Jim Norton
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.
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Movies (35)
The Secret Garden: The Musical
as Ben Weatherstaff
2021
The Dead Hands of Dublin
as Narrator (voice)
2020
The Last Right
as Padraig
2019
Prisoners of the Moon
as Arthur Rudolph
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
as Mr. Binnacle
2018
The Boy
as Mr. Heelshire
2016
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Polonius
2015
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
as Candy
2014
Jimmy's Hall
as Father Sheridan
2014
Homemade
as Tommy
2013
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Old Mr. Black
2011
Water for Elephants
as Camel
2011
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011
The Eclipse
as Malachy
2009
Uncle Bill's Barrel
as Older Michael
2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Herr Liszt
2008
Driving Lessons
as Mr. Fincham
2006
Stan
as Stan Laurel
2006
Oyster Farmer
as Mumbles
2004
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Coroner
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Mr Mason
2002
Boxed
as Father Moran
2002
On the Nose
as Patrick Cassidy
2001
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
as (voice)
2000
Mad About Mambo
2000
Rough for Theatre II
as A
2000
Sunset Heights
as Sam Magee, The Preacher
1999
A Love Divided
1999
American History X
as Randy
1998
Into the West
as Superintendant O'Mara
1992
Midnight's Child
as Dr. Stefan Grossbart
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Dr. Bernard Wachs
1992
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
as Marcus's Dad
1991
Hidden Agenda
as Brodie
1990
TV Shows (15)
Dalgliesh
as Father Barnes
2021
Dinner with Dani
as Himself
2018
River
as Michael Bennigan
2015
Elementary
as Sir James Walter
2012
Hell's Kitchen
as Self
2005
The Royal
as Rory
2003
Waking the Dead
as David Dusniak
2001
Midsomer Murders
as Edward Canning
1997
The Treacle People
as Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
1996
Father Ted
as Bishop Len Brennan
1995
Wycliffe
as Owens
1994
Babylon 5
as Ombuds Wellington
1994
Frasier
as Wentworth
1993
Peak Practice
as Father Matthew Corlon
1993
Maigret
1992