Alex Norton

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

Shetland

Bergerac

Waterloo Road

Good Omens

The Bill

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Brave

All Movies (56)

• Being Stanley Baxter2025 · as Self
• Rikki2024 · as Self
• Shoshana2024 · as Tennant (CID)
• Bill Douglas: My Best Friend2023 · as Self
• Blackadder: The Lost Pilot2023 · as McAngus
• Ooh the Banter!2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dragon Rider2020 · as Gravelbeard (voice)
• Selling Scotland2019 · as Self
• Sean Connery: In His Own Words2015 · as Self
• Still Game: The Story So Far2014 · as Self
• Two Doors Down2013 · as Eric
• Dream Me Up Scotty!2013 · as Presenter
• Brave2012 · as Additional Voices (voice)
• Sir Billi2012 · as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006 · as Captain Bellamy
• The Count of Monte Cristo2002 · as Napoleon Bonaparte
• Billy Bongo2002
• Beautiful Creatures2000 · as Det Insp Hepburn
• Complicity2000 · as Kenny Garnet
• Little Voice1998 · as Bunnie Morris
• Orphans1998 · as Hanson
• The Game1998 · as Tam
• Les Misérables1998 · as General
• Deacon Brodie1997 · as Alisdair Gilzean
• When Saturday Comes1996 · as Factory Boss
• Braveheart1995 · as Bride's Father
• Squanto: A Warrior's Tale1994 · as Harding
• White Goods1994 · as Paul Ryan
• Down Among the Big Boys1993 · as Dan Gibbons
• An Ungentlemanly Act1992 · as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
• Patriot Games1992 · as Dennis Cooley
• Blame It on the Bellboy1992 · as Alfio
• Under Suspicion1991 · as Prosecuting Lawyer
• Robin Hood1991 · as Harry
• Chernobyl: The Final Warning1991 · as Dr. Andreyev
• White Hunter, Black Heart1990 · as Zibelinsky
• Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale1989 · as Harold
• Countdown to War1989 · as Stalin
• Scandal1989 · as Detective Inspector
• Leaving1989 · as Tommy
• Lucky Sunil1988 · as Des Organ
• Comrades1987 · as Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
• Hidden City1987 · as Hillcombe
• A Sense of Freedom1985 · as Malkie
• Every Picture Tells a Story1984 · as William Scott
• Comfort and Joy1984 · as Trevor
• Local Hero1983 · as Watt
• Dead on Time1983 · as Foreigner
• Gregory's Girl1980 · as Alec
• Shakespeare's Mounted Foot1979
• The Thin End of the Wedge1977 · as John
• Just Another Saturday1975
• The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil1974 · as Various
• Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket1973
• Michael Regan1971 · as Jerry's Mate
• The Hunch1967

All TV Shows (28)

• Daredevil: Born Again2025 · as Male Dancer
• Good Omens2019 · as Tulloch
• Hatton Garden2019 · as Kenny Collins
• Two Doors Down2016 · as Eric
• Shetland2013 · as Cameron Watt
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Waterloo Road2006 · as Gerard Findlay
• Unsolved2004
• Extremely Dangerous1999 · as DCS Wallace
• Renford Rejects1997
• The Crow Road1996 · as Lachlan Watt
• Bad Boys1996 · as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
• Backup1995
• Hamish Macbeth1995 · as Duncan Soutar
• Signs and Wonders1995 · as William Gimble
• Signs and Wonders1995 · as William Grimble
• Comics1993 · as Haggis
• The Chief1990 · as Gordon Mackie
• The One Game1988 · as The Conjuror
• Lovejoy1986 · as Murray McNally
• The Bill1984
• Taggart1983 · as DCI Matt Burke
• Blackadder1983 · as McAngus, Duke of Argyll
• Bergerac1981 · as Acupuncturist
• A Question of Guilt1980 · as Captain William Cranstoun
• Strangers1978 · as Cooper
• The Sweeney1975 · as Gibson
• Playhouse1974 · as Max Beerbohm