Jim Norton

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: Acting

Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1938-01-04

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	The Face of Fu Manchu	Mathius	62
2	1971	Straw Dogs	Chris Cawsey	72
3	1973	Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall	Pongo	48
4	1974	Screamer	The Man	67
5	1975	Waiting at the Field Gate	Rainmarsh	0
6	1978	The Legion Hall Bombing	Detective Sergeant	0
7	1979	Light	Jack Parry	35
8	1980	Cry of the Innocent	Jasper Tooms	50
9	1984	Sakharov	Roy Medvedev	70
10	1986	Home Cooking	Gordon	0
11	1988	The Temptation of Eileen Hughes	Bernard McAuley	0
12	1990	Hidden Agenda	Brodie	69
13	1991	Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend	Marcus's Dad	42
14	1992	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	Dr. Bernard Wachs	59
15	1992	Midnight's Child	Dr. Stefan Grossbart	51
16	1992	Into the West	Superintendant O'Mara	65
17	1998	American History X	Randy	83
18	1999	Sunset Heights	Sam Magee, The Preacher	60
19	2000	Rough for Theatre II	A	52
20	2000	Mad About Mambo		51
21	2000	Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time	(voice)	45
22	2001	On the Nose	Patrick Cassidy	55
23	2002	Boxed	Father Moran	0
24	2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Mr Mason	77
25	2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Coroner	60
26	2003	Conspiracy of Silence		46
27	2004	Oyster Farmer	Mumbles	60
28	2006	Stan	Stan Laurel	50
29	2006	Driving Lessons	Mr. Fincham	61
30	2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Herr Liszt	78
31	2008	Uncle Bill's Barrel	Older Michael	0
32	2009	The Eclipse	Malachy	60
33	2011	Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted		80
34	2011	Water for Elephants	Camel	69
35	2011	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	Old Mr. Black	70
36	2013	Homemade	Tommy	0
37	2014	Jimmy's Hall	Father Sheridan	67
38	2014	National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men	Candy	80
39	2015	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Polonius	75
40	2016	The Boy	Mr. Heelshire	60
41	2018	Mary Poppins Returns	Mr. Binnacle	65
42	2019	Prisoners of the Moon	Arthur Rudolph	0
43	2019	The Last Right	Padraig	62
44	2020	The Dead Hands of Dublin	Narrator (voice)	50
45	2021	The Secret Garden: The Musical	Ben Weatherstaff	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	46
2	1966	Insurrection	Tom Clarke	0
3	1967	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width		35
4	1970	Play for Today	Jack Parry	61
5	1970	Play for Today	The Detective Sergeant	61
6	1971	Justice	Alan Cartwright	60
7	1972	Van der Valk	Eddy	58
8	1972	Van der Valk	Hanson	58
9	1972	The Adventurer	Morgan	55
10	1972	Crown Court	Jeremy Williams	54
11	1972	Colditz	Capt. James Porteous	73
12	1973	Thriller	The Man	66
13	1973	Hunter's Walk		0
14	1975	The Sweeney	Phil Harrister	77
15	1975	Rumpole of the Bailey		71
16	1977	1990		60
17	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Dr Mellish	67
18	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	H.A.K. Bates	67
19	1979	Minder	O'Brady	68
20	1981	Nanny		50
21	1982	Cheers	Henderson	76
22	1984	The Bill		66
23	1985	T-Bag	Shopkeeper / Gardner	50
24	1986	Lovejoy	Father Xavier	73
25	1986	Unnatural Causes	Gordon	55
26	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Holodeck Albert Einstein	84
27	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Roger Havering	82
28	1989	Stay Lucky		60
29	1992	Maigret		69
30	1993	Peak Practice	Father Matthew Corlon	59
31	1993	Frasier	Wentworth	77
32	1994	Babylon 5	Ombuds Wellington	80
33	1994	Babylon 5	Dr. Lazarenn	80
34	1994	Babylon 5	G'Quan	80
35	1994	Wycliffe	Owens	60
36	1995	Father Ted	Bishop Len Brennan	81
37	1996	The Treacle People	Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)	83
38	1997	Midsomer Murders	Edward Canning	75
39	2001	Waking the Dead	David Dusniak	72
40	2003	The Royal	Rory	76
41	2012	Elementary	Sir James Walter	76
42	2015	River	Michael Bennigan	74
43	2021	Dalgliesh	Father Barnes	65