Alex Norton
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Alex Norton

Jan 27, 1950 - Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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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Movie2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestBellamy
Movie1984Comfort and JoyTrevor
Movie1983Local HeroWatt
Movie2000ComplicityKenny Garnet
Movie1992Blame It on the BellboyAlfio
Movie1992Patriot GamesDennis Cooley
Movie1985A Sense of FreedomMalkie
Movie2000Beautiful CreaturesDet Insp Hepburn
Movie1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleHarding
Movie2023Blackadder: The Lost PilotMcAngus
Movie1998The GameTam
Movie1988Lucky SunilDes Organ
Movie2012Sir BilliButler / Baron McToff (voice)
Movie1983Dead on TimeForeigner
Movie1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilVarious
Movie2002Billy Bongo
Movie2002The Count of Monte CristoNapoleon Bonaparte
Movie1989LeavingTommy
Movie1996When Saturday ComesFactory Boss
Movie2023Bill Douglas: My Best FriendSelf
Movie1995BraveheartBride's Father
Movie2014Still Game: The Story So FarSelf
Movie2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelf
Movie2022Ooh the Banter!Self (archive footage)
Movie2013Two Doors DownEric
Movie1967The Hunch
Movie1973Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
Movie1981Gregory's GirlAlec
Movie1998Little VoiceBunnie Morris
Movie1987ComradesLanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Movie1989ScandalDetective Inspector
Movie1992An Ungentlemanly ActChief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Movie1997Deacon BrodieAlisdair Gilzean
Movie1987Hidden CityHillcombe
Movie1998OrphansHanson
Movie1989Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleHarold
Movie1984Every Picture Tells a StoryWilliam Scott
Movie1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDr. Andreyev
Movie1991Under SuspicionProsecuting Lawyer
Movie1990White Hunter, Black HeartZibelinsky
Movie1998Les MisérablesGeneral
Movie1991Robin HoodHarry
Movie1994White GoodsPaul Ryan
Movie1975Just Another Saturday
Movie1993Down Among the Big BoysDan Gibbons
Movie1977The Thin End of the WedgeJohn
Movie1989Countdown to WarStalin
Movie2020Dragon RiderGravelbeard (voice)
Movie2013Dream Me Up Scotty!Presenter
Movie1971Michael ReganJerry's Mate
Movie2024RikkiSelf
Movie1979Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Movie2024ShoshanaTennant (CID)
Movie2012BraveAdditional Voices (voice)
TV Show1984The Bill1
TV Show1983TaggartDCI Matt Burke58
TV Show1997Renford Rejects52
TV Show1975The SweeneyGibson1
TV Show1986LovejoyMurray McNally1
TV Show2004Unsolved21
TV Show1983BlackadderMcAngus, Duke of Argyll1
TV Show1995Backup14
TV Show1996Bad BoysMalky 'Tissue' Mulhernen6
TV Show2019Good OmensTulloch1
TV Show2013ShetlandCameron Watt2
TV Show2016Two Doors DownEric42
TV Show1988The One GameThe Conjuror4
TV Show1981BergeracAcupuncturist1
TV Show1996The Crow RoadLachlan Watt4
TV Show1999Extremely DangerousDCS Wallace4
TV Show2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant1
TV Show2019Hatton GardenKenny Collins4
TV Show1995Hamish MacbethDuncan Soutar1
TV Show2006Waterloo RoadGerard Findlay30
TV Show2025Daredevil: Born AgainMale Dancer1
TV Show1974PlayhouseMax Beerbohm1
TV Show1990The ChiefGordon Mackie1

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Movie2022The Sea BeastADR & DubbingSound