Jim Norton
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Straw Dogs
1971
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Cry of the Innocent
1980
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975
Oyster Farmer
2004
The Eclipse
2009
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
Boxed
2002
Stan
2006
Rough for Theatre II
2000
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
2000
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988
Jimmy's Hall
2014
Water for Elephants
2011
American History X
1998
The Last Right
2019
Sakharov
1984
Driving Lessons
2006
Mad About Mambo
2000
The Boy
2016
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
The Secret Garden: The Musical
2021
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
Hidden Agenda
1990
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011
Uncle Bill's Barrel
2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
Sunset Heights
1999
Midnight's Child
1992
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Into the West
1992
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
1973
On the Nose
2001
The Legion Hall Bombing
1978
Prisoners of the Moon
2019
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
1991
Homemade
2013
Light
1979
The Dead Hands of Dublin
2020
Home Cooking
1986
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
Screamer
1974
Grass
1982
The Death of Captain Doughty
1973
A Love Divided
1999
Juno and the Paycock
1980
George
1972
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
1993
Wycliffe
1994
Colditz
1972
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Father Ted
1995
The Bill
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
The Sweeney
1975
Frasier
1993
Babylon 5
1994
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Lovejoy
1986
Van der Valk
1972
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
1990
1977
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Nanny
1981
Maigret
1992
Thriller
1973
The Adventurer
1972
Unnatural Causes
1986
Minder
1979
Elementary
2012
Dalgliesh
2021
Peak Practice
1993
Crown Court
1972
Van der Valk
1972
Insurrection
1966
Stay Lucky
1989
Waking the Dead
2001
The Royal
2003
Justice
1971
Midsomer Murders
1997
Babylon 5
1994
Babylon 5
1994
The Treacle People
1996
T-Bag
1985
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Cheers
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Dinner with Dani
2018
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
River
2015
Churchill's People
1974
Fall of Eagles
1974
Strangers
1978
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tony Awards
1956
ITV Playhouse
1967