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.

Known For

Peak Practice

Father Matthew Corlon

Tony Awards

Self - Winner

Hell's Kitchen

Self

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Holodeck Albert Einstein

Crown Court

Jeremy Williams

The Bill

Babylon 5

Ombuds Wellington

Babylon 5

Dr. Lazarenn

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	The Secret Garden: The Musical	Ben Weatherstaff
2020	The Dead Hands of Dublin	Narrator (voice)
2019	The Last Right	Padraig
2019	Prisoners of the Moon	Arthur Rudolph
2018	Mary Poppins Returns	Mr. Binnacle
2016	The Boy	Mr. Heelshire
2015	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Polonius
2014	Jimmy's Hall	Father Sheridan
2014	National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men	Candy
2013	Homemade	Tommy
2011	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	Old Mr. Black
2011	Water for Elephants	Camel
2011	Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
2009	The Eclipse	Malachy
2008	Uncle Bill's Barrel	Older Michael
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Herr Liszt
2006	Stan	Stan Laurel
2006	Driving Lessons	Mr. Fincham
2004	Oyster Farmer	Mumbles
2003	Conspiracy of Silence
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Mr Mason
2002	Boxed	Father Moran
2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Coroner
2001	On the Nose	Patrick Cassidy
2000	Rough for Theatre II	A
2000	Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time	(voice)
2000	Mad About Mambo
1999	Sunset Heights	Sam Magee, The Preacher
1999	A Love Divided
1998	American History X	Randy
1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent	Albert Einstein
1992	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	Dr. Bernard Wachs
1992	Midnight's Child	Dr. Stefan Grossbart
1992	Into the West	Superintendant O'Mara
1991	Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend	Marcus's Dad
1990	Hidden Agenda	Brodie
1988	The Temptation of Eileen Hughes	Bernard McAuley
1986	Home Cooking	Gordon
1984	Sakharov	Roy Medvedev
1982	Grass	Arthur
1980	Cry of the Innocent	Jasper Tooms
1979	Light	Jack Parry
1978	The Legion Hall Bombing	Detective Sergeant
1975	Waiting at the Field Gate	Rainmarsh
1974	Screamer	The Man
1973	Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall	Pongo
1973	The Death of Captain Doughty	Francis Drake
1971	Straw Dogs	Chris Cawsey
1965	The Face of Fu Manchu	Mathius

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Dalgliesh	Father Barnes
2018	Dinner with Dani	Himself
2015	River	Michael Bennigan
2012	Elementary	Sir James Walter
2005	Hell's Kitchen	Self
2003	The Royal	Rory
2001	Waking the Dead	David Dusniak
1997	Midsomer Murders	Edward Canning
1996	The Treacle People	Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
1995	Father Ted	Bishop Len Brennan
1994	Wycliffe	Owens
1994	Babylon 5	Ombuds Wellington
1994	Babylon 5	Dr. Lazarenn
1994	Babylon 5	G'Quan
1993	Frasier	Wentworth
1993	Peak Practice	Father Matthew Corlon
1992	Maigret
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Roger Havering
1989	Stay Lucky
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Holodeck Albert Einstein
1986	Lovejoy	Father Xavier
1986	Unnatural Causes	Gordon
1985	T-Bag	Shopkeeper / Gardner
1984	The Bill
1982	Cheers	Henderson
1981	Nanny
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Dr Mellish
1979	Minder	O'Brady
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	H.A.K. Bates
1977	1990
1975	The Sweeney	Phil Harrister
1975	Rumpole of the Bailey
1973	Hunter's Walk
1973	Thriller	The Man
1972	Colditz	Capt. James Porteous
1972	Van der Valk	Eddy
1972	The Adventurer	Morgan
1972	Crown Court	Jeremy Williams
1972	Van der Valk	Hanson
1971	Justice	Alan Cartwright
1970	Play for Today	Jack Parry
1970	Play for Today	The Detective Sergeant
1967	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1966	Insurrection	Tom Clarke
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner