Birthday:
Jan 04, 1938
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Jim Norton
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Straw Dogs | Chris Cawsey | 1971 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Mr Mason | 2002 |
| Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Dr. Bernard Wachs | 1992 |
| Cry of the Innocent | Jasper Tooms | 1980 |
| Waiting at the Field Gate | Rainmarsh | 1975 |
| Oyster Farmer | Mumbles | 2005 |
| The Eclipse | Malachy | 2009 |
| Conspiracy of Silence | 2003 | |
| Boxed | Father Moran | 2002 |
| Stan | Stan Laurel | 2006 |
| Rough for Theatre II | A | 2000 |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Old Mr. Black | 2011 |
| Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time | (voice) | 2000 |
| The Temptation of Eileen Hughes | Bernard McAuley | 1988 |
| Jimmy's Hall | Father Sheridan | 2014 |
| Water for Elephants | Camel | 2011 |
| American History X | Randy | 1998 |
| The Last Right | Padraig | 2019 |
| Sakharov | Roy Medvedev | 1984 |
| Driving Lessons | Mr. Fincham | 2006 |
| Mad About Mambo | 2000 | |
| The Boy | Mr. Heelshire | 2016 |
| National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men | Candy | 2014 |
| The Secret Garden: The Musical | Ben Weatherstaff | 2021 |
| National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Polonius | 2015 |
| Hidden Agenda | Brodie | 1990 |
| Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted | 2011 | |
| Uncle Bill's Barrel | Older Michael | 2008 |
| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Herr Liszt | 2008 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Coroner | 2002 |
| Sunset Heights | Sam Magee, The Preacher | 1999 |
| Midnight's Child | Dr. Stefan Grossbart | 1992 |
| Mary Poppins Returns | Mr. Binnacle | 2018 |
| Into the West | Superintendant O'Mara | 1992 |
| Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall | Pongo | 1973 |
| On the Nose | Patrick Cassidy | 2001 |
| The Legion Hall Bombing | Detective Sergeant | 1978 |
| Prisoners of the Moon | Arthur Rudolph | 2019 |
| Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend | Marcus's Dad | 1991 |
| Homemade | Tommy | 2013 |
| Light | Jack Parry | 1979 |
| The Dead Hands of Dublin | Narrator (voice) | 2020 |
| Home Cooking | Gordon | 1986 |
| The Face of Fu Manchu | Mathius | 1965 |
| Screamer | The Man | 1974 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Wycliffe | Owens | 1994 |
| Colditz | Capt. James Porteous | 1972 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Holodeck Albert Einstein | 1987 |
| Father Ted | Bishop Len Brennan | 1995 |
| The Bill | 1984 | |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Dr Mellish | 1979 |
| The Sweeney | Phil Harrister | 1975 |
| Frasier | Wentworth | 1993 |
| Babylon 5 | Ombuds Wellington | 1994 |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | 1975 | |
| Lovejoy | Father Xavier | 1986 |
| Van der Valk | Eddy | 1972 |
| Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width | 1967 | |
| 1990 | 1977 | |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Roger Havering | 1989 |
| Nanny | 1981 | |
| Hunter's Walk | 1973 | |
| Maigret | 1992 | |
| Thriller | The Man | 1973 |
| The Adventurer | Morgan | 1972 |
| Unnatural Causes | Gordon | 1986 |
| Minder | O'Brady | 1979 |
| Elementary | Sir James Walter | 2012 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1956 |
| Dalgliesh | Father Barnes | 2021 |
| Peak Practice | Father Matthew Corlon | 1993 |
| Crown Court | Jeremy Williams | 1972 |
| Van der Valk | Hanson | 1972 |
| Insurrection | Tom Clarke | 1966 |
| Stay Lucky | 1989 | |
| Waking the Dead | David Dusniak | 2001 |
| The Royal | Rory | 2003 |
| Justice | Alan Cartwright | 1971 |
| Midsomer Murders | Edward Canning | 1997 |
| River | Michael Bennigan | 2015 |
| Babylon 5 | Dr. Lazarenn | 1994 |
| Babylon 5 | G'Quan | 1994 |
| The Treacle People | Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice) | 1996 |
| T-Bag | Shopkeeper / Gardner | 1985 |
| Play for Today | Jack Parry | 1970 |
| Play for Today | The Detective Sergeant | 1970 |
| Cheers | Henderson | 1982 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | H.A.K. Bates | 1979 |
