Alex Norton
Acting
1950-01-27 · 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.
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter
2025 · Movie
Daredevil: Born Again
2025 · Series
Rikki
2024 · Movie
Shoshana
2024 · Movie
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023 · Movie
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023 · Movie
Ooh the Banter!
2022 · Movie
The Sea Beast
2022 · Movie
Dragon Rider
2020 · Movie
Selling Scotland
2019 · Movie
Good Omens
2019 · Series
Hatton Garden
2019 · Series
Two Doors Down
2016 · Series
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015 · Movie
Still Game: The Story So Far
2014 · Movie
Two Doors Down
2013 · Movie
Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013 · Movie
Shetland
2013 · Series
Brave
2012 · Movie
Sir Billi
2012 · Movie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Series
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Movie
Waterloo Road
2006 · Series
Unsolved
2004 · Series
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Movie
Billy Bongo
2002 · Movie
Beautiful Creatures
2000 · Movie
Complicity
2000 · Movie
Extremely Dangerous
1999 · Series
Little Voice
1998 · Movie
Orphans
1998 · Movie
The Game
1998 · Movie
Les Misérables
1998 · Movie
Deacon Brodie
1997 · Movie
Renford Rejects
1997 · Series
Turning World
1997 · Series
The Crow Road
1996 · Series
Bad Boys
1996 · Series
When Saturday Comes
1996 · Movie
Backup
1995 · Series
Braveheart
1995 · Movie
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · Series
Signs and Wonders
1995 · Series
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994 · Movie
White Goods
1994 · Movie
Down Among the Big Boys
1993 · Movie
Comics
1993 · Series
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992 · Movie
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 · Movie
Under Suspicion
1991 · Movie
Robin Hood
1991 · Movie
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991 · Movie
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · Movie
The Chief
1990 · Series
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989 · Movie
Countdown to War
1989 · Movie
Scandal
1989 · Movie
Leaving
1989 · Movie
The One Game
1988 · Series
Lucky Sunil
1988 · Movie
Comrades
1987 · Movie
First Sight
1987 · Series
Hidden City
1987 · Movie
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
A Sense of Freedom
1985 · Movie
Every Picture Tells a Story
1984 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
Comfort and Joy
1984 · Movie
Taggart
1983 · Series
Blackadder
1983 · Series
No Excuses
1983 · Series
Local Hero
1983 · Movie
Dead on Time
1983 · Movie
Fame Is the Spur
1982 · Series
Bergerac
1981 · Series
Gregory's Girl
1980 · Movie
A Question of Guilt
1980 · Series
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979 · Movie
Strangers
1978 · Series
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977 · Movie
Just Another Saturday
1975 · Movie
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
1973 · Movie
Michael Regan
1971 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
The Hunch
1967 · Movie