🛢️ Inside the Norris Family: Untangling the ‘Landman’ Clan

Taylor Sheridan’s Texas Oil Drama Brings Another Twisted Family Tree to the Small Screen

By Ava Del Toro – TV Features Editor

If you’re watching Landman, the newest gritty drama from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, chances are you’re as hooked as we are—but maybe a little confused, too. Sheridan’s signature storytelling includes tangled loyalties, hidden betrayals, and most notably: complex family trees. And in Landman, that means getting to know the Norris clan.

Set against the high-stakes world of Texas oil booms and busts, Landman follows the Norris family, whose personal dramas are as volatile as the oil fields they work. With ex-wives, estranged children, and off-screen siblings, here’s a full breakdown of who’s who in this West Texas family—and what it could mean going into Season 2.

🌵 Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton)

Role: The patriarch, a hardened landman with a checkered past.
Status: Divorced, emotionally distant, but deeply tied to the land and his family legacy.
Tommy is the grizzled center of the show, pulling strings in backroom deals while trying to keep what’s left of his family from falling apart—though he rarely admits that’s what he’s doing.

💼 Angela Norris (Ali Larter)

Role: Tommy’s ex-wife, now remarried to an oil attorney.
Status: Estranged, but drawn back into Tommy’s world when their daughter stirs up trouble.
Angela may be out of the marriage, but not out of the business—or the drama. Her reappearance in Season 1 sets off major emotional landmines.

🎓 Jessa Norris (Michelle Randolph)

Role: Tommy and Angela’s daughter, idealistic but conflicted.
Status: Recent college grad trying to carve a path outside the oil business—until she finds herself sucked back in.
Jessa is the emotional heart of the story. She questions everything her family stands for while grappling with whether to join them or fight them.

🧢 Royce Norris (unseen but mentioned)

Role: Tommy’s estranged brother.
Status: MIA, rumored to be off-grid after a decades-old fallout.
Though he hasn’t appeared on screen yet, Royce casts a long shadow. Fans suspect he may play a major role in Season 2, possibly returning with secrets of his own.

🧑‍🌾 Tanner Norris (played by [TBD Actor])

Role: Tommy’s nephew, working the rigs under a false name.
Status: Illegitimate son of Royce or Tommy? Theories swirl.
Tanner’s mysterious introduction in Episode 4, and his covert ties to both sides of the family, suggest he could be a ticking time bomb.

🔍 What It All Means for Season 2

With Tommy barely holding his empire together, and Jessa questioning her future in the oil business, the Norris family is on the brink of fracture—or revolution. Angela’s reemergence may signal a power shift, and if Royce finally surfaces, it could flip the family dynamic entirely. And Tanner? He might be the secret heir—or the ultimate betrayer.

Sheridan is known for pulling family drama like thread from a spool, and if Landman continues in that tradition, expect loyalties to shift, old wounds to reopen, and buried secrets to explode.

🛢️ FAMILY TREE SNAPSHOT

Tommy Norris (father)
├── Married (divorced) to Angela Norris
│   └── Daughter: Jessa Norris
├── Brother: Royce Norris (estranged)
│   └── Possible son: Tanner Norris (unconfirmed)

Dashed lines = estranged or unclear ties

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