Jim Norton
Known for: Acting
Born: January 4, 1938
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
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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Filmography
50 movies · 56 TV shows, newest first
6.7
Dalgliesh
2021
NR
The Secret Garden: The Musical
2021
5.0
The Dead Hands of Dublin
2020
6.0
The Last Right
2019
8.0
Prisoners of the Moon
2019
6.5
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
3.3
Dinner with Dani
2018
6.0
The Boy
2016
7.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
7.4
River
2015
8.0
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014
6.7
Jimmy's Hall
2014
NR
Homemade
2013
7.6
Elementary
2012
7.0
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
6.9
Water for Elephants
2011
8.0
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011
6.0
The Eclipse
2009NR
Uncle Bill's Barrel
2008
7.8
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
6.1
Driving Lessons
2006
5.3
Stan
2006
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005
5.7
Oyster Farmer
2004
4.8
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
7.8
The Royal
2003
6.1
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
8.0
Boxed
2002
5.4
On the Nose
2001
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
5.4
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
2000
5.3
Mad About Mambo
2000
5.8
Rough for Theatre II
2000
7.0
Sunset Heights
1999
6.5
A Love Divided
1999
8.3
American History X
1998
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
8.7
The Treacle People
1996
8.2
Father Ted
1995
6.8
Wycliffe
1994
8.0
Babylon 5
1994
NR
99-1
1994
7.7
Frasier
1993
6.5
Peak Practice
1993
6.4
Into the West
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.2
Midnight's Child
1992
5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
7.6
Maigret
1992
3.8
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
1991
6.9
Hidden Agenda
1990
7.0
Stay Lucky
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
9.0
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
NR
Home Cooking
1986
6.3
Unnatural Causes
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
19865.5
T-Bag
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.8
The Bill
1984
7.5
Sakharov
1984
5.7
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984NR
Grass
1982NR
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
7.6
Cheers
1982
6.7
Nanny
1981
6.0
Cry of the Innocent
1980
NR
Juno and the Paycock
1980
7.1
Minder
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
3.5
Light
1979
9.0
The Legion Hall Bombing
1978
7.3
Strangers
1978NR
People Like Us
1978
6.5
1990
1977
7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
NR
Waiting at the Field Gate
1975
8.1
The Sweeney
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
7.2
Screamer
1974
7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974NR
Second City Firsts
1973
5.0
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
1973
7.0
Thriller
1973NR
The Death of Captain Doughty
1973
7.7
Colditz
1972
5.7
Crown Court
1972
6.3
The Adventurer
1972
6.2
Van der Valk
1972
7.5
Villains
1972
NR
George
1972NR
Late Night Theatre
1972
7.1
Straw Dogs
1971
7.3
Justice
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
4.4
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
NR
Insurrection
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
19657.0
Blackmail
1965
6.2
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956