Jim Norton

Jim Norton

1938-01-04 • Dublin, Ireland • Male • 106 Known Credits

Biography

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-01-04

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Known Credits

106

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Jim Morton, James Norton, 짐 노턴

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Known For Movies

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002
American History X

American History X

1998
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008
Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

2018
The Boy

The Boy

2016
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011
Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

1971
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992
Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda

1990
Into the West

Into the West

1992
Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

2006
Jimmy's Hall

Jimmy's Hall

2014
National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2015
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002
The Last Right

The Last Right

2019
Mad About Mambo

Mad About Mambo

2000
The Face of Fu Manchu

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend

1991
On the Nose

On the Nose

2001
The Eclipse

The Eclipse

2009
Conspiracy of Silence

Conspiracy of Silence

2003
Home Cooking

Home Cooking

1986
Cry of the Innocent

Cry of the Innocent

1980
Midnight's Child

Midnight's Child

1992
Oyster Farmer

Oyster Farmer

2004
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

1973
Homemade

Homemade

2013
The Dead Hands of Dublin

The Dead Hands of Dublin

2020
Sunset Heights

Sunset Heights

1999
Sakharov

Sakharov

1984
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

2000
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

2014
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted

Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted

2011
A Love Divided

A Love Divided

1999
Waiting at the Field Gate

Waiting at the Field Gate

1975
George

George

1972
Screamer

Screamer

1974
Grass

Grass

1982
Rough for Theatre II

Rough for Theatre II

2000
The Legion Hall Bombing

The Legion Hall Bombing

1978
Uncle Bill's Barrel

Uncle Bill's Barrel

2008
Prisoners of the Moon

Prisoners of the Moon

2019
The Secret Garden: The Musical

The Secret Garden: The Musical

2021
Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock

1980
Stan

Stan

2006
The Death of Captain Doughty

The Death of Captain Doughty

1973
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes

The Temptation of Eileen Hughes

1988
Light

Light

1979
Boxed

Boxed

2002

Known For TV Shows

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997
Frasier

Frasier

1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970
Elementary

Elementary

2012
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989
Cheers

Cheers

1982
Babylon 5

Babylon 5

1994
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956
Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

2005
Minder

Minder

1979
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964
Peak Practice

Peak Practice

1993
Screen Two

Screen Two

1985
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001
Crown Court

Crown Court

1972
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

1967
The Bill

The Bill

1984
Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975
Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

2021
Wycliffe

Wycliffe

1994
The Sweeney

The Sweeney

1975
Churchill's People

Churchill's People

1974
Father Ted

Father Ted

1995
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

1986
Thriller

Thriller

1973
Van der Valk

Van der Valk

1972
Justice

Justice

1971
River

River

2015
Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

1974
Strangers

Strangers

1978
Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

1973
Blackmail

Blackmail

1965
Maigret

Maigret

1992
The Adventurer

The Adventurer

1972
Colditz

Colditz

1972
Villains

Villains

1972
Stay Lucky

Stay Lucky

1989
T-Bag

T-Bag

1985
Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes

1986
Late Night Theatre

Late Night Theatre

1972
Dinner with Dani

Dinner with Dani

2018
Nanny

Nanny

1981
1990

1990

1977
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984
99-1

99-1

1994
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

1967
The Treacle People

The Treacle People

1996
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

1956
Insurrection

Insurrection

1966
People Like Us

People Like Us

1978
Saturday Night Thriller

Saturday Night Thriller

1982
The Royal

The Royal

2003

Movie Credits

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Mr Mason

American History X

1998

Randy

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008

Herr Liszt

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

Mr. Binnacle

The Boy

2016

Mr. Heelshire

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

Old Mr. Black

Straw Dogs

1971

Chris Cawsey

Water for Elephants

2011

Camel

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

Dr. Bernard Wachs

Hidden Agenda

1990

Brodie

Into the West

1992

Superintendant O'Mara

Driving Lessons

2006

Mr. Fincham

Jimmy's Hall

2014

Father Sheridan

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2015

Polonius

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

Coroner

The Last Right

2019

Padraig

Mad About Mambo

2000

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965

Mathius

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend

1991

Marcus's Dad

On the Nose

2001

Patrick Cassidy

The Eclipse

2009

Malachy

Conspiracy of Silence

2003

Bishop Quinn

Home Cooking

1986

Gordon

Cry of the Innocent

1980

Jasper Tooms

Midnight's Child

1992

Dr. Stefan Grossbart

Oyster Farmer

2004

Mumbles

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

1973

Pongo

Homemade

2013

Tommy

The Dead Hands of Dublin

2020

Narrator (voice)

