Alex Norton
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.
Appearances
7.4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Bellamy
6.6
Comfort and Joy
Trevor
6.8
Local Hero
Watt
5.8
Complicity
Kenny Garnet
5.3
Blame It on the Bellboy
Alfio
6.7
Patriot Games
Dennis Cooley
6.5
A Sense of Freedom
Malkie
5.6
Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
6.8
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Harding
7.1
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
The Game
Tam
7.0
Lucky Sunil
Des Organ
3.2
Sir Billi
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
6.8
Dead on Time
Foreigner
8.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Billy Bongo
10.0
Billy Bongo
7.7
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leaving
Tommy
5.7
When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
7.9
Braveheart
Bride's Father
10.0
Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
6.0
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
6.5
Two Doors Down
Eric
The Hunch
10.0
The Hunch
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
6.8
Gregory's Girl
Alec
6.5
Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
6.9
Comrades
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
6.0
Scandal
Detective Inspector
5.8
An Ungentlemanly Act
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
9.5
Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
5.4
Hidden City
Hillcombe
6.6
Orphans
Hanson
8.3
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Harold
8.0
Every Picture Tells a Story
William Scott
5.8
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Andreyev
5.9
Under Suspicion
Prosecuting Lawyer
6.4
White Hunter, Black Heart
Zibelinsky
7.2
Les Misérables
General
5.8
Robin Hood
Harry
7.0
White Goods
Paul Ryan
8.4
Just Another Saturday
8.0
Down Among the Big Boys
Dan Gibbons
The Thin End of the Wedge
John
6.7
Countdown to War
Stalin
7.0
Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
8.0
Michael Regan
Jerry's Mate
8.0
Rikki
Self
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
6.4
Shoshana
Tennant (CID)
7.0
Brave
Additional Voices (voice)
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
6.7
The Bill
6.4
Taggart
DCI Matt Burke
7.0
Renford Rejects
8.0
The Sweeney
Gibson
7.4
Lovejoy
Murray McNally
Unsolved
Unsolved
8.0
Blackadder
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
6.0
Backup
Bad Boys
10.0
Bad Boys
Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
8.0
Good Omens
Tulloch
7.5
Shetland
Cameron Watt
7.5
Two Doors Down
Eric
6.0
The One Game
The Conjuror
6.7
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
6.9
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt
9.0
Extremely Dangerous
DCS Wallace
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
5.9
Hatton Garden
Kenny Collins
7.7
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Soutar
8.0
Daredevil: Born Again
Male Dancer
7.0
Playhouse
Max Beerbohm
7.0
The Chief
Gordon Mackie
7.3
Strangers
Cooper
7.0
Signs and Wonders
William Gimble
7.0
Signs and Wonders
William Grimble
7.1
Waterloo Road
Gerard Findlay