<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Nigel Davenport Maria Aitken </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Jonathan Aitken (maternal uncle) Penelope, Lady Aitken (maternal grandmother) William Aitken (maternal grandfather) John Maffey (great - grandfather) </Td> </Tr> <P> Jack Arthur Davenport (born 1 March 1973) is an English actor . He is best known for his roles in the television series This Life and Coupling, and as James Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean series . He has also appeared in other Hollywood films, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley . More recently, he was part of the ensemble cast in the drama series FlashForward and Smash, and took the lead role in the 2013 ITV drama series Breathless . </P> <P> Davenport, the son of actors Nigel Davenport and Maria Aitken, was born in Wimbledon, London, and lived in Ibiza, Spain, for the first seven years of his life . His uncle is writer and former Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken, his maternal grandmother was socialite Penelope Aitken, his maternal grandfather was politician William Aitken, and one of his maternal great - grandfathers was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby . His parents divorced when he was seven, at which point he was sent to the independent Dragon School in Oxford, as his parents did not want him to become involved in the divorce proceedings . He then went on to attend Cheltenham College, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational), in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, in the West of England, followed by the British American Drama Academy in London . </P>

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