
Jim Norton
Known for: Acting
Born: January 4, 1938
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

Waiting at the Field Gate
1975

Stan
2006

Rough for Theatre II
2000

Prisoners of the Moon
2019

Light
1979

The Dead Hands of Dublin
2020
The Death of Captain Doughty
1973

Oyster Farmer
2004

Sunset Heights
1999
Grass
1982

Jimmy's Hall
2014
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2011

Homemade
2013

Home Cooking
1986

George
1972

The Eclipse
2009

The Boy
2016

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014

Screamer
1974

Boxed
2002

Water for Elephants
2011

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
Uncle Bill's Barrel
2008

Midnight's Child
1992

On the Nose
2001

Juno and the Paycock
1980

Straw Dogs
1971

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992

Cry of the Innocent
1980

The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988

A Love Divided
1999

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
2000

Driving Lessons
2006

Hidden Agenda
1990

Mad About Mambo
2000

The Secret Garden: The Musical
2021

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
1973

The Legion Hall Bombing
1978

Sakharov
1984

Into the West
1992

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008

The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002

Conspiracy of Silence
2003

Mary Poppins Returns
2018

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
1991

The Face of Fu Manchu
1965

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011

The Last Right
2019

American History X
1998

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002

Wycliffe
1994

Colditz
1972

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Father Ted
1995

The Bill
1984

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

The Sweeney
1975

Frasier
1993

Babylon 5
1994

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

Lovejoy
1986

Van der Valk
1972

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967

1990
1977

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Nanny
1981

Maigret
1992

Thriller
1973

The Adventurer
1972

Minder
1979

Elementary
2012

Dalgliesh
2021

Peak Practice
1993

Crown Court
1972

Insurrection
1966

Stay Lucky
1989

Waking the Dead
2001

The Royal
2003

Justice
1971

Midsomer Murders
1997

The Treacle People
1996
T-Bag
1985

Play for Today
1970

Cheers
1982

Hell's Kitchen
2005

Dinner with Dani
2018

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984

River
2015

Churchill's People
1974

Fall of Eagles
1974

Strangers
1978

Armchair Theatre
1956

Tony Awards
1956

ITV Playhouse
1967

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Villains
1972

Unnatural Causes
1986

Screen Two
1985

The Wednesday Play
1964
People Like Us
1978
Second City Firsts
1973

99-1
1994

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Late Night Theatre
1972
Saturday Night Thriller
1982