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Alex Norton
Acting · Born 1950-01-27 · 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
Daredevil: Born Again
Male Dancer
Waterloo Road
Gerard Findlay
Shetland
Cameron Watt
Playhouse
Max Beerbohm
The Bill
1984
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Bellamy
Brave
Additional Voices (voice)
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
Good Omens
Tulloch
The Sweeney
Gibson
Filmography
- 2025Being Stanley BaxterSelf
- 2025Daredevil: Born AgainMale Dancer
- 2024RikkiSelf
- 2024ShoshanaTennant (CID)
- 2023Bill Douglas: My Best FriendSelf
- 2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotMcAngus
- 2022Ooh the Banter!Self (archive footage)
- 2022The Sea BeastADR & Dubbing
- 2020Dragon RiderGravelbeard (voice)
- 2019Selling ScotlandSelf
- 2019Good OmensTulloch
- 2019Hatton GardenKenny Collins
- 2016Two Doors DownEric
- 2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelf
- 2014Still Game: The Story So FarSelf
- 2013Two Doors DownEric
- 2013Dream Me Up Scotty!Presenter
- 2013ShetlandCameron Watt
- 2012BraveAdditional Voices (voice)
- 2012Sir BilliButler / Baron McToff (voice)
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestCaptain Bellamy
- 2006Waterloo RoadGerard Findlay
- 2004Unsolved
- 2002The Count of Monte CristoNapoleon Bonaparte
- 2002Billy Bongo
- 2000Beautiful CreaturesDet Insp Hepburn
- 2000ComplicityKenny Garnet
- 1999Extremely DangerousDCS Wallace
- 1998Little VoiceBunnie Morris
- 1998OrphansHanson
- 1998The GameTam
- 1998Les MisérablesGeneral
- 1997Deacon BrodieAlisdair Gilzean
- 1997Renford Rejects
- 1996The Crow RoadLachlan Watt
- 1996Bad BoysMalky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
- 1996When Saturday ComesFactory Boss
- 1995Backup
- 1995BraveheartBride's Father
- 1995Hamish MacbethDuncan Soutar
- 1995Signs and WondersWilliam Gimble
- 1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleHarding
- 1994White GoodsPaul Ryan
- 1993Down Among the Big BoysDan Gibbons
- 1993ComicsHaggis
- 1992An Ungentlemanly ActChief of Police Ronnie Lamb
- 1992Patriot GamesDennis Cooley
- 1992Blame It on the BellboyAlfio
- 1991Under SuspicionProsecuting Lawyer
- 1991Robin HoodHarry
- 1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Andreyev
- 1990White Hunter, Black HeartZibelinsky
- 1990The ChiefGordon Mackie
- 1989Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleHarold
- 1989Countdown to WarStalin
- 1989ScandalDetective Inspector
- 1989LeavingTommy
- 1988The One GameThe Conjuror
- 1988Lucky SunilDes Organ
- 1987ComradesLanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
- 1987First SightWriter
- 1987Hidden CityHillcombe
- 1986LovejoyMurray McNally
- 1985A Sense of FreedomMalkie
- 1984Every Picture Tells a StoryWilliam Scott
- 1984The Bill
- 1984Comfort and JoyTrevor
- 1983TaggartDCI Matt Burke
- 1983BlackadderMcAngus, Duke of Argyll
- 1983No ExcusesHoward
- 1983Local HeroWatt
- 1983Dead on TimeForeigner
- 1982Fame Is the SpurKeir Hardie
- 1981BergeracAcupuncturist
- 1980Gregory's GirlAlec
- 1980A Question of GuiltCaptain William Cranstoun
- 1979Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
- 1978StrangersCooper
- 1977The Thin End of the WedgeJohn
- 1975Just Another Saturday
- 1975The SweeneyGibson
- 1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilVarious
- 1974PlayhouseMax Beerbohm
- 1973Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
- 1971Michael ReganJerry's Mate
- 1967The Hunch
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