Alex Norton
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
Daredevil: Born Again
Male Dancer
The Bill
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
Waterloo Road
Gerard Findlay
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Bellamy
Shetland
Cameron Watt
Good Omens
Tulloch
Blackadder
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
Braveheart
Bride's Father
Taggart
DCI Matt Burke
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Sweeney
Gibson
Lovejoy
Murray McNally
Scandal
Detective Inspector
Patriot Games
Dennis Cooley
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Soutar
Les Misérables
General
Under Suspicion
Prosecuting Lawyer
White Hunter, Black Heart
Zibelinsky
Two Doors Down
Eric
Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
Blame It on the Bellboy
Alfio
Shoshana
Tennant (CID)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Andreyev
Hatton Garden
Kenny Collins
Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
Robin Hood
Harry
An Ungentlemanly Act
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Comrades
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Harding
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
Countdown to War
Stalin
Renford Rejects
Comfort and Joy
Trevor
Local Hero
Watt
A Sense of Freedom
Malkie
Backup
Gregory's Girl
Alec
Complicity
Kenny Garnet
Lucky Sunil
Des Organ
Hidden City
Hillcombe
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
The One Game
The Conjuror
Michael Regan
Jerry's Mate
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt
Sir Billi
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
Just Another Saturday
Dead on Time
Foreigner
The Thin End of the Wedge
John
Orphans
Hanson
Down Among the Big Boys
Dan Gibbons
Extremely Dangerous
DCS Wallace
Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
Two Doors Down
Eric
Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
Bad Boys
Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
Leaving
Tommy
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Harold
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
The Game
Tam
Rikki
Self
Every Picture Tells a Story
William Scott
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Billy Bongo
Unsolved
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
White Goods
Paul Ryan
The Hunch
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant