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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

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