Jim Norton
Biography
Jim Norton is an American comedian, radio host, actor and author who started doing stand-up in 1990 and spent years developing a self-deprecating act in clubs across New Jersey and New York. Growing up in North Brunswick, New Jersey, he got his break in 1997 when Andrew Dice Clay spotted him on The Louie Show and took him on tour as an opening act. He became nationally known as the third mic on Opie and Anthony from 2001 to 2014, later co-hosting Opie with Jim Norton, and has put out four comedy albums and seven specials, including A Mouthful of Shame, which debuted on Netflix in 2017. His film appearances include Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Furry Vengeance (2010) and Special Correspondents (2016), and he played Rich, a friend of Louie, on the HBO sitcom Lucky Louie. He also wrote two books, Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch and I Hate Your Guts.
58years old
Turns 59 on July 19in 251 days
- Born Bayonne
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- James Joseph Norton (birth name)Also credited as James Joseph Norton, Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 15 years2002 to 2017
Genres
- Comedy78%, 7 films
- Documentary33%, 3 films
- Romance22%, 2 films
- Drama11%, 1 film
- Family11%, 1 film
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Getting ready for a role
Norton got his part as a young Don Rickles in The Irishman without an audition, and Robert De Niro asked him to perform his own comedy material after Norton had used jokes from Rickles's 1970s act.
A role that slipped away
In 2004, Norton was dropped from the second season of Last Comic Standing. He had a contractual obligation to film MTV pilot episodes, which he secured after his One Night Stand special succeeded.
A first
Norton's first nationwide theater tour as a headliner was the 31-date Mouthful of Shame Tour in 2016, promoting his Netflix special A Mouthful of Shame.
A first
Jim Norton's book Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch came out on July 10, 2007. It hit No. 4 on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction list and peaked at No. 7 on Amazon.com.
A first
Norton's talk show, The Jim Norton Show, first aired on Vice in July 2014. It ran for four episodes and was a first for the network.
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
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Robert De Niro's page
Cloris Leachman's page
Sarah Silverman's page
Ricky Gervais's page
Susie Essman's page
Maria Bamford's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Gerry BednobFurry Vengeance (2010) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
- Greg GiraldoComedy Central Roast of Bob Saget (2008) and Comedian (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.