Alex Norton

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1950-01-27 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Known For

Actor

2022
Ooh the Banter!

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Dragon Rider

as Gravelbeard (voice)

2019
Good Omens

as Tulloch

2019
Hatton Garden

as Kenny Collins

2016
2013
2013
Dream Me Up Scotty!

as Presenter

2013
Shetland

as Cameron Watt

2012
Sir Billi

as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

2006
Waterloo Road

as Gerard Findlay

2002
The Count of Monte Cristo

as Napoleon Bonaparte

2000
Beautiful Creatures

as Det Insp Hepburn

2000
Complicity

as Kenny Garnet

1999
Extremely Dangerous

as DCS Wallace

1998
Little Voice

as Bunnie Morris

1998
Orphans

as Hanson

1998
The Game

as Tam

1998
Les Misérables

as General

1997
Deacon Brodie

as Alisdair Gilzean

1996
When Saturday Comes

as Factory Boss

1996
The Crow Road

as Lachlan Watt

1996
Bad Boys

as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen

1995
Braveheart

as Bride's Father

1995
1995
Hamish Macbeth

as Duncan Soutar

1994
White Goods

as Paul Ryan

1993
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act

as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb

1992
Patriot Games

as Dennis Cooley

1991
Under Suspicion

as Prosecuting Lawyer

1991
Robin Hood

as Harry

1991
1990
1989
1989
Scandal

as Detective Inspector

1989
Leaving

as Tommy

1988
Lucky Sunil

as Des Organ

1988
The One Game

as The Conjuror

1987
Comrades

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

1987
Hidden City

as Hillcombe

1986
Lovejoy

as Murray McNally

1985
1984
1984
Comfort and Joy

as Trevor

1983
Local Hero

as Watt

1983
Dead on Time

as Foreigner

1983
Taggart

as DCI Matt Burke

1983
Blackadder

as McAngus, Duke of Argyll

1981
1981
Bergerac

as Acupuncturist

1975
The Sweeney

as Gibson

1971
Michael Regan

as Jerry's Mate

Sound

2022
The Sea Beast

as ADR & Dubbing