Alex Norton
- Acting
- January 27, 1950 · 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
Filmography
- Being Stanley Baxter · Self
- Daredevil: Born Again · Male Dancer
- Rikki · Self
- Shoshana · Tennant (CID)
- Bill Douglas: My Best Friend · Self
- Blackadder: The Lost Pilot · McAngus
- Ooh the Banter! · Self
- The Sea Beast · ADR & Dubbing
- Dragon Rider · Gravelbeard (Voice)
- Selling Scotland · Self
- Good Omens · Tulloch
- Hatton Garden · Kenny Collins
- Two Doors Down · Eric
- Sean Connery: In His Own Words · Self
- Still Game: The Story So Far · Self
- Two Doors Down · Eric
- Dream Me Up Scotty! · Presenter
- Shetland · Cameron Watt
- Brave · Additional Voices (Voice)
- Sir Billi · Butler / Baron McToff (Voice)
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip · Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest · Captain Bellamy
- Waterloo Road · Gerard Findlay
- Unsolved
- The Count of Monte Cristo · Napoleon Bonaparte
- Billy Bongo
- Beautiful Creatures · Det Insp Hepburn
- Complicity · Kenny Garnet
- Extremely Dangerous · DCS Wallace
- Little Voice · Bunnie Morris
- Orphans · Hanson
- The Game · Tam
- Les Misérables · General
- Deacon Brodie · Alisdair Gilzean
- Renford Rejects
- Turning World · Barry
- The Crow Road · Lachlan Watt
- Bad Boys · Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
- When Saturday Comes · Factory Boss
- Backup
- Braveheart · Bride's Father
- Hamish Macbeth · Duncan Soutar
- Signs and Wonders · William Gimble, William Grimble
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale · Harding
- White Goods · Paul Ryan
- Down Among the Big Boys · Dan Gibbons
- Comics · Haggis
- An Ungentlemanly Act · Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
- Patriot Games · Dennis Cooley
- Blame It on the Bellboy · Alfio
- Under Suspicion · Prosecuting Lawyer
- Robin Hood · Harry
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning · Dr. Andreyev
- White Hunter, Black Heart · Zibelinsky
- The Chief · Gordon Mackie
- Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale · Harold
- Countdown to War · Stalin
- Scandal · Detective Inspector
- Leaving · Tommy
- Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet · Dodie
- The One Game · The Conjuror
- Lucky Sunil · Des Organ
- Comrades · Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
- First Sight · Writer
- Hidden City · Hillcombe
- Lovejoy · Murray McNally
- A Sense of Freedom · Malkie
- Every Picture Tells a Story · William Scott
- The Bill
- Comfort and Joy · Trevor
- Taggart · DCI Matt Burke
- Blackadder · McAngus, Duke of Argyll
- No Excuses · Howard
- Local Hero · Watt
- Dead on Time · Foreigner
- Fame Is the Spur · Keir Hardie
- Bergerac · Acupuncturist
- Gregory's Girl · Alec
- A Question of Guilt · Captain William Cranstoun
- Shakespeare's Mounted Foot