JIM NORTON most recently appeared on Broadway in the musical revivals The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Finian’s Rainbow. He was awarded a 2007 Olivier Award and a 2008 Tony Award® for his role in Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer. Other theater includes The Weir (Olivier nomination); Juno and the Paycock, Conor McPherson’s plays Dublin Carol (Obie Award) and Port Authority at the Atlantic. National Theatre credits include The Veil, The Pillowman, Hamlet, Bedroom Farce, Comedians, St. Joan, Way Upstream, Tamberlaine, Playboy of the Western World and Chorus of Disapproval. Royal Court: The Contractor and The Changing Room. Film: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Water For Elephants, Straw Dogs, Hidden Agenda, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Driving Lessons, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Oyster Farmer and The Eclipse. Television includes “Frasier,” “Poirot,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Father playing characters as varied as Stan Laurel, Pirandello and Field Marshall Montgomery. He has recorded many audio books and the complete works of James Joyce for Naxos AudioBooks (Sony Award). He is currently filming the motion picture Jimmy’s Hall, directed by Ken Loach.
