Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 27, 1950
Place of Birth:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Alex Norton
Biography
Alex Norton is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, and Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down. He played eleven roles in Bill Douglas' 1986 film Comrades and has starred in the key films of Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero and Comfort and Joy) as well as big Hollywood productions like Braveheart, White Hunter Black Heart and Patriot Games. He was one of the founder members of the 7:84 company, touring Scotland with The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil in the 1970s.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rikki | Self |
| 2024 | Shoshana | Tennant (CID) |
| 2023 | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot | McAngus |
| 2023 | Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Self |
| 2022 | Ooh the Banter! | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Dragon Rider | Gravelbeard (voice) |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Self |
| 2014 | Still Game: The Story So Far | Self |
| 2013 | Two Doors Down | Eric |
| 2013 | Dream Me Up Scotty! | Presenter |
| 2012 | Sir Billi | Butler / Baron McToff (voice) |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Bellamy |
| 2002 | Billy Bongo | |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 2000 | Complicity | Kenny Garnet |
| 2000 | Beautiful Creatures | Det Insp Hepburn |
| 1998 | The Game | Tam |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Bunnie Morris |
| 1998 | Orphans | Hanson |
| 1998 | Les Misérables | General |
| 1997 | Deacon Brodie | Alisdair Gilzean |
| 1996 | When Saturday Comes | Factory Boss |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Bride's Father |
| 1994 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Harding |
| 1994 | White Goods | Paul Ryan |
| 1993 | Down Among the Big Boys | Dan Gibbons |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Alfio |
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Dennis Cooley |
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb |
| 1991 | Chernobyl: The Final Warning | Dr. Andreyev |
| 1991 | Under Suspicion | Prosecuting Lawyer |
| 1991 | Robin Hood | Harry |
| 1990 | White Hunter, Black Heart | Zibelinsky |
| 1989 | Leaving | Tommy |
| 1989 | Scandal | Detective Inspector |
| 1989 | Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Harold |
| 1989 | Countdown to War | Stalin |
| 1988 | Lucky Sunil | Des Organ |
| 1987 | Comrades | Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer |
| 1987 | Hidden City | Hillcombe |
| 1985 | A Sense of Freedom | Malkie |
| 1984 | Comfort and Joy | Trevor |
| 1984 | Every Picture Tells a Story | William Scott |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Watt |
| 1983 | Dead on Time | Foreigner |
| 1981 | Gregory's Girl | Alec |
| 1979 | Shakespeare's Mounted Foot | |
| 1977 | The Thin End of the Wedge | John |
| 1975 | Just Another Saturday | |
| 1974 | The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Various |
| 1973 | Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket | |
| 1971 | Michael Regan | Jerry's Mate |
| 1967 | The Hunch |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Daredevil: Born Again | Male Dancer |
| 2019 | Good Omens | Tulloch |
| 2019 | Hatton Garden | Kenny Collins |
| 2016 | Two Doors Down | Eric |
| 2013 | Shetland | Cameron Watt |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2006 | Waterloo Road | Gerard Findlay |
| 2004 | Unsolved | |
| 1999 | Extremely Dangerous | DCS Wallace |
| 1997 | Renford Rejects | |
| 1996 | Bad Boys | Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen |
| 1996 | The Crow Road | Lachlan Watt |
| 1995 | Backup | |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth | Duncan Soutar |
| 1988 | The One Game | The Conjuror |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Murray McNally |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Taggart | DCI Matt Burke |
| 1983 | Blackadder | McAngus, Duke of Argyll |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Acupuncturist |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Gibson |