Alex Norton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-27 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Alex Norton

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.

Acting

1984

1983

Local Hero

as Watt

2000

Complicity

as Kenny Garnet

1992

Patriot Games

as Dennis Cooley

1985

2000

Beautiful Creatures

as Det Insp Hepburn

1998

The Game

as Tam

1988

Lucky Sunil

as Des Organ

2012

Sir Billi

as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)

1983

Dead on Time

as Foreigner

2002

The Count of Monte Cristo

as Napoleon Bonaparte

1989

Leaving

as Tommy

1996

When Saturday Comes

as Factory Boss

1995

Braveheart

as Bride's Father

2022

Ooh the Banter!

as Self (archive footage)

2013

1981

1998

Little Voice

as Bunnie Morris

1987

Comrades

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

1989

Scandal

as Detective Inspector

1992

An Ungentlemanly Act

as Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb

1997

Deacon Brodie

as Alisdair Gilzean

1987

Hidden City

as Hillcombe

1998

Orphans

as Hanson

1984

1991

1991

Under Suspicion

as Prosecuting Lawyer

1990

1998

Les Misérables

as General

1991

Robin Hood

as Harry

1994

White Goods

as Paul Ryan

1993

1989

2020

Dragon Rider

as Gravelbeard (voice)

2013

1971

Michael Regan

as Jerry's Mate

2024

Rikki

as Self

2024

Shoshana

as Tennant (CID)

Production

2022

The Sea Beast

as ADR & Dubbing

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