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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 4, 1938
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Jim Morton
- James Norton
- 짐 노턴
Jim Norton
0.4 Popularity
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
6.7
Father Barnes
Dalgliesh
2021
0.0
Ben Weatherstaff
The Secret Garden: The Musical
2021
5.0
Narrator (voice)
The Dead Hands of Dublin
2020
6.1
Padraig
The Last Right
2019
0.0
Arthur Rudolph
Prisoners of the Moon
2019
6.5
Mr. Binnacle
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
3.3
Himself
Dinner with Dani
2018
6.0
Mr. Heelshire
The Boy
2016
7.5
Polonius
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
7.4
Michael Bennigan
River
2015
Credits
Dalgliesh
as Father Barnes
2021
6.7
The Secret Garden: The Musical
as Ben Weatherstaff
2021
0.0
The Dead Hands of Dublin
as Narrator (voice)
2020
5.0
The Last Right
as Padraig
2019
6.1
Prisoners of the Moon
as Arthur Rudolph
2019
0.0
Mary Poppins Returns
as Mr. Binnacle
2018
6.5
Dinner with Dani
as Himself
2018
3.3
The Boy
as Mr. Heelshire
2016
6.0
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Polonius
2015
7.5
River
as Michael Bennigan
2015
7.4
🎬
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
as Candy
2014
8.0
Jimmy's Hall
as Father Sheridan
2014
6.7
Homemade
as Tommy
2013
0.0
Elementary
as Sir James Walter
2012
7.6
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Old Mr. Black
2011
7.0
Water for Elephants
as Camel
2011
6.9
🎬
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011
8.0
The Eclipse
as Malachy
2009
6.0
🎬
Uncle Bill's Barrel
as Older Michael
2008
0.0
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Herr Liszt
2008
7.8
Driving Lessons
as Mr. Fincham
2006
6.1
Stan
as Stan Laurel
2006
5.0
Hell's Kitchen
as Self
2005
6.8
Oyster Farmer
as Mumbles
2004
5.6
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
4.4
The Royal
as Rory
2003
7.6
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Coroner
2002
6.1
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Mr Mason
2002
7.7
Boxed
as Father Moran
2002
0.0
On the Nose
as Patrick Cassidy
2001
5.3
Waking the Dead
as David Dusniak
2001
7.2
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
as (voice)
2000
4.2
Mad About Mambo
2000
5.0
Rough for Theatre II
as A
2000
5.2
Sunset Heights
as Sam Magee, The Preacher
1999
6.0
A Love Divided
1999
6.0
American History X
as Randy
1998
8.3
Midsomer Murders
as Edward Canning
1997
7.5
The Treacle People
as Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
1996
8.7
Father Ted
as Bishop Len Brennan
1995
8.2
Wycliffe
as Owens
1994
6.0
Babylon 5
as Ombuds Wellington
1994
8.0
Babylon 5
as Dr. Lazarenn
1994
8.0
Babylon 5
as G'Quan
1994
8.0
Frasier
as Wentworth
1993
7.7
Peak Practice
as Father Matthew Corlon
1993
6.1
Into the West
as Superintendant O'Mara
1992
6.4
Midnight's Child
as Dr. Stefan Grossbart
1992
4.4
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Dr. Bernard Wachs
1992
5.9
Maigret
1992
7.1
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
as Marcus's Dad
1991
3.3
Hidden Agenda
as Brodie
1990
7.0
Stay Lucky
1989
6.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Roger Havering
1989
8.2
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
as Bernard McAuley
1988
0.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Holodeck Albert Einstein
1987
8.4
Home Cooking
as Gordon
1986
0.0
🎬
Unnatural Causes
as Gordon
1986
5.5
Lovejoy
as Father Xavier
1986
7.3
🎬
T-Bag
as Shopkeeper / Gardner
1985
5.5
The Bill
1984
6.7
Sakharov
as Roy Medvedev
1984
7.0
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as Robert Sanding
1984
5.0
🎬
Grass
as Arthur
1982
0.0
Cheers
as Henderson
1982
7.6
Nanny
1981
6.0
Cry of the Innocent
as Jasper Tooms
1980
5.0
Juno and the Paycock
as "Joxer" Daly
1980
0.0
Minder
as O'Brady
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr Mellish
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as H.A.K. Bates
1979
6.7
Light
as Jack Parry
1979
3.5
The Legion Hall Bombing
as Detective Sergeant
1978
0.0
1990
1977
6.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
as F.I.G. Newton
1975
6.9
Waiting at the Field Gate
as Rainmarsh
1975
0.0
The Sweeney
as Phil Harrister
1975
7.8
Churchill's People
as Cuthbert
1974
1.0
Screamer
as The Man
1974
7.5
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
as Pongo
1973
4.8
Thriller
as The Man
1973
6.6
🎬
The Death of Captain Doughty
as Francis Drake
1973
0.0
Colditz
as Capt. James Porteous
1972
7.3
Crown Court
as Jeremy Williams
1972
5.4
The Adventurer
as Morgan
1972
5.5
Van der Valk
as Eddy
1972
5.8
Van der Valk
as Hanson
1972
5.8
George
as Smedley
1972
0.0
Straw Dogs
as Chris Cawsey
1971
7.1
Justice
as Alan Cartwright
1971
6.0
Play for Today
as Jack Parry
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as The Detective Sergeant
1970
6.3
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
3.5
Insurrection
as Tom Clarke
1966
0.0
The Face of Fu Manchu
as Mathius
1965
6.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9