Sunset Heights

1999

Sam Magee, The Preacher

Sakharov

1984

Roy Medvedev

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

2000

(voice)

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

2014

Candy

Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted

2011

Self

A Love Divided

1999

Waiting at the Field Gate

1975

Rainmarsh

George

1972

Smedley

Screamer

1974

The Man

Grass

1982

Arthur

Rough for Theatre II

2000

A

The Legion Hall Bombing

1978

Detective Sergeant

Uncle Bill's Barrel

2008

Older Michael

Prisoners of the Moon

2019

Arthur Rudolph

The Secret Garden: The Musical

2021

Ben Weatherstaff

Juno and the Paycock

1980

"Joxer" Daly

Stan

2006

Stan Laurel

The Death of Captain Doughty

1973

Francis Drake

The Temptation of Eileen Hughes

1988

Bernard McAuley

Light

1979

Jack Parry

Boxed

2002

Father Moran

TV Credits

Midsomer Murders

1997

Edward Canning (1 episodes)

Frasier

1993

Wentworth (1 episodes)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Holodeck Albert Einstein (2 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Jack Parry (1 episodes)

Elementary

2012

Sir James Walter (3 episodes)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Roger Havering (1 episodes)

Cheers

1982

Henderson (1 episodes)

Babylon 5

1994

Ombuds Wellington (2 episodes)

Tony Awards

1956

Self - Winner (1 episodes)

Hell's Kitchen

2005

Self (1 episodes)

Minder

1979

O'Brady (1 episodes)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Self (1 episodes)

The Wednesday Play

1964

Rodney (1 episodes)

Peak Practice

1993

Father Matthew Corlon (1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Bernard McAuley (1 episodes)

Waking the Dead

2001

David Dusniak (2 episodes)

Crown Court

1972

Jeremy Williams (3 episodes)

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Dr Mellish (1 episodes)

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Tom (1 episodes)

ITV Playhouse

1967

Brian Snow (1 episodes)

The Bill

1984

(1 episodes)

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

F.I.G. Newton (1 episodes)

Dalgliesh

2021

Father Barnes (2 episodes)

Wycliffe

1994

Owens (1 episodes)

The Sweeney

1975

Phil Harrister (1 episodes)

Churchill's People

1974

Cuthbert (1 episodes)

Father Ted

1995

Bishop Len Brennan (3 episodes)

Lovejoy

1986

Father Xavier (1 episodes)

Thriller

1973

The Man (1 episodes)

Van der Valk

1972

Eddy (1 episodes)

Justice

1971

Alan Cartwright (1 episodes)

River

2015

Michael Bennigan (4 episodes)

Fall of Eagles

1974

Kerensky (1 episodes)

Strangers

1978

Cathal Slattery (1 episodes)

Second City Firsts

1973

Rainmarsh (1 episodes)

Blackmail

1965

Johnny Franks (1 episodes)

Maigret

1992

(1 episodes)

The Adventurer

1972

Morgan (1 episodes)

Colditz

1972

Capt. James Porteous (2 episodes)

Villains

1972

'Smudger' Smedley (3 episodes)

Stay Lucky

1989

(1 episodes)

T-Bag

1985

Shopkeeper / Gardner (1 episodes)

Unnatural Causes

1986

Gordon (1 episodes)

Late Night Theatre

1972

Francis Drake (1 episodes)

Dinner with Dani

2018

Himself (1 episodes)

Nanny

1981

(30 episodes)

1990

1977

(1 episodes)

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984

Robert Sanding (1 episodes)

99-1

1994

DCI Otterly (1 episodes)

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

1967

(1 episodes)

The Treacle People

1996

Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice) (27 episodes)

Armchair Theatre

1956

Dug Whitby (1 episodes)

Insurrection

1966

Tom Clarke (8 episodes)

People Like Us

1978

Jim Carver (13 episodes)

Saturday Night Thriller

1982

Arthur (1 episodes)

The Royal

2003

Rory (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.