Jim Norton: movies and TV shows
Jim Norton has 110 credits in the archive: 50 films and 60 TV series, from 1956 to 2021. Highest rated: Star Trek: The Next Generation (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2021 · busiest year: 1972 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dalgliesh | Father Barnes | TV | 6.7 | 83 |
| 2021 | The Secret Garden: The Musical | Ben Weatherstaff | Film | — | 83 |
| 2020 | The Dead Hands of Dublin | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 82 |
| 2019 | The Last Right | Padraig | Film | 6.1 | 81 |
| 2019 | Prisoners of the Moon | Arthur Rudolph | Film | — | 81 |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Mr. Binnacle | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 2018 | Dinner with Dani | Himself | TV | 3.3 | 80 |
| 2016 | The Boy | Mr. Heelshire | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2015 | River | Michael Bennigan | TV | 7.4 | 77 |
| 2015 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Polonius | Film | 7.5 | 77 |
| 2014 | Jimmy's Hall | Father Sheridan | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men | Candy | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2013 | Homemade | Tommy | Film | — | 75 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Sir James Walter | TV | 7.6 | 74 |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Camel | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Old Mr. Black | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2011 | Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted | Film | 8.0 | 73 | |
| 2009 | The Eclipse | Malachy | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Herr Liszt | Film | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2008 | Uncle Bill's Barrel | Older Michael | Film | — | 70 |
| 2006 | Driving Lessons | Mr. Fincham | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2006 | Stan | Stan Laurel | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2005 | Hell's Kitchen | Self | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2004 | Oyster Farmer | Mumbles | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2003 | The Royal | Rory | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Film | 4.8 | 65 | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Mr Mason | Film | 7.7 | 64 |
| 2002 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Coroner | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2002 | Boxed | Father Moran | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | David Dusniak | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2001 | On the Nose | Patrick Cassidy | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 2000 | Mad About Mambo | Film | 5.2 | 62 | |
| 2000 | Rough for Theatre II | A | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2000 | Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time | (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 62 |
| 1999 | A Love Divided | Film | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 1999 | Sunset Heights | Sam Magee, The Preacher | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1998 | American History X | Randy | Film | 8.3 | 60 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Edward Canning | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1996 | The Treacle People | Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice) | TV | 8.7 | 58 |
| 1995 | Father Ted | Bishop Len Brennan | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Ombuds Wellington | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Dr. Lazarenn | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | G'Quan | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | Owens | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1994 | 99-1 | DCI Otterly | TV | — | 56 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Wentworth | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Father Matthew Corlon | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | TV | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1992 | Maigret | TV | 7.6 | 54 | |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Dr. Bernard Wachs | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1992 | Into the West | Superintendant O'Mara | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1992 | Midnight's Child | Dr. Stefan Grossbart | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1991 | Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend | Marcus's Dad | Film | 3.8 | 53 |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Brodie | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Roger Havering | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky | TV | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1988 | The Temptation of Eileen Hughes | Bernard McAuley | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Holodeck Albert Einstein | TV | 8.4 | 49 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Father Xavier | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Gordon | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1986 | Home Cooking | Gordon | Film | — | 48 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Bernard McAuley | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | T-Bag | Shopkeeper / Gardner | TV | 5.5 | 47 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1984 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | Robert Sanding | TV | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1984 | Sakharov | Roy Medvedev | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1982 | Cheers | Henderson | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1982 | Saturday Night Thriller | Arthur | TV | — | 44 |
| 1982 | Grass | Arthur | Film | — | 44 |
| 1981 | Nanny | TV | 6.7 | 43 | |
| 1980 | Cry of the Innocent | Jasper Tooms | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1980 | Juno and the Paycock | "Joxer" Daly | Film | — | 42 |
| 1979 | Minder | O'Brady | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Dr Mellish | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | H.A.K. Bates | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1979 | Light | Jack Parry | Film | 3.5 | 41 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Cathal Slattery | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1978 | People Like Us | Jim Carver | TV | — | 40 |
| 1978 | The Legion Hall Bombing | Detective Sergeant | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1977 | 1990 | TV | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Phil Harrister | TV | 8.1 | 37 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | F.I.G. Newton | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1975 | Waiting at the Field Gate | Rainmarsh | Film | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Cuthbert | TV | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Kerensky | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Screamer | The Man | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1973 | Thriller | The Man | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts | Rainmarsh | TV | — | 35 |
| 1973 | Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall | Pongo | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1973 | The Death of Captain Doughty | Francis Drake | Film | — | 35 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Jeremy Williams | TV | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Eddy | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Hanson | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Morgan | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1972 | Colditz | Capt. James Porteous | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1972 | Villains | 'Smudger' Smedley | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1972 | Late Night Theatre | Francis Drake | TV | — | 34 |
| 1972 | George | Smedley | Film | — | 34 |
| 1971 | Justice | Alan Cartwright | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs | Chris Cawsey | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jack Parry | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | The Detective Sergeant | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Brian Snow | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1967 | Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width | TV | 4.4 | 29 | |
| 1966 | Insurrection | Tom Clarke | TV | — | 28 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Tom | TV | 4.2 | 27 |
| 1965 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Mathius | Film | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Rodney | TV | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 18 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Dug Whitby | TV | 6.0 | 18 |