Alex Norton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 27 January 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.
Known for
Acting 61
- 2026Two doors down - 2020 christmas special as Eric
- 2025Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025Two doors down - 2025 christmas special as Eric
- 2024Rikki as Self
- 2024Shoshana as Tennant (CID)
- 2023Bill Douglas: My Best Friend as Self
- 2023Blackadder: The Lost Pilot as McAngus
- 2022Ooh the Banter! as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Two doors down - 2022 Christmas special as Eric
- 2021Two doors down - 2021 christmas special as Eric
- 2020Dragon Rider as Gravelbeard (voice)
- 2019Selling Scotland as Self
- 2017Two doors down - 2017 christmas special as Eric
- 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2014Still Game: The Story So Far as Self
- 2013Two Doors Down as Eric
- 2013Dream Me Up Scotty! as Presenter
- 2012Brave as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2012Sir Billi as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Captain Bellamy
- 2002The Count of Monte Cristo as Napoleon Bonaparte
- 2002Billy Bongo
- 2000Beautiful Creatures as Det Insp Hepburn
- 2000Complicity as Kenny Garnet
- 1998Little Voice as Bunnie Morris
- 1998Orphans as Hanson
- 1998The Game as Tam
- 1998Les Misérables as General
- 1997Deacon Brodie as Alisdair Gilzean
- 1996When Saturday Comes as Factory Boss
- 1995Braveheart as Bride's Father
- 1994Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Harding
- 1994White Goods as Paul Ryan
- 1993Down Among the Big Boys as Dan Gibbons
- 1992An Ungentlemanly Act as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
- 1992Patriot Games as Dennis Cooley
- 1992Blame It on the Bellboy as Alfio
- 1991Under Suspicion as Prosecuting Lawyer
- 1991Robin Hood as Harry
- 1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Andreyev
- 1990White Hunter, Black Heart as Zibelinsky
- 1989Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Harold
- 1989Countdown to War as Stalin
- 1989Scandal as Detective Inspector
- 1989Leaving as Tommy
- 1988Lucky Sunil as Des Organ
- 1987Comrades as Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
- 1987Hidden City as Hillcombe
- 1985A Sense of Freedom as Malkie
- 1984Every Picture Tells a Story as William Scott
- 1984Comfort and Joy as Trevor
- 1983Local Hero as Watt
- 1983Dead on Time as Foreigner
- 1980Gregory's Girl as Alec
- 1979Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
- 1977The Thin End of the Wedge as John
- 1975Just Another Saturday
- 1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil as Various
- 1973Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
- 1971Michael Regan as Jerry's Mate
- 1967The Hunch
Sound 1
- 2022The Sea Beast · adr & dubbing