Alex Norton
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.
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- Born:
- Jan 27, 1950 In Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 59
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Hunch 1967-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bill Douglas: My Best Friend 2023-09-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bill Douglas: My Best Friend | Self | 2023-09-05 |
| Movie | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot | McAngus | 2023-06-15 |
| Movie | Ooh the Banter! | Self (archive footage) | 2022-12-31 |
| Movie | Dragon Rider | Gravelbeard (voice) | 2020-10-13 |
| Series | Hatton Garden | Kenny Collins | 2019-05-20 |
| Series | Two Doors Down | Eric | 2016-04-01 |
| Movie | Still Game: The Story So Far | Self | 2014-12-31 |
| Series | Shetland | Cameron Watt | 2013-03-10 |
| Movie | Two Doors Down | Eric | 2013-12-31 |
| Movie | Sir Billi | Butler / Baron McToff (voice) | 2012-04-13 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Bellamy | 2006-07-06 |
| Series | Unsolved | 2004-01-08 | |
| Movie | The Count of Monte Cristo | Napoleon Bonaparte | 2002-01-23 |
| Movie | Billy Bongo | 2002-01-01 | |
| Movie | Complicity | Kenny Garnet | 2000-05-06 |
| Movie | Beautiful Creatures | Det Insp Hepburn | 2000-08-23 |
| Series | Extremely Dangerous | DCS Wallace | 1999-11-11 |
| Movie | Orphans | Hanson | 1998-09-03 |
| Movie | Les Misérables | General | 1998-05-01 |
| Movie | Little Voice | Bunnie Morris | 1998-11-05 |
| Series | Renford Rejects | 1997-02-23 | |
| Movie | Deacon Brodie | Alisdair Gilzean | 1997-03-08 |
| Movie | When Saturday Comes | Factory Boss | 1996-03-01 |
| Series | The Crow Road | Lachlan Watt | 1996-11-04 |
| Series | Bad Boys | Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen | 1996-05-29 |
| Movie | Braveheart | Bride's Father | 1995-05-24 |
| Series | Backup | 1995-09-07 | |
| Movie | White Goods | Paul Ryan | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Harding | 1994-10-28 |
| Movie | Down Among the Big Boys | Dan Gibbons | 1993-09-19 |
| Movie | An Ungentlemanly Act | Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb | 1992-06-13 |
| Movie | Blame It on the Bellboy | Alfio | 1992-01-24 |
| Movie | Patriot Games | Dennis Cooley | 1992-06-04 |
| Movie | Chernobyl: The Final Warning | Dr. Andreyev | 1991-04-22 |
| Movie | Under Suspicion | Prosecuting Lawyer | 1991-09-27 |
| Movie | Robin Hood | Harry | 1991-05-13 |
| Movie | White Hunter, Black Heart | Zibelinsky | 1990-05-16 |
| Movie | Leaving | Tommy | 1989-02-05 |
| Movie | Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Harold | 1989-11-05 |
| Movie | Scandal | Detective Inspector | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Countdown to War | Stalin | 1989-04-07 |
| Movie | Lucky Sunil | Des Organ | 1988-04-17 |
| Series | The One Game | The Conjuror | 1988-06-04 |
| Movie | Hidden City | Hillcombe | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Comrades | Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer | 1987-08-23 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Unknown | 1986-01-10 |
| Movie | Comfort and Joy | Trevor | 1984-08-14 |
| Movie | Every Picture Tells a Story | William Scott | 1984-12-01 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Movie | Dead on Time | Foreigner | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | Local Hero | Watt | 1983-02-17 |
| Series | Blackadder | McAngus, Duke of Argyll | 1983-06-15 |
| Series | Taggart | DCI Matt Burke | 1983-09-06 |
| Movie | Gregory's Girl | Alec | 1981-04-23 |
| Movie | A Sense of Freedom | Malkie | 1979-10-19 |
| Movie | The Thin End of the Wedge | John | 1977-12-20 |
| Movie | Just Another Saturday | 1975-07-05 | |
| Movie | The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Various | 1974-06-06 |
| Movie | The Hunch | 1967-01-01 |