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

Midsomer Murders
2009
Frasier
1995
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1991
Cheers
1992
Elementary
2014
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2011
Babylon 5
1994
Tony Awards
2001
Play for Today
1979
The Bill
1990
Hell's Kitchen
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
111
2025
Hell's Kitchen
as Self
2021
The Secret Garden: The Musical
as Ben Weatherstaff
2021
Dalgliesh
as Father Barnes
2020
The Dead Hands of Dublin
as Narrator (voice)
2019
The Last Right
as Padraig
2019
Prisoners of the Moon
as Arthur Rudolph
2018
Mary Poppins Returns
as Binnacle
2018
Dinner with Dani
as Himself
2016
The Boy
as Mr. Heelshire
2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Polonius
2015
River
as Michael Bennigan
2014
Jimmy's Hall
as Father Sheridan
2014
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
as Candy
2014
Elementary
as Sir James Walter
2013
Homemade
as Tommy
2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Old Mr. Black
2011
Water for Elephants
as Camel
2011
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
as Self
2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
2009
The Eclipse
as Malachy
2009
Midsomer Murders
as Edward Canning
2008
Uncle Bill's Barrel
as Older Michael
2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Herr Liszt
2007
Waking the Dead
as David Dusniak
2006
Stan
as Stan Laurel
2006
Driving Lessons
as Mr. Fincham
2004
Oyster Farmer
as Mumbles
2004
The Royal
as Rory
2003
Conspiracy of Silence
as Bishop Quinn
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Mr Mason
2002
Boxed
as Father Moran
2002
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Coroner
2001
On the Nose
as Patrick Cassidy
2001
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
2000
Rough for Theatre II
as A
2000
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
as (voice)
2000
Mad About Mambo
1999
Sunset Heights
as Sam Magee, The Preacher
1999
A Love Divided
1998
American History X
as Randy
1998
Peak Practice
as Father Matthew Corlon
1997
Wycliffe
as Owens
1996
Babylon 5
as G'Quan
1996
The Treacle People
as Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
1995
Father Ted
as Bishop Len Brennan
1995
Frasier
as Wentworth
1995
Babylon 5
as Dr. Lazarenn
1994
Babylon 5
as Ombuds Wellington
1994
99-1
as DCI Otterly
1993
Lovejoy
as Father Xavier
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Dr. Bernard Wachs
1992
Midnight's Child
as Dr. Stefan Grossbart
1992
Into the West
as Superintendant O'Mara
1992
Maigret
1992
Cheers
as Henderson
1991
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
as Marcus's Dad
1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Holodeck Albert Einstein
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Roger Havering
1991
Stay Lucky
1990
Hidden Agenda
as Brodie
1990
The Bill
1988
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
as Bernard McAuley
1988
Screen Two
as Bernard McAuley
1986
Home Cooking
as Gordon
1986
Unnatural Causes
as Gordon
1985
T-Bag
as Shopkeeper / Gardner
1985
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as Robert Sanding
1984
Sakharov
as Roy Medvedev
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr Mellish
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
as H.A.K. Bates
1983
Rumpole of the Bailey
as F.I.G. Newton
1982
Grass
as Arthur
1982
Saturday Night Thriller
as Arthur
1981
Nanny
1980
Cry of the Innocent
as Jasper Tooms
1980
Juno and the Paycock
as "Joxer" Daly
1980
Minder
as O'Brady
1980
Strangers
as Cathal Slattery
1979
Light
as Jack Parry
1979
Play for Today
as Jack Parry
1978
The Legion Hall Bombing
as Detective Sergeant
1978
1990
1978
Play for Today
as The Detective Sergeant
1978
People Like Us
as Jim Carver
1977
Van der Valk
as Hanson
1975
Waiting at the Field Gate
as Rainmarsh
1975
The Sweeney
as Phil Harrister
1975
Thriller
as The Man
1975
Churchill's People
as Cuthbert
1975
Second City Firsts
as Rainmarsh
1974
Screamer
as The Man
1974
Colditz
as Capt. James Porteous
1974
Justice
as Alan Cartwright
1974
Fall of Eagles
as Kerensky
1973
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
as Pongo
1973
The Death of Captain Doughty
as Francis Drake
1973
Van der Valk
as Eddy
1973
The Adventurer
as Morgan
1973
Crown Court
as Jeremy Williams
1973
Late Night Theatre
as Francis Drake
1972
George
as Smedley
1972
Villains
as 'Smudger' Smedley
1971
Straw Dogs
as Chris Cawsey
1971
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Brian Snow
1968
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Tom
1967
Armchair Theatre
as Dug Whitby
1966
Insurrection
as Tom Clarke
1966
The Wednesday Play
as Rodney
1966
Blackmail
as Johnny Franks
1965
The Face of Fu Manchu
as Mathius