Name |
Jim Norton |
Height |
|
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
7-July-1968 |
Place of Birth |
Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
Famous for |
Acting |
Jim Norton is an American comedian, radio personality, author, and actor. He is an on-air personality, often dubbed the 'third mic on The Opie & Anthony Show, which airs on Sirius XM Radio. Norton has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on the Late Show with David Letterman, filmed an HBO stand-up special for the series One Night Stand as well as his special "Monster Rain", co-starred in the short-lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie and had cameos in the films Spider-Man, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Courting Condi.
Norton hosted a four-episode stand-up showcase for HBO titled Down and Dirty with Jim Norton and appeared on The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget and Gabriel Iglesias. He was also in Jerry Seinfeld's 2002 documentary Comedian. Norton is also a regular correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
For two years, Norton was a regular on Comedy Central's Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and he was selected to be among the final twenty contestants for the second season of Last Comic Standing, but had to back out due to contractual obligations. Norton's first half-hour HBO stand-up special aired on October 21, 2005, as part of the HBO Stand-up Series One Night Stand. In the spring of 2007, Norton filmed his second HBO stand-up special which aired live on October 13, 2007. In 2006, Norton landed the role of Rich on the HBO series Lucky Louie. Rich is a foul-mouthed, perverted, "ill-informed", straight shooting character who lives with his mother and deals pot to high schoolers for a living, departing from the traditionally tamer sitcom model of a supporting character.