Actor
Alex Norton
- Born January 27, 1950 in 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.
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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
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006
Brave2012
Braveheart1995
Good Omens2019
The Count of Monte Cristo2002
Patriot Games1992
Daredevil: Born Again2025
Les Misérables1998
Filmography
- 2025Daredevil: Born AgainSeriesMale Dancer
- 2025Being Stanley BaxterFilmSelf
- 2024ShoshanaFilmTennant (CID)
- 2024RikkiFilmSelf
- 2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotFilmMcAngus
- 2023Bill Douglas: My Best FriendFilmSelf
- 2022The Sea BeastFilmADR & Dubbing
- 2022Ooh the Banter!FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Dragon RiderFilmGravelbeard (voice)
- 2019Good OmensSeriesTulloch
- 2019Hatton GardenSeriesKenny Collins
- 2019Selling ScotlandFilmSelf
- 2016Two Doors DownSeriesEric
- 2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsFilmSelf
- 2014Still Game: The Story So FarFilmSelf
- 2013ShetlandSeriesCameron Watt
- 2013Two Doors DownFilmEric
- 2013Dream Me Up Scotty!FilmPresenter
- 2012BraveFilmAdditional Voices (voice)
- 2012Sir BilliFilmButler / Baron McToff (voice)
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSeriesSelf - Participant
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestFilmCaptain Bellamy
- 2006Waterloo RoadSeriesGerard Findlay
- 2004UnsolvedSeries
- 2002The Count of Monte CristoFilmNapoleon Bonaparte
- 2002Billy BongoFilm
- 2000Beautiful CreaturesFilmDet Insp Hepburn
- 2000ComplicityFilmKenny Garnet
- 1999Extremely DangerousSeriesDCS Wallace
- 1998Les MisérablesFilmGeneral
- 1998Little VoiceFilmBunnie Morris
- 1998OrphansFilmHanson
- 1998The GameFilmTam
- 1997Renford RejectsSeries
- 1997Deacon BrodieFilmAlisdair Gilzean
- 1997Turning WorldSeriesBarry
- 1996When Saturday ComesFilmFactory Boss
- 1996The Crow RoadSeriesLachlan Watt
- 1996Bad BoysSeriesMalky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
- 1995BraveheartFilmBride's Father
- 1995Hamish MacbethSeriesDuncan Soutar
- 1995BackupSeries
- 1995Signs and WondersSeriesWilliam Gimble, William Grimble
- 1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleFilmHarding
- 1994White GoodsFilmPaul Ryan
- 1993Down Among the Big BoysFilmDan Gibbons
- 1993ComicsSeriesHaggis
- 1992Patriot GamesFilmDennis Cooley
- 1992Blame It on the BellboyFilmAlfio
- 1992An Ungentlemanly ActFilmChief of Police Ronnie Lamb
- 1991Robin HoodFilmHarry
- 1991Under SuspicionFilmProsecuting Lawyer
- 1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningFilmDr. Andreyev
- 1990White Hunter, Black HeartFilmZibelinsky
- 1990The ChiefSeriesGordon Mackie
- 1989ScandalFilmDetective Inspector
- 1989Countdown to WarFilmStalin
- 1989Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleFilmHarold
- 1989LeavingFilmTommy
- 1988The One GameSeriesThe Conjuror
- 1988Lucky SunilFilmDes Organ
- 1988Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal GreetFilmDodie
- 1987ComradesFilmLanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
- 1987Hidden CityFilmHillcombe
- 1987First SightSeriesWriter
- 1986LovejoySeriesMurray McNally
- 1985A Sense of FreedomFilmMalkie
- 1984Comfort and JoyFilmTrevor
- 1984The BillSeries
- 1984Every Picture Tells a StoryFilmWilliam Scott
- 1983BlackadderSeriesMcAngus, Duke of Argyll
- 1983Local HeroFilmWatt
- 1983TaggartSeriesDCI Matt Burke
- 1983Dead on TimeFilmForeigner
- 1983No ExcusesSeriesHoward
- 1982Fame Is the SpurSeriesKeir Hardie
- 1981BergeracSeriesAcupuncturist
- 1980Gregory's GirlFilmAlec
- 1980A Question of GuiltSeriesCaptain William Cranstoun
- 1979Shakespeare's Mounted FootFilm