James Norton

James Norton's biography

James Geoffrey Ian Norton is 37 years old actor born at London, England, UK. James Norton was born on Thursday 18th of July 1985. According to year of birth 1985 James Norton belongs to Millennials. Birthday on 18th of July means James Norton is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.

James is white english.

Detailed informations about James Norton's schools

James Norton studied high school - Ampleforth College.

James Norton studied university - Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge for Theology, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

James Norton's career

James´s main focus is to be actor. James is famous thanks to Journey's End.

What else you don't know about James Norton ?

James´s middle name is Geoffrey Ian.

What James Norton has done for a first time

• From 2004 read Theology at Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 2007 with First Class Honors.

James Norton's quotes

• If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just have a reason to get out.
• 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.
• For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.
• I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write off their actions as cruel, callous and completely calculated, but actually, the truth is that they have interests and reasons behind their actions.
• When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.
• I love, when I'm on holiday in cities, going into church and feeling that reverence and that kind of automatic respect: the sort of magic which exists in those kind of religious temples.
• It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want to be a musician or an actor; people can be very condescending and say, 'Oh, that's so sweet, good luck with that!' It can be very frustrating.
• I grew up in the countryside, so I had quite a feral life up until the age of about fourteen.
• Being in a person's head for five months, where they're so hateful, is kind of exhausting.
• I had the acting bug from a very early age.
• You don't want a character who sits on an even playing field the whole time.
• I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot.
• For a long time I had a vintage stall, where I sold men's vintage clothing, and my girlfriend was convinced it was just to do with a problem I had where I just couldn't stop buying senseless clothes, even if they didn't fit me.
• When I was playing a psychopath in Happy Valley (2014) it was really weird.
• I grew up in North Yorkshire, but now London is home.
• I do a mean mouth trumpet.
• Happy Valley (2014) has really changed things for me.
• I crashed my bicycle on the way to my first date with my ex-girlfriend and was cautioned by the police.
• We live in secular world now, but most of our art and culture is rooted in religion.
• Half of what creates psychopaths is genetic, but the other half is conditioning.
• Kids used to come round to my house, and I'd force them to do a play in the bay windows of my house and get all the mums and dads to sit and watch. I'd write the program, write the play and be the star.
• I wanted to do a degree in something I was interested in before going into acting.
• Part of the reason that I love Grantchester (2014) is that it's a show in which the hero is a man of faith. He's not a comic device or a villain. He's just a very normal, very sympathetic young man who most people can identify with.
• My love life right now is infinitely less interesting than that of any of my characters.
• On marriage and fatherhood: I definitely want that, because my sister and I were raised in a really close family and my parents are still very much in love and living in Yorkshire. That's the kind of end game that I would love, too.
• But, still, being at Ampleforth, and then going on to study theology at Cambridge, gave me a lack of cynicism about faith and a respect and fascination for all religions.
• Teenage years are tricky for everyone, but when you're 15 and it's an all-boys boarding school, as it was then, and you go through puberty late, it makes a huge difference.
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James Norton's height, body shape, eye color

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