Alex Norton
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-01-27
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter
Daredevil: Born Again
Rikki
Shoshana
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Ooh the Banter!
Dragon Rider
Selling Scotland
Good Omens
Hatton Garden
Two Doors Down
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Still Game: The Story So Far
Two Doors Down
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Shetland
Brave
Sir Billi
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Waterloo Road
Unsolved
The Count of Monte Cristo
Billy Bongo
Beautiful Creatures
Complicity
Extremely Dangerous
Little Voice
Orphans
The Game
Les Misérables
Deacon Brodie
Renford Rejects
Turning World
The Crow Road
Bad Boys
When Saturday Comes
Backup
Braveheart
Hamish Macbeth
Signs and Wonders
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
White Goods
Down Among the Big Boys
Comics
An Ungentlemanly Act
Patriot Games
Blame It on the Bellboy
Under Suspicion
Robin Hood
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
White Hunter, Black Heart
The Chief
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Countdown to War
Scandal
Leaving
Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet
The One Game
Lucky Sunil
Comrades
Hidden City
Lovejoy
A Sense of Freedom
Every Picture Tells a Story
The Bill
Comfort and Joy
Taggart
Blackadder
No Excuses
Local Hero
Dead on Time
Fame Is the Spur
Bergerac
Gregory's Girl
A Question of Guilt
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Strangers
The Thin End of the Wedge
Just Another Saturday
The Sweeney
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Playhouse
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
Michael Regan
Play for Today
The Hunch