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Alex Norton
1.2 Popularity
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
7.9
Male Dancer
Daredevil: Born Again
2025
8.0
Self
Rikki
2024
6.5
Tennant (CID)
Shoshana
2024
0.0
Self
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023
6.9
McAngus
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Ooh the Banter!
2022
7.1
Gravelbeard (voice)
Dragon Rider
2020
8.0
Tulloch
Good Omens
2019
5.8
Kenny Collins
Hatton Garden
2019
7.3
Eric
Two Doors Down
2016
Credits
Daredevil: Born Again
as Male Dancer
2025
7.9
Rikki
as Self
2024
8.0
Shoshana
as Tennant (CID)
2024
6.5
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
as Self
2023
0.0
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as McAngus
2023
6.9
Ooh the Banter!
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Dragon Rider
as Gravelbeard (voice)
2020
7.1
Good Omens
as Tulloch
2019
8.0
Hatton Garden
as Kenny Collins
2019
5.8
Two Doors Down
as Eric
2016
7.3
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
2015
6.0
Still Game: The Story So Far
as Self
2014
10.0
Two Doors Down
as Eric
2013
6.5
Dream Me Up Scotty!
as Presenter
2013
0.0
Shetland
as Cameron Watt
2013
7.5
Brave
as Additional Voices (voice)
2012
7.0
Sir Billi
as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
2012
3.2
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Bellamy
2006
7.4
Waterloo Road
as Gerard Findlay
2006
7.3
🎬
Unsolved
2004
0.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Napoleon Bonaparte
2002
7.7
🎬
Billy Bongo
2002
0.0
Beautiful Creatures
as Det Insp Hepburn
2000
5.6
Complicity
as Kenny Garnet
2000
5.6
Extremely Dangerous
as DCS Wallace
1999
0.0
Little Voice
as Bunnie Morris
1998
6.5
Orphans
as Hanson
1998
6.5
The Game
as Tam
1998
0.0
Les Misérables
as General
1998
7.2
Deacon Brodie
as Alisdair Gilzean
1997
0.0
Renford Rejects
1997
7.0
The Crow Road
as Lachlan Watt
1996
6.8
🎬
Bad Boys
as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
1996
0.0
When Saturday Comes
as Factory Boss
1996
5.6
Backup
1995
4.5
Braveheart
as Bride's Father
1995
7.9
Hamish Macbeth
as Duncan Soutar
1995
7.5
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Harding
1994
6.7
White Goods
as Paul Ryan
1994
5.5
Down Among the Big Boys
as Dan Gibbons
1993
7.0
An Ungentlemanly Act
as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
1992
5.5
Patriot Games
as Dennis Cooley
1992
6.7
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Alfio
1992
5.3
Under Suspicion
as Prosecuting Lawyer
1991
5.9
Robin Hood
as Harry
1991
5.7
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Andreyev
1991
5.5
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Zibelinsky
1990
6.4
The Chief
as Gordon Mackie
1990
6.0
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Harold
1989
7.5
Countdown to War
as Stalin
1989
5.0
Scandal
as Detective Inspector
1989
5.9
Leaving
as Tommy
1989
0.0
The One Game
as The Conjuror
1988
5.0
Lucky Sunil
as Des Organ
1988
0.0
Comrades
as Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
1987
6.8
Hidden City
as Hillcombe
1987
5.1
Lovejoy
as Murray McNally
1986
7.3
A Sense of Freedom
as Malkie
1985
6.4
Every Picture Tells a Story
as William Scott
1984
0.0
The Bill
1984
6.7
Comfort and Joy
as Trevor
1984
6.5
Taggart
as DCI Matt Burke
1983
6.3
Blackadder
as McAngus, Duke of Argyll
1983
8.0
Local Hero
as Watt
1983
6.8
Dead on Time
as Foreigner
1983
6.5
Bergerac
as Acupuncturist
1981
6.7
Gregory's Girl
as Alec
1981
6.7
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979
0.0
The Thin End of the Wedge
as John
1977
0.0
Just Another Saturday
1975
8.0
The Sweeney
as Gibson
1975
7.8
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
1974
0.0
Playhouse
as Max Beerbohm
1974
7.0
🎬
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
1973
0.0
Michael Regan
as Jerry's Mate
1971
0.0
🎬
The Hunch
1967
0.0