Alex Norton
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
as Self
Daredevil: Born Again
2025
as Male Dancer
Rikki
2024
as Self
Shoshana
2024
as Tennant (CID)
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
as McAngus
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023
as Self
Ooh the Banter!
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dragon Rider
2020
as Gravelbeard (voice)
Selling Scotland
2019
as Self
Good Omens
2019
as Tulloch
Hatton Garden
2019
as Kenny Collins
Two Doors Down
2016
as Eric
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
as Self
Still Game: The Story So Far
2014
as Self
Two Doors Down
2013
as Eric
Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013
as Presenter
Shetland
2013
as Cameron Watt
Sir Billi
2012
as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Brave
2012
as Additional Voices (voice)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Captain Bellamy
Waterloo Road
2006
as Gerard Findlay
Unsolved
2004
Billy Bongo
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Complicity
2000
as Kenny Garnet
Beautiful Creatures
2000
as Det Insp Hepburn
Extremely Dangerous
1999
as DCS Wallace
The Game
1998
as Tam
Little Voice
1998
as Bunnie Morris
Orphans
1998
as Hanson
Les Misérables
1998
as General
Deacon Brodie
1997
as Alisdair Gilzean
Renford Rejects
1997
Turning World
1997
as Barry
When Saturday Comes
1996
as Factory Boss
Bad Boys
1996
as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
The Crow Road
1996
as Lachlan Watt
Braveheart
1995
as Bride's Father
Backup
1995
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Duncan Soutar
Signs and Wonders
1995
as William Gimble
Signs and Wonders
1995
as William Grimble
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
as Harding
White Goods
1994
as Paul Ryan
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
as Dan Gibbons
Comics
1993
as Haggis
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
as Alfio
Patriot Games
1992
as Dennis Cooley
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991
as Dr. Andreyev
Under Suspicion
1991
as Prosecuting Lawyer
Robin Hood
1991
as Harry
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
as Zibelinsky
The Chief
1990
as Gordon Mackie
Leaving
1989
as Tommy
Scandal
1989
as Detective Inspector
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
as Harold
Countdown to War
1989
as Stalin
Lucky Sunil
1988
as Des Organ
The One Game
1988
as The Conjuror
Comrades
1987
as Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Hidden City
1987
as Hillcombe
Lovejoy
1986
as Murray McNally
A Sense of Freedom
1985
as Malkie
Comfort and Joy
1984
as Trevor
Every Picture Tells a Story
1984
as William Scott
The Bill
1984
Local Hero
1983
as Watt
Dead on Time
1983
as Foreigner
Taggart
1983
as DCI Matt Burke
Blackadder
1983
as McAngus, Duke of Argyll
No Excuses
1983
as Howard
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Keir Hardie
Bergerac
1981
as Acupuncturist
Gregory's Girl
1980
as Alec
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Captain William Cranstoun
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979
Strangers
1978
as Cooper
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as John
Just Another Saturday
1975
The Sweeney
1975
as Gibson
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
as Various
Playhouse
1974
as Max Beerbohm
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
1973
Michael Regan
1971
as Jerry's Mate
Play for Today
1970
as Lord Vat / Singer etc
The Hunch
1967