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.
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
as Self
Rikki
2024
as Self
Shoshana
2024
as Tennant (CID)
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023
as Self
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
as McAngus
Ooh the Banter!
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dragon Rider
2020
as Gravelbeard (voice)
Selling Scotland
2019
as Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
as Self
Still Game: The Story So Far
2014
as Self
Two Doors Down
2013
as Eric
Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013
as Presenter
Brave
2012
as Additional Voices (voice)
Sir Billi
2012
as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Captain Bellamy
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
as Napoleon Bonaparte
- No poster
Billy Bongo
2002
Beautiful Creatures
2000
as Det Insp Hepburn
Complicity
2000
as Kenny Garnet
Little Voice
1998
as Bunnie Morris
Orphans
1998
as Hanson
The Game
1998
as Tam
Les Misérables
1998
as General
Deacon Brodie
1997
as Alisdair Gilzean