Alex Norton
Acting1950Glasgow, 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
Acting History
2025
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
Daredevil: Born Again
TVas Male Dancer• 1 eps
2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as McAngus
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
as Self
Good Omens
TVas Tulloch• 1 eps
2022
Ooh the Banter!
as Self (archive footage)
The Sea Beast
ADR & Dubbing
2020
Dragon Rider
as Gravelbeard (voice)
2019
Hatton Garden
TVas Kenny Collins
2016
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TVas Self - Participant• 1 eps
Two Doors Down
TVas Eric
2015
2014
Still Game: The Story So Far
as Self
Shetland
TVas Cameron Watt• 2 eps
2013
Two Doors Down
as Eric
Dream Me Up Scotty!
as Presenter
2012
Brave
as Additional Voices (voice)
Sir Billi
as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Waterloo Road
TVas Gerard Findlay• 30 eps
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Captain Bellamy
2004
2002
2000
Complicity
as Kenny Garnet
Beautiful Creatures
as Det Insp Hepburn
1999
Extremely Dangerous
TVas DCS Wallace
1998
1997
Deacon Brodie
as Alisdair Gilzean
1996
When Saturday Comes
as Factory Boss
The Crow Road
TVas Lachlan Watt
Bad Boys
TVas Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
1995
1994
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Harding
White Goods
as Paul Ryan
1993
Down Among the Big Boys
as Dan Gibbons
Lovejoy
TVas Murray McNally• 1 eps
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Patriot Games
as Dennis Cooley
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Alfio
1991
1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Zibelinsky
The Chief
TVas Gordon Mackie
1989
Leaving
as Tommy
Countdown to War
as Stalin
Scandal
as Detective Inspector
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Harold
1988
Lucky Sunil
as Des Organ
The One Game
TVas The Conjuror
1987
Comrades
as Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Hidden City
as Hillcombe
1985
A Sense of Freedom
as Malkie
1984
1983
1982
Playhouse
TVas Max Beerbohm• 1 eps
1981
Gregory's Girl
as Alec
Bergerac
TVas Acupuncturist• 1 eps
1978
The Sweeney
TVas Gibson• 1 eps
Strangers
TVas Cooper
1977
The Thin End of the Wedge
as John
1974
1971
Michael Regan
as Jerry's Mate
1967