Alex Norton
Acting Born Jan 27, 1950 Glasgow, Scotland, UK 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Daredevil: Born Again (2025) as Male Dancer
- Shetland (2013) as Cameron Watt
- Waterloo Road (2006) as Gerard Findlay
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as Captain Bellamy
- Bergerac (1981) as Acupuncturist
- Good Omens (2019) as Tulloch
- The Bill (1984)
- Blackadder (1983) as McAngus, Duke of Argyll
- Playhouse (1974) as Max Beerbohm
- Brave (2012) as Additional Voices (voice)
- The Sweeney (1975) as Gibson
- Taggart (1983) as DCI Matt Burke
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
- Braveheart (1995) as Bride's Father
- Lovejoy (1986) as Murray McNally
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) as Napoleon Bonaparte
- The Chief (1990) as Gordon Mackie
- Hamish Macbeth (1995) as Duncan Soutar
- Strangers (1978) as Cooper
- Patriot Games (1992) as Dennis Cooley
- Les Misérables (1998) as General
- Two Doors Down (2016) as Eric
- Hatton Garden (2019) as Kenny Collins
- Backup (1995)