Acting · Dublin, Ireland · Born January 4, 1938
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.
TVDalgliesh
2021
as Father Barnes
MovieThe Secret Garden: The Musical
2021
as Ben Weatherstaff
MovieThe Dead Hands of Dublin
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Last Right
2019
as Padraig
MoviePrisoners of the Moon
2019
as Arthur Rudolph
MovieMary Poppins Returns
2018
as Mr. Binnacle
TVDinner with Dani
2018
as Himself
MovieThe Boy
2016
as Mr. Heelshire
MovieNational Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Polonius
TVRiver
2015
as Michael Bennigan
MovieNational Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
as Candy
MovieJimmy's Hall
2014
as Father Sheridan
MovieHomemade
2013
as Tommy
TVElementary
2012
as Sir James Walter
MovieExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Old Mr. Black
MovieWater for Elephants
2011
as Camel
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011
MovieThe Eclipse
2009
as Malachy
Uncle Bill's Barrel
2008
as Older Michael
MovieThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Herr Liszt
MovieDriving Lessons
2006
as Mr. Fincham
MovieStan
2006
as Stan Laurel
TVHell's Kitchen
2005
as Self
MovieOyster Farmer
2004
as Mumbles
MovieConspiracy of Silence
2003
TVThe Royal
2003
as Rory
MovieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
as Coroner
MovieHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Mr Mason
MovieBoxed
2002
as Father Moran
MovieOn the Nose
2001
as Patrick Cassidy
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as David Dusniak
MovieAladdin and the Adventure of All Time
2000
as (voice)
MovieMad About Mambo
2000
MovieRough for Theatre II
2000
as A
MovieSunset Heights
1999
as Sam Magee, The Preacher
MovieA Love Divided
1999
MovieAmerican History X
1998
as Randy
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Edward Canning
TVThe Treacle People
1996
as Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
TVFather Ted
1995
as Bishop Len Brennan
TVWycliffe
1994
as Owens
TVBabylon 5
1994
as Ombuds Wellington
TV99-1
1994
as DCI Otterly
TVFrasier
1993
as Wentworth
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Father Matthew Corlon
MovieInto the West
1992
as Superintendant O'Mara
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieMidnight's Child
1992
as Dr. Stefan Grossbart
MovieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Dr. Bernard Wachs
TVMaigret
1992
MovieEven Hitler Had a Girlfriend
1991
as Marcus's Dad
MovieHidden Agenda
1990
as Brodie
TVStay Lucky
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Roger Havering
MovieThe Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988
as Bernard McAuley
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Holodeck Albert Einstein
MovieHome Cooking
1986
as Gordon
TVUnnatural Causes
1986
as Gordon
TVLovejoy
1986
as Father Xavier
T-Bag
1985
as Shopkeeper / Gardner
TVScreen Two
1985
as Bernard McAuley
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieSakharov
1984
as Roy Medvedev
TVMr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Robert Sanding
Grass
1982
as Arthur
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
as Arthur
TVCheers
1982
as Henderson
TVNanny
1981
MovieCry of the Innocent
1980
as Jasper Tooms
MovieJuno and the Paycock
1980
as "Joxer" Daly
TVMinder
1979
as O'Brady
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Dr Mellish
MovieLight
1979
as Jack Parry
MovieThe Legion Hall Bombing
1978
as Detective Sergeant
TVStrangers
1978
as Cathal Slattery
People Like Us
1978
as Jim Carver
TV1990
1977
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as F.I.G. Newton
MovieWaiting at the Field Gate
1975
as Rainmarsh
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Phil Harrister
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Cuthbert
MovieScreamer
1974
as The Man
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as Kerensky
Second City Firsts
1973
as Rainmarsh
MovieAdolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
1973
as Pongo
TVThriller
1973
as The Man
The Death of Captain Doughty
1973
as Francis Drake
TVColditz
1972
as Capt. James Porteous
TVCrown Court
1972
as Jeremy Williams
TVThe Adventurer
1972
as Morgan
TVVan der Valk
1972
as Eddy
TVVillains
1972
as 'Smudger' Smedley
MovieGeorge
1972
as Smedley
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Francis Drake
MovieStraw Dogs
1971
as Chris Cawsey
TVJustice
1971
as Alan Cartwright
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Jack Parry
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Brian Snow
TVNever Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
TVInsurrection
1966
as Tom Clarke
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Tom
MovieThe Face of Fu Manchu
1965
as Mathius
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Rodney
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Dug Whitby
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
