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Alex Norton
Alex Norton

Alex Norton

ActingBorn January 27, 1950 (age 76)Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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

2025Movie
2025
Daredevil: Born Again

as Male Dancer

TV
2024
Rikki

as Self

Movie
2024
Shoshana

as Tennant (CID)

Movie
2023Movie
2022
Ooh the Banter!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
Dragon Rider

as Gravelbeard (voice)

Movie
2019Movie
2019
Good Omens

as Tulloch

TV
2019
Hatton Garden

as Kenny Collins

TV
2016TV
2013Movie
2013Movie
2013
Shetland

as Cameron Watt

TV
2012
Brave

as Additional Voices (voice)

Movie
2012
Sir Billi

as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)

Movie
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

TV
2006
Waterloo Road

as Gerard Findlay

TV
2004TV
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Movie
2002Movie
2000
Beautiful Creatures

as Det Insp Hepburn

Movie
2000
Complicity

as Kenny Garnet

Movie
1999
Extremely Dangerous

as DCS Wallace

TV
1998
Little Voice

as Bunnie Morris

Movie
1998
Orphans

as Hanson

Movie
1998
The Game

as Tam

Movie
1998
Les Misérables

as General

Movie
1997
Deacon Brodie

as Alisdair Gilzean

Movie
1996
The Crow Road

as Lachlan Watt

TV
1996
Bad Boys

as Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen

TV
1996
When Saturday Comes

as Factory Boss

Movie
1995TV
1995
Braveheart

as Bride's Father

Movie
1995
Hamish Macbeth

as Duncan Soutar

TV
1995
Signs and Wonders

as William Gimble

TV
1995
Signs and Wonders

as William Grimble

TV
1994Movie
1994
White Goods

as Paul Ryan

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Comics

as Haggis

TV
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act

as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb

Movie
1992
Patriot Games

as Dennis Cooley

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Under Suspicion

as Prosecuting Lawyer

Movie
1991
Robin Hood

as Harry

Movie
1991Movie
1990Movie
1990
The Chief

as Gordon Mackie

TV
1989Movie
1989
Scandal

as Detective Inspector

Movie
1989
Leaving

as Tommy

Movie
1988
The One Game

as The Conjuror

TV
1988
Lucky Sunil

as Des Organ

Movie
1987
Comrades

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

Movie
1987
Hidden City

as Hillcombe

Movie
1986
Lovejoy

as Murray McNally

TV
1985Movie
1984Movie
1984TV
1984Movie
1983
Taggart

as DCI Matt Burke

TV
1983
Blackadder

as McAngus, Duke of Argyll

TV
1983
Local Hero

as Watt

Movie
1983
Dead on Time

as Foreigner

Movie
1981
Bergerac

as Acupuncturist

TV
1980Movie
1980
A Question of Guilt

as Captain William Cranstoun

TV
1978
Strangers

as Cooper

TV
1975
The Sweeney

as Gibson

TV
1974
Playhouse

as Max Beerbohm

TV
1971
Michael Regan

as Jerry's Mate

Movie
1967Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 27, 1950
Place of BirthGlasgow, Scotland, UK
Popularity0.8