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.
Filmography
all 70
Movies 49
TV Shows 21
self 7
Voice 2
Self
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend (2023)
Movie
McAngus
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ooh the Banter! (2022)
Movie
ADR & Dubbing
The Sea Beast (2022)
Movie
9.5
Gravelbeard (voice)
Dragon Rider (2020)
Movie
10
Tulloch
Good Omens (2019)
TV
6.3
Kenny Collins
Hatton Garden (2019)
TV
Eric
Two Doors Down (2016)
TV
Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015)
Movie
Eric
Two Doors Down (2013)
Movie
Presenter
Dream Me Up Scotty! (2013)
Movie
Cameron Watt
Shetland (2013)
TV
5.82
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Sir Billi (2012)
Movie
Self
Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of Television in Scotland (2012)
TV
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
TV
Self
Movie Connections (2007)
TV
Bellamy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Movie
7.24
Self - Presenter
Unsolved (2004)
TV
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Movie
9
Actor
Billy Bongo (2002)
Movie
Det Insp Hepburn
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
Movie
Kenny Garnet
Complicity (2000)
Movie
DCS Wallace
Extremely Dangerous (1999)
TV
Bunnie Morris
Little Voice (1998)
Movie
Hanson
Orphans (1998)
Movie
Tam
The Game (1998)
Movie
General
Les Misérables (1998)
Movie
Alisdair Gilzean
Deacon Brodie (1997)
Movie
Eddie McAvoy
Renford Rejects (1997)
TV
Lachlan Watt
The Crow Road (1996)
TV
Malky Mulherron / Tissue Mulherron
Bad Boys (1996)
TV
Factory Boss
When Saturday Comes (1996)
Movie
Backup (1995)
TV
Bride's Father
Braveheart (1995)
Movie
6.9
Duncan Soutar
Hamish Macbeth (1995)
TV
8
Outsider
Blood and Peaches (1995)
Movie
Harding
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
Movie
4
Paul Ryan
White Goods (1994)
Movie
Dan Gibbons
Down Among the Big Boys (1993)
Movie
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
Movie
Dennis Cooley
Patriot Games (1992)
Movie
5.64
Alfio
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Movie
Prosecuting Lawyer
Under Suspicion (1991)
Movie
Harry
Robin Hood (1991)
Movie
Dr. Andreyev
Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
Movie
Zibelinsky
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
Movie
6
Harold
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989)
Movie
Stalin
Countdown to War (1989)
Movie
Detective Inspector
Scandal (1989)
Movie
6
Tommy
Leaving (1989)
Movie
The Conjuror
The One Game (1988)
TV
Des Organ
Lucky Sunil (1988)
Movie
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Comrades (1987)
Movie
Hillcombe
Hidden City (1987)
Movie
Murray McNally
Lovejoy (1986)
TV
5
William Scott Sr.
Every Picture Tells a Story (1984)
Movie
The Bill (1984)
TV
Trevor
Comfort and Joy (1984)
Movie
1
DCI Matt Burke / George Bryce / DCI Matthew Burke
Taggart (1983)
TV
6
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
Blackadder (1983)
TV
5.79
Watt
Local Hero (1983)
Movie
6
Foreigner
Dead on Time (1983)
Movie
Acupuncturist
Bergerac (1981)
TV
6
Alec
Gregory's Girl (1981)
Movie
6
Malkie
A Sense of Freedom (1979)
Movie
2
John
The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)
Movie
Just Another Saturday (1975)
Movie
Gibson
The Sweeney (1975)
TV
Various
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
Movie
Ian
The Hunch (1967)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.86
Based on 2.56 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1967
1988
1995
1990
2023
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-01-27 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceGlasgow, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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