Jim Norton
Acting • Born 1938-01-04
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.
Filmography
98 credits
Straw Dogs
Movie • 1971
Chris Cawsey
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Mr Mason
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Movie • 1992
Dr. Bernard Wachs
Cry of the Innocent
Movie • 1980
Jasper Tooms
Waiting at the Field Gate
Movie • 1975
Rainmarsh
Oyster Farmer
Movie • 2004
Mumbles
The Eclipse
Movie • 2009
Malachy
Conspiracy of Silence
Movie • 2003
Boxed
Movie • 2002
Father Moran
Stan
Movie • 2006
Stan Laurel
Rough for Theatre II
Movie • 2000
A
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie • 2011
Old Mr. Black
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
Movie • 2000
(voice)
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
Movie • 1988
Bernard McAuley
Jimmy's Hall
Movie • 2014
Father Sheridan
Water for Elephants
Movie • 2011
Camel
American History X
Movie • 1998
Randy
The Last Right
Movie • 2019
Padraig
Sakharov
Movie • 1984
Roy Medvedev
Driving Lessons
Movie • 2006
Mr. Fincham
Mad About Mambo
Movie • 2000
The Boy
Movie • 2016
Mr. Heelshire
The Secret Garden: The Musical
Movie • 2021
Ben Weatherstaff
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Movie • 2014
Candy
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movie • 2015
Polonius
Hidden Agenda
Movie • 1990
Brodie
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
Movie • 2011
Uncle Bill's Barrel
Movie • 2008
Older Michael
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie • 2008
Herr Liszt
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 2002
Coroner
Sunset Heights
Movie • 1999
Sam Magee, The Preacher
Midnight's Child
Movie • 1992
Dr. Stefan Grossbart
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Mr. Binnacle
Into the West
Movie • 1992
Superintendant O'Mara
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
Movie • 1973
Pongo
On the Nose
Movie • 2001
Patrick Cassidy
The Legion Hall Bombing
Movie • 1978
Detective Sergeant
Prisoners of the Moon
Movie • 2019
Arthur Rudolph
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
Movie • 1991
Marcus's Dad
Homemade
Movie • 2013
Tommy
Light
Movie • 1979
Jack Parry
The Dead Hands of Dublin
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Home Cooking
Movie • 1986
Gordon
The Face of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1965
Mathius
Screamer
Movie • 1974
The Man
Grass
Movie • 1982
Arthur
The Death of Captain Doughty
Movie • 1973
Francis Drake
A Love Divided
Movie • 1999
Juno and the Paycock
Movie • 1980
"Joxer" Daly
George
Movie • 1972
Smedley
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
Movie • 1993
Albert Einstein
Wycliffe
TV • 1994
Owens
Colditz
TV • 1972
Capt. James Porteous
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Holodeck Albert Einstein
Father Ted
TV • 1995
Bishop Len Brennan
The Bill
TV • 1984
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Dr Mellish
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Phil Harrister
Frasier
TV • 1993
Wentworth
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Ombuds Wellington
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
F.I.G. Newton
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Father Xavier
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Eddy
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
TV • 1967
1990
TV • 1977
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Roger Havering
Nanny
TV • 1981
Maigret
TV • 1992
Thriller
TV • 1973
The Man
The Adventurer
TV • 1972
Morgan
Unnatural Causes
TV • 1986
Gordon
Minder
TV • 1979
O'Brady
Elementary
TV • 2012
Sir James Walter
Dalgliesh
TV • 2021
Father Barnes
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Father Matthew Corlon
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Jeremy Williams
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Hanson
Insurrection
TV • 1966
Tom Clarke
Stay Lucky
TV • 1989
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
David Dusniak
The Royal
TV • 2003
Rory
Justice
TV • 1971
Alan Cartwright
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Edward Canning
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Dr. Lazarenn
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
G'Quan
The Treacle People
TV • 1996
Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
T-Bag
TV • 1985
Shopkeeper / Gardner
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Jack Parry
Play for Today
TV • 1970
The Detective Sergeant
Cheers
TV • 1982
Henderson
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
H.A.K. Bates
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self
Dinner with Dani
TV • 2018
Himself
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
TV • 1984
Robert Sanding
River
TV • 2015
Michael Bennigan
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Cuthbert
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Kerensky
Strangers
TV • 1978
Cathal Slattery