Actor

Jim Norton

Birthday: January 4, 1938

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

The Secret Garden: The Musical (2021) as Ben Weatherstaff
Age: 83
The Dead Hands of Dublin (2020) as Narrator (voice)
Age: 82
The Last Right (2019) as Padraig
Age: 81
Prisoners of the Moon (2019) as Arthur Rudolph
Age: 81
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as Mr. Binnacle
Age: 80
The Boy (2016) as Mr. Heelshire
Age: 78
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015) as Polonius
Age: 77
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014) as Candy
Age: 76
Jimmy's Hall (2014) as Father Sheridan
Age: 76
Homemade (2013) as Tommy
Age: 75
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) as Old Mr. Black
Age: 73
Water for Elephants (2011) as Camel
Age: 73
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted (2011)
Age: 72
The Eclipse (2009) as Malachy
Age: 71
Uncle Bill's Barrel (2008) as Older Michael
Age: 70
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) as Herr Liszt
Age: 70
Driving Lessons (2006) as Mr. Fincham
Age: 68
Stan (2006) as Stan Laurel
Age: 68
Oyster Farmer (2004) as Mumbles
Age: 66
Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
Age: 65
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) as Coroner
Age: 64
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) as Mr Mason
Age: 64
Boxed (2002) as Father Moran
Age: 64
On the Nose (2001) as Patrick Cassidy
Age: 63
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000) as (voice)
Age: 62
Mad About Mambo (2000)
Age: 62
Rough for Theatre II (2000) as A
Age: 61
Sunset Heights (1999) as Sam Magee, The Preacher
Age: 61
A Love Divided (1999)
Age: 61
American History X (1998) as Randy
Age: 60
Into the West (1992) as Superintendant O'Mara
Age: 54
Midnight's Child (1992) as Dr. Stefan Grossbart
Age: 54
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) as Dr. Bernard Wachs
Age: 54
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend (1991) as Marcus's Dad
Age: 53
Hidden Agenda (1990) as Brodie
Age: 52
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1988) as Bernard McAuley
Age: 50
Home Cooking (1986) as Gordon
Age: 48
Sakharov (1984) as Roy Medvedev
Age: 46
Grass (1982) as Arthur
Age: 44
Cry of the Innocent (1980) as Jasper Tooms
Age: 42
Juno and the Paycock (1980) as "Joxer" Daly
Age: 42
Light (1979) as Jack Parry
Age: 41
The Legion Hall Bombing (1978) as Detective Sergeant
Age: 40
Waiting at the Field Gate (1975) as Rainmarsh
Age: 37
Screamer (1974) as The Man
Age: 36
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1973) as Pongo
Age: 35
The Death of Captain Doughty (1973) as Francis Drake
Age: 35
George (1972) as Smedley
Age: 34
Straw Dogs (1971) as Chris Cawsey
Age: 33
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) as Mathius
Age: 27