Jim Norton

Acting · Born 1938-01-04 · Dublin, Ireland

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.

Known for

• The Secret Garden: The Musical (2021)
• The Last Right (2019)
• Prisoners of the Moon (2019)
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
• The Boy (2016)
• National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
• Jimmy's Hall (2014)
• National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014)
• Homemade (2013)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
• Water for Elephants (2011)
• Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted (2011)
• The Eclipse (2009)
• Uncle Bill's Barrel (2008)
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
• Stan (2006)
• Driving Lessons (2006)
• Oyster Farmer (2004)
• Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Boxed (2002)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
• On the Nose (2001)
• Rough for Theatre II (2000)