate=May 8, 2015}} |
| 2015
| British Academy Television Awards |rowspan=2 {{nom}} | {{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32215563|title=BAFTA TV awards 2015: Nominations in full|website=BBC|date=April 8, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015}} |
| 2021
| British Independent Film Awards |Best Actor | Nowhere Special |
| rowspan=2|2024
| Best Performer in a Play | rowspan=2|A Little Life | {{won}} |
| Laurence Olivier Awards
|Best Actor |{{nom}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Glamour Awards Man of the Year}}
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