Jim Norton
Biography
Jim Norton is an Irish actor who has worked for over fifty years in theater, television and film, often cast as clergymen. Born in Dublin and educated at Synge Street CBS, he made his screen debut in the thriller The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) and played the villain Chris Cawsey in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971). His film work includes Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Into the West (1992), Mad About Mambo (2000), a cameo as Mr. Mason in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Herr Liszt in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), Water for Elephants (2011), Jimmy's Hall (2014), Mr. Heelshire in The Boy (2016) and Mr. Binnacle in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). On television he is known as Bishop Brennan in Father Ted and as Lieutenant James Porteous in Colditz. On stage he originated roles in several Conor McPherson plays, winning Tony and Olivier Awards, and starred in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway.
88years old
Turns 89 on January 4in 54 days
- Born Dublin
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 54 years1965 to 2019
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Behind the award
Norton originated roles in six plays by Conor McPherson across Dublin, London and New York, and won both a Tony and an Olivier Award for that work.
Getting ready for a role
In Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs, Norton played Chris Cawsey, one of several villains, and his character's deliberately irritating laugh helped build tension throughout the film.
Beyond film
For Naxos Records, released in 2004, Norton recorded James Joyce's Ulysses in full, plus Dubliners, Finnegans Wake and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Jim Norton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ken Loach directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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David Warner's page
Colm Meaney's page
Rupert Grint's page
Sam Anderson's page
All films by Ken Loach
Also two films together1 more actor
- Aidan O'HareThe Last Right (2019) and Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jim Norton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
10 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 10 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 1 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$877M60.0% of the total
- 2$349M23.9% of the total
- 3$117M8.0% of the total
- 4$74M5.1% of the total
- 5$20M1.4% of the total
- 6$14M1.0% of the total
- 7$4.8M0.3% of the total
- 8$3.3M0.2% of the total
$2.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2008 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.