Alex Norton

Jan 27, 1950 (75 years old) in 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

Daredevil: Born Again

Male Dancer

The Bill

Bergerac

Acupuncturist

Taggart

DCI Matt Burke

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Bellamy

Good Omens

Tulloch

Shetland

Cameron Watt

Blackadder

McAngus, Duke of Argyll

Waterloo Road

Gerard Findlay

The Sweeney

Gibson

Credits

Daredevil: Born Again 2025

Male Dancer

★ 8.1
Rikki 2024

Self

★ NR
Shoshana 2024

Tennant (CID)

★ 6.6
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend 2023

Self

★ NR
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot 2023

McAngus

★ 7
Ooh the Banter! 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Dragon Rider 2020

Gravelbeard (voice)

★ 7.1
Good Omens 2019

Tulloch

★ 8
Hatton Garden 2019

Kenny Collins

★ 5.7
Sean Connery: In His Own Words 2015

Self

★ 6
Still Game: The Story So Far 2014

Self

★ 10
Two Doors Down 2013

Eric

★ 6.5
Dream Me Up Scotty! 2013

Presenter

★ NR
Shetland 2013

Cameron Watt

★ 7.5
Sir Billi 2012

Butler / Baron McToff (voice)

★ 3.4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006

Bellamy

★ 7.4
Waterloo Road 2006

Gerard Findlay

★ 7.2
Unsolved 2004

★ NR
The Count of Monte Cristo 2002

Napoleon Bonaparte

★ 7.7
Billy Bongo 2002

★ NR
Beautiful Creatures 2000

Det Insp Hepburn

★ 5.7
Complicity 2000

Kenny Garnet

★ 5.9
Extremely Dangerous 1999

DCS Wallace

★ NR
Little Voice 1998

Bunnie Morris

★ 6.5
Orphans 1998

Hanson

★ 6.6
The Game 1998

Tam

★ NR
Les Misérables 1998

General

★ 7.2
Deacon Brodie 1997

Alisdair Gilzean

★ NR
Renford Rejects 1997

★ 7
The Crow Road 1996

Lachlan Watt

★ 6.9
Bad Boys 1996

Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen

★ NR
When Saturday Comes 1996

Factory Boss

★ 5.9
Backup 1995

★ 4.5
Braveheart 1995

Bride's Father

★ 7.9
Hamish Macbeth 1995

Duncan Soutar

★ 7.6
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale 1994

Harding

★ 6.7
White Goods 1994

Paul Ryan

★ 6
Down Among the Big Boys 1993

Dan Gibbons

★ 7
An Ungentlemanly Act 1992

Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb

★ 5.5
Patriot Games 1992

Dennis Cooley

★ 6.7
Blame It on the Bellboy 1992

Alfio

★ 5.4
Under Suspicion 1991

Prosecuting Lawyer

★ 5.9
Robin Hood 1991

Harry

★ 5.7
Chernobyl: The Final Warning 1991

Dr. Andreyev

★ 5.5
White Hunter, Black Heart 1990

Zibelinsky

★ 6.4
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale 1989

Harold

★ 7.5
Countdown to War 1989

Stalin

★ 5
Scandal 1989

Detective Inspector

★ 5.9
Leaving 1989

Tommy

★ NR
The One Game 1988

The Conjuror

★ 5
Lucky Sunil 1988

Des Organ

★ NR
Comrades 1987

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

★ 6.9
Hidden City 1987

Hillcombe

★ 5.1
Lovejoy 1986

Murray McNally

★ 7.3
A Sense of Freedom 1985

Malkie

★ 6.4
Every Picture Tells a Story 1984

William Scott

★ NR
The Bill 1984

★ 6.7
Comfort and Joy 1984

Trevor

★ 6.6
Taggart 1983

DCI Matt Burke

★ 6.3
Blackadder 1983

McAngus, Duke of Argyll

★ 8
Local Hero 1983

Watt

★ 6.7
Dead on Time 1983

Foreigner

★ 6.5
Bergerac 1981

Acupuncturist

★ 6.6
Gregory's Girl 1981

Alec

★ 6.8
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot 1979

★ NR
The Thin End of the Wedge 1977

John

★ NR
Just Another Saturday 1975

★ 8
The Sweeney 1975

Gibson

★ 7.7
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil 1974

Various

★ NR
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket 1973

★ NR
Michael Regan 1971

Jerry's Mate

★ NR
The Hunch 1967

★ NR