Alex Norton
Acting
🎂 1950-01-27
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.
Cast credits(75)
Male Dancer
2025
Max Beerbohm
1974
Cameron Watt
2013
Tulloch
2019
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
1983
Acupuncturist
1981
Gibson
1975
Self - Participant
2011
Eric
2016
Murray McNally
1986
1995
Bellamy
2006
1984
Gerard Findlay
2006
Bride's Father
1995
Duncan Soutar
1995
Lachlan Watt
1996
DCI Matt Burke
1983
Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
1996
Napoleon Bonaparte
2002
1997
2004
Dennis Cooley
1992
General
1998
Kenny Collins
2019
Detective Inspector
1989
Watt
1983
Gravelbeard (voice)
2020
Harding
1994
Zibelinsky
1990
Harry
1991
Prosecuting Lawyer
1991
Tennant (CID)
2024
Bunnie Morris
1998
DCS Wallace
1999
Alec
1981
Factory Boss
1996
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
1992
Kenny Garnet
2000
Hillcombe
1987
Harold
1989
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
2012
The Conjuror
1988
Trevor
1984
Det Insp Hepburn
2000
Dr. Andreyev
1991
Foreigner
1983
Alfio
1992
Dan Gibbons
1993
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
1987
Self
2015
Self (archive footage)
2022
Eric
2013
McAngus
2023
1975
Stalin
1989
Alisdair Gilzean
1997
Paul Ryan
1994
Self
2014
Various
1974
Hanson
1998
William Scott
1984
Des Organ
1988
Tommy
1989
Self
2023
1967
Jerry's Mate
1971
Malkie
1985
Self
2024
Tam
1998
John
1977
Presenter
2013
2002
1979
1973
