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Graham Norton
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Irish comedian, actor and television host
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Graham Norton is an Irish television presenter, comedian, radio personality, and journalist. Born Graham William Walker in Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland, on April 4, 1963, he holds citizenship in the Republic of Ireland. He is a Protestant of Irish ethnicity who speaks English. Norton was educated at the University College Cork and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His professional career began in 1992, and his notable work includes *The Graham Norton Show*.
Norton resides in Wapping, New York City, Ahakista, and Bandon. He is identified as a male with a homosexuality orientation. In addition to his media roles, he is associated with the acting department. His social media presence includes 1,440,999 followers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Title Not Supplied
- Home Stretch
- Ein irischer Dorfpolizist
- Bewaring
- A Keeper
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Film & TV
Acting · Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish TV and radio presenter, comedian, and actor. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show. Previously shown on BBC Two, it took the prestigious Friday night slot on BBC One from Jonathan Ross in 2010. He also presents on BBC Radio 2 and is the BBC…
Known for
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth — Self (archive footage)2026
- Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Cameo (uncredited)2026
- The Neighbourhood — Self - Presenter2026
- Graham Meets Olly — Self2024
- The Idea of You — Graham Norton2024
- The Life and Death of Lily Savage — Self2024
- Joan Rivers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2024
- LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland — Self - Host2024
- Wheel of Fortune — Self - Host2024
- RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars — Self - Guest Judge2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1963
Discography
Member of
- The “Just a Minute” Teamsince 1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 424
- Total plays
- 1,981
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton. He achieved fame as a broadcaster on Britain's Channel 4 and also through his role as Father Noel Furlong in the critically acclaimed Irish television series Father Ted. Though he only appeared in three episodes, Norton's performance as Father Noel proved extremely popular with viewers. Norton is openly gay, and is one of Ireland's most fam
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 31
- Cited by
- 643
Research areas
Most cited works
- On the Structure of Linear and Cyclic Codes over a Finite Chain Ring2000 · 302 cit
- Matrix-Product Codes over ? q2001 · 113 cit
- Strong Gröbner bases for polynomials over a principal ideal ring2001 · 34 cit
- On the Key Equation Over a Commutative Ring2000 · 30 cit
- On the Minimal Realizations of a Finite Sequence1995 · 24 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R
· 2009 · cited 12,778x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,203x
- Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
· 2021 · cited 9,949x
- ASSESSMENT OF COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS
· 1974 · cited 9,788x
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Key facts
- Born
- Graham William Walker , ( 1963-04-04 ) 4 April 1963 (age 63) , Clondalkin , County Dublin, Ireland
- Alma mater
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupations
- Comedian broadcaster actor writer
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Spouse
- Jono McLeod ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. July 2022</span>"}]]}'>2022 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Norton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Clondalkin
- Occupation
- memoirist
- Employer
- Channel 4
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Image
- GrahamNorton-byPhilipRomano.jpg
- Residence
- Bandon
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- date of birth
- 1963-04-04
- Commons category
- Graham Norton
- birth name
- Graham William Walker
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 1440999
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- name in native language
- Graham Norton
- ethnic group
- Irish people
- writing language
- English language
- unmarried partner
- Tina Burner
- pseudonym
- Graham Norton
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Encyclopedic overview
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish comedian, broadcaster, actor, and writer. He is best known as a chat show host, having presented The Graham Norton Show since 2007. Norton has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance a record six times and has an additional BAFTA win for producing. He has been noted for his innuendo-laden dialogue and flamboyant presentation style.
In addition to hosting his chat show, since 2009, Norton has served as the BBC's television commentator for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, and co-hosted the final of the 2023 edition of the event. From 2010 to 2020, he presented the Saturday-morning slot on BBC Radio 2, and from 2021 to 2024, he presented a weekend show for Virgin Radio UK. In 2019, Norton became a judge on the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
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