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Alex Norton

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1950-01-27 (74 years old)

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

all 76

Movies 54

TV Shows 22

self 10

Voice 2

Self

Alex Norton

Biography

Filmography

all 76

Movies 54

TV Shows 22

self 10

Voice 2

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend (2023)

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot (2023)

Ooh the Banter! (2022)

The Sea Beast (2022)

Dragon Rider (2020)

Good Omens (2019)

Hatton Garden (2019)

Two Doors Down (2016)

Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015)

Still Game: The Story So Far (2014)

Two Doors Down (2013)

Dream Me Up Scotty! (2013)

Shetland (2013)

Sir Billi (2012)

Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of Television in Scotland (2012)

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)

Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema (2009)

The Jet Stream and Us (2008)

Movie Connections (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Waterloo Road (2006)

Unsolved (2004)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Billy Bongo (2002)

Beautiful Creatures (2000)

Complicity (2000)

Extremely Dangerous (1999)

Little Voice (1998)

Orphans (1998)

The Game (1998)

Les Misérables (1998)

Deacon Brodie (1997)

Renford Rejects (1997)

The Crow Road (1996)

Bad Boys (1996)

When Saturday Comes (1996)

Backup (1995)

Braveheart (1995)

Hamish Macbeth (1995)

Blood and Peaches (1995)

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)

White Goods (1994)

Down Among the Big Boys (1993)

An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)

Patriot Games (1992)

Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)

Under Suspicion (1991)

Robin Hood (1991)

Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)

White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989)

Countdown to War (1989)

Scandal (1989)

Leaving (1989)

The One Game (1988)

Lucky Sunil (1988)

Comrades (1987)

Hidden City (1987)

Lovejoy (1986)

A Sense of Freedom (1985)

Every Picture Tells a Story (1984)

The Bill (1984)

Comfort and Joy (1984)

Taggart (1983)

Blackadder (1983)

Local Hero (1983)

Scotch Myths (1983)

Dead on Time (1983)

Bergerac (1981)

Gregory's Girl (1981)

The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)

Just Another Saturday (1975)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1950-01-27 (74 years old)

Birth Place
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom