Jim Norton (Irish actor)
| Jim Norton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 January 1938 Dublin, Ireland |
| Years active | 1977–present |
Jim Norton (born 4 January 1938) is an Irish character actor.
Norton has been acting for over forty years in theatre, television, and movies, and frequently plays clergymen, most notably Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted, as well as roles in The Sweeney (1975), Peak Practice (1993), Sunset Heights (1997), A Love Divided (1999), Rebus: Black and Blue (2000), Mad About Mambo (2000), Boxed (2003) and Jimmy's Hall (2014).
He starred as Finian McLonergan in the critically acclaimed New York City Center's 2009 production of Finian's Rainbow, and in October 2009 reprised the role in the Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre. His co-stars were Cheyenne Jackson (Woody) and Kate Baldwin (Sharon).
One of Norton's earlier UK television roles was as the timid Gardener in the first series of the long-running CITV children's series T-Bag, ('Wonders in Letterland').
As well as Bishop Brennan in Father Ted, Norton also played Albert Einstein in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation; as the librarian Lieutenant James Porteous in an edition of the highly acclaimed 1970s British television drama series Colditz; Harrister, a criminal involved in an intricate bank robbery in The Sweeney episode; Contact Breaker, as O'Brady in Minder, episode; National Pelmet and Rory, a roguish but genteel Irishman, who is diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver in The Royal episode; Beggars and Choosers.
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