Trivia

In 1989, he was stabbed in the chest by muggers and left for dead.

He grew up as Graham Walker in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. When he won his first BAFTA in 2000, it came the week after his father died. He dedicated the award to Billy Walker at the ceremony but only his family and friends knew who he was referring to.

During his first visit to the U.S. in 1983, Norton attended an audience test screening for Risky Business (1983), a fact he revealed to an astonished Tom Cruise when he was a guest on New Years Eve Special (2012).

In 2000, he turned down a reported £5 million contract offer from the BBC. Among other things, the BBC wanted him to take over as host of Blankety Blank (1978).

Auditioned for the part of Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

In December 2001, the first ever talking waxwork was unveiled at Madame Tussauds London museum featuring a Graham Norton replica as the lifelike figurine. Visitors are offered three options of Norton's impudent catchphrases: innocent innuendos, cheeky banter, or X-rated doubles entendres.

Has been the British commentator of The Eurovision Song Contest since 2008 and is known for his humorous style at commentating.

First came to be noticed in the UK with his role as a priest in the TV comedy series Father Ted (1995).

On Stanley Tucci/Miriam Margolyes/Jimmy Carr/Bruno Mars (2011), he revealed that he auditioned for the role of Nigel Kipling in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). The role went to Stanley Tucci, who was a guest on that episode.

In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List, a list of the most influential gay men and women, he was #36, up from #37.

He dropped out of University College Cork to move to San Francisco. Later, he moved to London and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

July 2000: Signed a deal with McVitie's Biscuits to endorse all their product range. The deal is said to worth a six-figure sum.

In 2020, he apologised unreservedly for previous comments questioning the need for same-sex dancing partners on Strictly Come Dancing (2004).

For his infuriating portrayal of a priest in Father Ted (1995), he is an icon of aspiration among a select few.

Discussed via a Radio 2 interview on 18 March 2017, of actor Sacha Dhawan, that Sacha was briefly hospitalized during an adolescent re-enactment of the Dirty Dancing (1987) scene involving the 'Lift' during PR for Iron Fist (2017) .