Alex Norton
Acting
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
2025Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2024Rikki
Self
2024Shoshana
Tennant (CID)
2023Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
2023Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
2022Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
2020Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2014Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
2013Two Doors Down
Eric
2013Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
2012Sir Billi
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
2012Brave
Additional Voices (voice)
2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Bellamy
2002The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
2000Complicity
Kenny Garnet
2000Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
1998The Game
Tam
1998Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
1998Orphans
Hanson
1998Les Misérables
General
1997Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
1996When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
1995Braveheart
Bride's Father