Alex Norton
Actor
Born January 27, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
Daredevil: Born Again
Male Dancer
Rikki
Self
Shoshana
Tennant (CID)
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
The Sea Beast
Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
Selling Scotland
Self
Good Omens
Tulloch
Hatton Garden
Kenny Collins
Two Doors Down
Eric
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
Two Doors Down
Eric
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
Shetland
Cameron Watt
Brave
Additional Voices (voice)
Sir Billi
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Bellamy
Waterloo Road
Gerard Findlay
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
Complicity
Kenny Garnet
Extremely Dangerous
DCS Wallace
Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
Orphans
Hanson
The Game
Tam
Les Misérables
General
Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
Renford Rejects
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt
When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
Backup
Braveheart
Bride's Father
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Soutar
Signs and Wonders
William Gimble
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Harding
White Goods
Paul Ryan
Down Among the Big Boys
Dan Gibbons
Comics
Haggis
An Ungentlemanly Act
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Patriot Games
Dennis Cooley
Blame It on the Bellboy
Alfio
Under Suspicion
Prosecuting Lawyer
Robin Hood
Harry
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Andreyev
White Hunter, Black Heart
Zibelinsky
The Chief
Gordon Mackie
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Harold
Countdown to War
Stalin
Scandal
Detective Inspector
Leaving
Tommy
The One Game
The Conjuror
Lucky Sunil
Des Organ
Comrades
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Hidden City
Hillcombe
Lovejoy
Murray McNally
A Sense of Freedom
Malkie
Every Picture Tells a Story
William Scott
The Bill
Comfort and Joy
Trevor
Taggart
DCI Matt Burke
Blackadder
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
Local Hero
Watt
Dead on Time
Foreigner
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
Gregory's Girl
Alec
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Strangers
Cooper
The Thin End of the Wedge
John
Just Another Saturday
The Sweeney
Gibson
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Playhouse
Max Beerbohm
Michael Regan
Jerry's Mate