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

Daredevil: Born Again

The Bill

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Bergerac

Waterloo Road

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Shetland

Good Omens

Blackadder

Braveheart

Acting

2025

Daredevil: Born Again as Male Dancer

2024

Rikki as Self

Shoshana as Tennant (CID)

2023

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot as McAngus

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend as Self

2022

Ooh the Banter! as Self (archive footage)

2020

Dragon Rider as Gravelbeard (voice)

2019

Good Omens as Tulloch

Hatton Garden as Kenny Collins

2016

Two Doors Down as Eric

2015

Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self

2014

Still Game: The Story So Far as Self

2013

Two Doors Down as Eric

Dream Me Up Scotty! as Presenter

Shetland as Cameron Watt

2012

Sir Billi as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)

2011

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bellamy

Waterloo Road as Gerard Findlay

2004

Unsolved

2002

Billy Bongo

The Count of Monte Cristo as Napoleon Bonaparte

2000

Complicity as Kenny Garnet

Beautiful Creatures as Det Insp Hepburn

1999

Extremely Dangerous as DCS Wallace

1998

The Game as Tam

Little Voice as Bunnie Morris

Orphans as Hanson

Les Misérables as General

1997

Deacon Brodie as Alisdair Gilzean

Renford Rejects

1996

When Saturday Comes as Factory Boss

Bad Boys as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen

The Crow Road as Lachlan Watt

1995

Braveheart as Bride's Father

Backup

Hamish Macbeth as Duncan Soutar

1994

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Harding

White Goods as Paul Ryan

1993

Down Among the Big Boys as Dan Gibbons

1992

Blame It on the Bellboy as Alfio

Patriot Games as Dennis Cooley

An Ungentlemanly Act as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb

1991

Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Andreyev

Under Suspicion as Prosecuting Lawyer

Robin Hood as Harry

1990

White Hunter, Black Heart as Zibelinsky

1989

Leaving as Tommy

Scandal as Detective Inspector

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Harold

Countdown to War as Stalin

1988

Lucky Sunil as Des Organ

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

Hidden City as Hillcombe

1986

Lovejoy as Murray McNally

1985

A Sense of Freedom as Malkie

1984

Comfort and Joy as Trevor

Every Picture Tells a Story as William Scott

The Bill

1983

Local Hero as Watt

Dead on Time as Foreigner