Alex Norton

ActorSound Jan 27 (age 76) Glasgow, Scotland, UK 1967–2025 (58 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Braveheart

Bride's Father

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Captain Bellamy

Film

Brave

Additional Voices (voice)

Film

The Count of Monte Cristo

Napoleon Bonaparte

Film

The Sea Beast

ADR & Dubbing

Film

Patriot Games

Dennis Cooley

Film

Les Misérables

General

Film

Local Hero

Watt

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (55)

Being Stanley Baxter

2025

as Self

Shoshana

as Tennant (CID)

Rikki

as Self

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

2023

as Self

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

2023

as McAngus

6.9

Ooh the Banter!

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Dragon Rider

2020

as Gravelbeard (voice)

7.0

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015

as Self

6.0

Still Game: The Story So Far

as Self

Two Doors Down

as Eric

Dream Me Up Scotty!

as Presenter

Brave

2012

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.0

Sir Billi

2012

as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)

3.2

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

as Captain Bellamy

7.4

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Billy Bongo

Complicity

as Kenny Garnet

Beautiful Creatures

as Det Insp Hepburn

Les Misérables

as General

Orphans

as Hanson

Little Voice

as Bunnie Morris

The Game

as Tam

Deacon Brodie

as Alisdair Gilzean

When Saturday Comes

as Factory Boss

Braveheart

as Bride's Father

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

as Harding

White Goods

as Paul Ryan

Down Among the Big Boys

as Dan Gibbons

Patriot Games

as Dennis Cooley

An Ungentlemanly Act

as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb

5.5

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Alfio

5.3

Under Suspicion

1991

as Prosecuting Lawyer

5.9

Robin Hood

1991

as Harry

5.7

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991

as Dr. Andreyev

5.5

White Hunter, Black Heart

as Zibelinsky

Countdown to War

as Stalin

Scandal

as Detective Inspector

6.0

Leaving

1989

as Tommy

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

1989

as Harold

7.5

Lucky Sunil

1988

as Des Organ

Hidden City

1987

as Hillcombe

5.1

Comrades

1987

as Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer

A Sense of Freedom

as Malkie

Comfort and Joy

as Trevor

Every Picture Tells a Story

1984

as William Scott

Local Hero

as Watt

Dead on Time

as Foreigner

Gregory's Girl

as Alec

Shakespeare's Mounted Foot

1979

The Thin End of the Wedge

1977

as John

Just Another Saturday

1975

8.0

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

1974

as Various

Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket

1973

Michael Regan

1971

as Jerry's Mate

The Hunch

1967

Television (24)

Daredevil: Born Again

as Male Dancer

Good Omens

as Tulloch

Hatton Garden

as Kenny Collins

Two Doors Down

as Eric

Shetland

as Cameron Watt

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Waterloo Road

as Gerard Findlay

Unsolved

Extremely Dangerous

as DCS Wallace

Renford Rejects

The Crow Road

as Lachlan Watt

Bad Boys

as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen

Hamish Macbeth

as Duncan Soutar

Backup

The Chief

as Gordon Mackie

The One Game

as The Conjuror

Lovejoy

as Murray McNally

The Bill

Blackadder

as McAngus, Duke of Argyll

Taggart

as DCI Matt Burke

Bergerac

as Acupuncturist

Strangers

as Cooper

The Sweeney

as Gibson

Playhouse

as Max Beerbohm

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Sea Beast

2022

ADR & Dubbing

7.3