ACTOR
James Norton
18 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
James Norton attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London for three years, but left in 2010, six months before graduating, to take an acting role.
- #002
On international sports betting sites, James Norton was the favorite to succeed Daniel Craig as the next James Bond, with odds as short as 2 to 1 at William Hill.
- #003
James Norton's father was born in Tanzania and worked as a lecturer at Hull School of Art and Design.
- #004
James Norton has type 1 diabetes.
- #005
James Norton received a Fitzwilliam Travel Bursary to travel to northern India to teach and perform for schoolchildren at 16 schools.
- #006
From 2004, James Norton studied Theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and graduated in 2007 with First Class Honours.
- #007
James Norton is the great-grandson of Hugh Ross Norton, Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1945 to 1962, and of Vice Admiral Horace Geoffrey Norman, a commander of Allied warships.
- #008
James Norton was educated at Ampleforth College, an independent Roman Catholic (Benedictine) boarding school in the village of Ampleforth in North Yorkshire, where he excelled at drama and tennis.
- #009
As of 2022, James Norton had appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture: An Education (2009) and Little Women (2019).
- #010
James Norton was appointed to the board of trustees of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust.
- #011
James Norton is the son of Lavinia Jane Norman and Hugh Biddulph Norton, both of whom are teachers.
- #012
James Norton was a member of the Marlowe Society theatre club at Cambridge.
- #013
At the age of 15, James Norton worked at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.
- #014
James Norton has English, Irish, Scottish, Cornish and 1/16 Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, the latter coming directly through his matrilineal line. Through his Jewish great-great-great-grandmother, whose family was from Germany and Denmark, James is related to Prime Minister David Cameron via shared Rée ancestors.
- #015
James Norton's family lived in the town of Malton in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.
- #016
In 1998, James Norton made his first stage appearance as Gwen Stefani in a school impersonation competition.
- #017
James Norton attended drama school with Cynthia Erivo.
- #018
James Norton's parents are Lavinia and Hugh.
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