Alex Norton

Known for acting · Born 27 January 1950 · 76 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

89 credits

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

Taggart

1983

Two Doors Down

2016

Renford Rejects

1997

Gregory's Girl

1980

Comfort and Joy

1984

Unsolved

2004

Local Hero

1983

Backup

1995

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990

Waterloo Road

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

Dragon Rider

2020

Acting (87)

2025Daredevil: Born AgainMale DancerSeries

2025Being Stanley BaxterSelfFilm

2024ShoshanaTennant (CID)Film

2024RikkiSelfFilm

2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotMcAngusFilm

2023Bill Douglas: My Best FriendSelfFilm

2022Ooh the Banter!Self (archive footage)Film

2020Dragon RiderGravelbeard (voice)Film

2019Good OmensTullochSeries

2019Hatton GardenKenny Collins · 4 episodesSeries

2019Selling ScotlandSelfFilm

2016Two Doors DownEric · 42 episodesSeries

2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelfFilm

2014Still Game: The Story So FarSelfFilm

2013ShetlandCameron Watt · 2 episodesSeries

2013Two Doors DownEricFilm

2013Dream Me Up Scotty!PresenterFilm

2012BraveAdditional Voices (voice)Film

2012Sir BilliButler / Baron McToff (voice)Film

2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - ParticipantSeries

2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestCaptain BellamyFilm

2006Waterloo RoadGerard Findlay · 6 episodesSeries

2004Unsolved · 21 episodesSeries

2002The Count of Monte CristoNapoleon BonaparteFilm

2002Billy BongoFilm

2000Beautiful CreaturesDet Insp HepburnFilm

2000ComplicityKenny GarnetFilm

1999Extremely DangerousDCS Wallace · 4 episodesSeries

1998Les MisérablesGeneralFilm

1998Little VoiceBunnie MorrisFilm

1998OrphansHansonFilm

1998The GameTamFilm

1997Renford Rejects · 52 episodesSeries

1997Deacon BrodieAlisdair GilzeanFilm

1997Turning WorldBarry · 3 episodesSeries

1996When Saturday ComesFactory BossFilm

1996The Crow RoadLachlan Watt · 4 episodesSeries

1996Bad BoysMalky 'Tissue' Mulhernen · 6 episodesSeries

1995BraveheartBride's FatherFilm

1995Hamish MacbethDuncan SoutarSeries

1995Backup · 14 episodesSeries

1995Signs and WondersWilliam Gimble · 2 episodes, William GrimbleSeries

1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleHardingFilm

1994White GoodsPaul RyanFilm

1993Down Among the Big BoysDan GibbonsFilm

1993ComicsHaggis · 2 episodesSeries

1992Patriot GamesDennis CooleyFilm

1992Blame It on the BellboyAlfioFilm

1992An Ungentlemanly ActChief of Police Ronnie LambFilm

1991Robin HoodHarryFilm

1991Under SuspicionProsecuting LawyerFilm

1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. AndreyevFilm

1990White Hunter, Black HeartZibelinskyFilm

1990The ChiefGordon MackieSeries

1989ScandalDetective InspectorFilm

1989Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleHaroldFilm

1989Countdown to WarStalinFilm

1989LeavingTommyFilm

1988The One GameThe Conjuror · 4 episodesSeries

1988Lucky SunilDes OrganFilm

1987ComradesLanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad PhotographerFilm

1987Hidden CityHillcombeFilm

1986LovejoyMurray McNallySeries

1985A Sense of FreedomMalkieFilm

1984Comfort and JoyTrevorFilm

1984The BillSeries

1984Every Picture Tells a StoryWilliam ScottFilm

1983BlackadderMcAngus, Duke of ArgyllSeries

1983Local HeroWattFilm

1983TaggartDCI Matt Burke · 58 episodesSeries

1983Dead on TimeForeignerFilm

1983No ExcusesHoward · 4 episodesSeries

1982Fame Is the SpurKeir Hardie · 2 episodesSeries

1981BergeracAcupuncturistSeries

1980Gregory's GirlAlecFilm

1980A Question of GuiltCaptain William Cranstoun · 6 episodesSeries

1979Shakespeare's Mounted FootFilm

1978StrangersCooperSeries

1977The Thin End of the WedgeJohnFilm

1975The SweeneyGibsonSeries

1975Just Another SaturdayFilm

1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilVariousFilm

1974PlayhouseMax BeerbohmSeries

1973Travelpass - It's Just the TicketFilm

1971Michael ReganJerry's MateFilm

1970Play for TodayLord Vat / Singer etcSeries

1967The HunchFilm

Sound (1)

2022The Sea BeastADR & DubbingFilm

Writing (1)

1987First SightWriterSeries