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Jim Norton
Highest Rated: 86% Hidden Agenda (1990)
Lowest Rated: 26% Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Birthday: Jan 4, 1938
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Often typecast as a clergyman, Irish actor Jim Norton's most notable role came as Bishop Brennan in the British sitcom "Father Ted," which aired from 1995 to 1998. Movie audiences, however, will remember Norton for his portrayal of the violent rat catcher Chris Cawsey in the 1971 psychological thriller "Straw Dogs," starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Sam Peckinpah. Although he has acted regularly in film and television for over 40 years, Norton's most recognized work has been in the theater. In 2007 he won a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for playing the part of Richard Harkin in Conor McPherson's "The Seafarer." In 2009, Norton earned critical praise for playing the title role of Finian McLonergan in New York City Center's production of "Finian's Rainbow." Norton is also an accomplished voice actor and has recorded audio books of James Joyce's seminal works "Ulysses," and "Finnegans Wake."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67% | 81% | The Last Right | Padraig (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prisoners Of The Moon | Arthur Rudolph (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 79% | 64% | Mary Poppins Returns | Binnacle (Character) | $172.0M | 2018 |
| 31% | 38% | The Boy | Mr. Heelshire (Character) | $35.8M | 2016 |
| 77% | 61% | Jimmy's Hall | Father Sheridan (Character) | $560.3K | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Homemade | Tommy (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 45% | 61% | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Old Mr. Black (Character) | $31.8M | 2011 |
| 60% | 70% | Water for Elephants | Camel (Character) | $58.7M | 2011 |
| 76% | 48% | The Eclipse | Malachy McNeill (Character) | $132.4K | 2009 |
| 65% | 84% | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Herr Liszt (Character) | $9.0M | 2008 |
| 48% | 71% | Driving Lessons | Mr. Fincham (Character) | $238.8K | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 56% | 66% | Oyster Farmer | Mumbles (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 36% | 52% | Conspiracy of Silence | Bishop Michael Quinn (Character) | $2.6K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boxed | Father Moran (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 57% | 52% | Mad About Mambo | Brother Xavier (Character) | $61.7K | 2000 |
| 53% | 73% | A Love Divided | Reverend Fischer (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunset Heights | Sam Magee The Preacher (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 26% | 32% | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Dr. Bernard Wachs (Character) | $13.4M | 1992 |
| 86% | 72% | Hidden Agenda | Brodie (Character) | $69.2K | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Temptation of Eileen Hughes | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sakharov | Roy Medvedev (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Cry of the Innocent | Jasper Tooms (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screamer | The Man (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 82% | 82% | Straw Dogs | Chris Cawsey (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Lighthouses of Ireland | Narrator | 2019 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Aidan Dunne (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| 95% | 89% | Elementary | Sir James Walter (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Midsomer Murders | Edward Canning (Character) | 2009 |
| 93% | 95% | Father Ted | Bishop Len Brennan (Character) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Babylon 5 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 95% | 94% | Frasier | Wentworth (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 92% | 89% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Albert Einstein (Guest Star) | 1991 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | Dr Mellish (Character) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Colditz | Unknown (Character) | 1974 |