Jim Norton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-01-04 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Jim Norton

Biography

Jim Norton 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.

Acting

1971

Straw Dogs

as Chris Cawsey

1992

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Dr. Bernard Wachs

1980

Cry of the Innocent

as Jasper Tooms

2004

Oyster Farmer

as Mumbles

2009

The Eclipse

as Malachy

2002

Boxed

as Father Moran

2006

Stan

as Stan Laurel

1988

2014

Jimmy's Hall

as Father Sheridan

1998

2019

The Last Right

as Padraig

1984

Sakharov

as Roy Medvedev

2006

Driving Lessons

as Mr. Fincham

2016

The Boy

as Mr. Heelshire

2021

1990

Hidden Agenda

as Brodie

2008

Uncle Bill's Barrel

as Older Michael

1999

Sunset Heights

as Sam Magee, The Preacher

1992

Midnight's Child

as Dr. Stefan Grossbart

2018

Mary Poppins Returns

as Mr. Binnacle

1992

Into the West

as Superintendant O'Mara

2001

On the Nose

as Patrick Cassidy

1978

The Legion Hall Bombing

as Detective Sergeant

2019

Prisoners of the Moon

as Arthur Rudolph

1991

2013

Homemade

as Tommy

1979

Light

as Jack Parry

2020

The Dead Hands of Dublin

as Narrator (voice)

1986

Home Cooking

as Gordon

1965

1974

Screamer

as The Man

1982

Grass

as Arthur

1973

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