Alex Norton
Acting
Born: 1950-01-27 in 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.
Known For
Play for Today
Lord Vat / Singer etc
Shetland
Cameron Watt
Daredevil: Born Again
Male Dancer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Bellamy
Good Omens
Tulloch
Waterloo Road
Gerard Findlay
The Bill
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
Brave
Additional Voices (voice)
Braveheart
Bride's Father
Blackadder
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Playhouse
Max Beerbohm
The Sweeney
Gibson
Taggart
DCI Matt Burke
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Patriot Games
Dennis Cooley
Under Suspicion
Prosecuting Lawyer
Lovejoy
Murray McNally
The Chief
Gordon Mackie
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Soutar
Strangers
Cooper
Les Misérables
General
Robin Hood
Harry
Two Doors Down
Eric
Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
Renford Rejects
Backup
Local Hero
Watt
White Hunter, Black Heart
Zibelinsky
Scandal
Detective Inspector
Unsolved
Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt
Being Stanley Baxter
Self