James Norton manages to turn even the most villainous characters into people you strangely want to support, proving that a good haircut and a sharp suit can disguise almost any underlying sociopathic tendencies.

If you ever find yourself needing to play a brooding, tortured soul in a British period drama, just channel your inner James Norton and hope the BAFTA committee is watching.

James Norton is apparently training for the London Marathon, likely just so he can outrun the various dangerous characters he's portrayed on screen over the last decade.