Alex Norton
Acting
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.
As actor 87
Play for Today
1970
Shetland
2013
Daredevil: Born Again
2025
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Good Omens
2019
Waterloo Road
2006
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
1981
Brave
2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Braveheart
1995
Blackadder
1983
Playhouse
1974
The Sweeney
1975
Taggart
1983
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
Under Suspicion
1991
Patriot Games
1992
Lovejoy
1986
Strangers
1978
The Chief
1990
Hamish Macbeth
1995
A Question of Guilt
1980
Les Misérables
1998
Robin Hood
1991
Dragon Rider
2020
Two Doors Down
2016
Renford Rejects
1997
Backup
1995
Turning World
1997
Local Hero
1983
Fame Is the Spur
1982
No Excuses
1983
Scandal
1989
Unsolved
2004
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
The Crow Road
1996
Little Voice
1998
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
Extremely Dangerous
1999
Comics
1993
Hatton Garden
2019
Bad Boys
1996
The Hunch
1967
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Hidden City
1987
The One Game
1988
Gregory's Girl
1980
Signs and Wonders
1995
Shoshana
2024
Sir Billi
2012
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Complicity
2000
When Saturday Comes
1996
Comfort and Joy
1984
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991
A Sense of Freedom
1985
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
Countdown to War
1989
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023
Deacon Brodie
1997
Orphans
1998
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
Comrades
1987
Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013
Ooh the Banter!
2022
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
Michael Regan
1971
Lucky Sunil
1988
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
Rikki
2024
Dead on Time
1983
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
Still Game: The Story So Far
2014
Leaving
1989
White Goods
1994
Just Another Saturday
1975
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979
Two Doors Down
2013
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
The Game
1998
Every Picture Tells a Story
1984
Selling Scotland
2019
Billy Bongo
2002
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
1973
