Jim Norton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1938-01-04 (age 88)

From: Dublin, Ireland

Jim Norton (born 4 January 1938) is an Irish stage, film and television character actor, known for his work in the theatre, most notably in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, and on television as Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted.

Filmography (105)

TV★ 6.8
Dalgliesh
2021
as Father Barnes
MOVIE
The Secret Garden: The Musical
2021
as Ben Weatherstaff
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Dead Hands of Dublin
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Last Right
2019
as Padraig
MOVIE
Prisoners of the Moon
2019
as Arthur Rudolph
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
as Mr. Binnacle
TV★ 3.2
Dinner with Dani
2018
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Boy
2016
as Mr. Heelshire
MOVIE★ 7.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Polonius
TV★ 7.4
River
2015
as Michael Bennigan
MOVIE★ 8.0
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
as Candy
MOVIE★ 6.8
Jimmy's Hall
2014
as Father Sheridan
MOVIE
Homemade
2013
as Tommy
TV★ 7.6
Elementary
2012
as Sir James Walter
MOVIE★ 7.0
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Old Mr. Black
MOVIE★ 6.9
Water for Elephants
2011
as Camel
MOVIE★ 8.0
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Eclipse
2009
as Malachy
MOVIE
Uncle Bill's Barrel
2008
as Older Michael
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Herr Liszt
MOVIE★ 6.1
Driving Lessons
2006
as Mr. Fincham
MOVIE★ 5.3
Stan
2006
as Stan Laurel
TV★ 6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Oyster Farmer
2004
as Mumbles
MOVIE★ 4.8
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
TV★ 7.8
The Royal
2003
as Rory
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
as Coroner
MOVIE★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Mr Mason
MOVIE★ 8.0
Boxed
2002
as Father Moran
MOVIE★ 5.4
On the Nose
2001
as Patrick Cassidy
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as David Dusniak
MOVIE★ 5.4
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
2000
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Mad About Mambo
2000
MOVIE★ 5.8
Rough for Theatre II
2000
as A
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sunset Heights
1999
as Sam Magee, The Preacher
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Love Divided
1999
MOVIE★ 8.3
American History X
1998
as Randy
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Edward Canning
TV★ 8.7
The Treacle People
1996
as Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
TV★ 8.2
Father Ted
1995
as Bishop Len Brennan
TV★ 6.8
Wycliffe
1994
as Owens
TV★ 8.0
Babylon 5
1994
as Ombuds Wellington
TV
99-1
1994
as DCI Otterly
TV★ 7.7
Frasier
1993
as Wentworth
TV★ 6.5
Peak Practice
1993
as Father Matthew Corlon
MOVIE★ 6.4
Into the West
1992
as Superintendant O'Mara
TV★ 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Midnight's Child
1992
as Dr. Stefan Grossbart
MOVIE★ 5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Dr. Bernard Wachs
TV★ 7.6
Maigret
1992
MOVIE★ 3.8
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
1991
as Marcus's Dad
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hidden Agenda
1990
as Brodie
TV★ 7.0
Stay Lucky
1989
TV★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Roger Havering
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988
as Bernard McAuley
TV★ 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Holodeck Albert Einstein
MOVIE
Home Cooking
1986
as Gordon
TV★ 6.3
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Gordon
TV★ 7.4
Lovejoy
1986
as Father Xavier
TV★ 5.5
T-Bag
1985
as Shopkeeper / Gardner
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Bernard McAuley
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sakharov
1984
as Roy Medvedev
TV★ 5.7
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Robert Sanding
MOVIE
Grass
1982
as Arthur
TV
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
as Arthur
TV★ 7.6
Cheers
1982
as Henderson
TV★ 6.7
Nanny
1981
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cry of the Innocent
1980
as Jasper Tooms
MOVIE
Juno and the Paycock
1980
as "Joxer" Daly
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as O'Brady
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Dr Mellish
MOVIE★ 3.5
Light
1979
as Jack Parry
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Legion Hall Bombing
1978
as Detective Sergeant
TV★ 7.3
Strangers
1978
as Cathal Slattery
TV
People Like Us
1978
as Jim Carver
TV★ 6.5
1990
1977
TV★ 7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as F.I.G. Newton
MOVIE
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975
as Rainmarsh
TV★ 8.0
The Sweeney
1975
as Phil Harrister
TV★ 5.0
Churchill's People
1974
as Cuthbert
MOVIE★ 7.4
Screamer
1974
as The Man
TV★ 7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Kerensky
TV
Second City Firsts
1973
as Rainmarsh
MOVIE★ 5.0
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
1973
as Pongo
TV★ 6.9
Thriller
1973
as The Man
MOVIE
The Death of Captain Doughty
1973
as Francis Drake
TV★ 7.5
Colditz
1972
as Capt. James Porteous
TV★ 5.7
Crown Court
1972
as Jeremy Williams
TV★ 6.3
The Adventurer
1972
as Morgan
TV★ 6.2
Van der Valk
1972
as Eddy
TV★ 7.5
Villains
1972
as 'Smudger' Smedley
MOVIE
George
1972
as Smedley
TV
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Francis Drake
MOVIE★ 7.2
Straw Dogs
1971
as Chris Cawsey
TV★ 7.3
Justice
1971
as Alan Cartwright
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Jack Parry
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Brian Snow
TV★ 4.4
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
TV
Insurrection
1966
as Tom Clarke
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Tom
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
as Mathius
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Rodney
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Dug Whitby
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner