Alex Norton
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 27, 1950 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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
| 2025 | Being Stanley BaxterSelf | |
| 2025 | Daredevil: Born AgainMale Dancer | |
| 2024 | RikkiSelf | |
| 2024 | ShoshanaTennant (CID) | |
| 2023 | Blackadder: The Lost PilotMcAngus | |
| 2023 | Bill Douglas: My Best FriendSelf | |
| 2022 | Ooh the Banter!Self (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Dragon RiderGravelbeard (voice) | |
| 2019 | Good OmensTulloch | |
| 2019 | Hatton GardenKenny Collins | |
| 2016 | Two Doors DownEric | |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelf | |
| 2014 | Still Game: The Story So FarSelf | |
| 2013 | Two Doors DownEric | |
| 2013 | Dream Me Up Scotty!Presenter | |
| 2013 | ShetlandCameron Watt | |
| 2012 | Sir BilliButler / Baron McToff (voice) | |
| 2012 | BraveAdditional Voices (voice) | |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant | |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestCaptain Bellamy | |
| 2006 | Waterloo RoadGerard Findlay | |
| 2004 | Unsolved | |
| 2002 | Billy Bongo | |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte CristoNapoleon Bonaparte | |
| 2000 | ComplicityKenny Garnet | |
| 2000 | Beautiful CreaturesDet Insp Hepburn | |
| 1999 | Extremely DangerousDCS Wallace | |
| 1998 | The GameTam | |
| 1998 | Little VoiceBunnie Morris | |
| 1998 | OrphansHanson | |
| 1998 | Les MisérablesGeneral | |
| 1997 | Deacon BrodieAlisdair Gilzean | |
| 1997 | Renford Rejects | |
| 1996 | When Saturday ComesFactory Boss | |
| 1996 | Bad BoysMalky 'Tissue' Mulhernen | |
| 1996 | The Crow RoadLachlan Watt | |
| 1995 | BraveheartBride's Father | |
| 1995 | Backup | |
| 1995 | Hamish MacbethDuncan Soutar | |
| 1995 | Signs and WondersWilliam Gimble | |
| 1995 | Signs and WondersWilliam Grimble | |
| 1994 | Squanto: A Warrior's TaleHarding | |
| 1994 | White GoodsPaul Ryan | |
| 1993 | Down Among the Big BoysDan Gibbons | |
| 1992 | Blame It on the BellboyAlfio | |
| 1992 | Patriot GamesDennis Cooley | |
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly ActChief of Police Ronnie Lamb | |
| 1991 | Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Andreyev | |
| 1991 | Under SuspicionProsecuting Lawyer | |
| 1991 | Robin HoodHarry | |
| 1990 | White Hunter, Black HeartZibelinsky | |
| 1990 | The ChiefGordon Mackie | |
| 1989 | LeavingTommy | |
| 1989 | ScandalDetective Inspector | |
| 1989 | Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleHarold | |
| 1989 | Countdown to WarStalin | |
| 1988 | Lucky SunilDes Organ | |
| 1988 | The One GameThe Conjuror | |
| 1987 | ComradesLanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer | |
| 1987 | Hidden CityHillcombe | |
| 1986 | LovejoyMurray McNally | |
| 1985 | A Sense of FreedomMalkie | |
| 1984 | Comfort and JoyTrevor | |
| 1984 | Every Picture Tells a StoryWilliam Scott | |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Local HeroWatt | |
| 1983 | Dead on TimeForeigner | |
| 1983 | TaggartDCI Matt Burke | |
| 1983 | BlackadderMcAngus, Duke of Argyll | |
| 1981 | BergeracAcupuncturist | |
| 1980 | Gregory's GirlAlec | |
| 1979 | Shakespeare's Mounted Foot | |
| 1978 | StrangersCooper | |
| 1977 | The Thin End of the WedgeJohn | |
| 1975 | Just Another Saturday | |
| 1975 | The SweeneyGibson | |
| 1974 | The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilVarious | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseMax Beerbohm | |
| 1973 | Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket | |
| 1971 | Michael ReganJerry's Mate | |
| 1967 | The Hunch |