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.
Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Bellamy
Comfort and Joy
Trevor
Local Hero
Watt
Complicity
Kenny Garnet
Patriot Games
Dennis Cooley
Blame It on the Bellboy
Alfio
A Sense of Freedom
Malkie
Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Harding
Comrades
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Sir Billi
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
The Hunch
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Leaving
Tommy
Braveheart
Bride's Father
Two Doors Down
Eric
Gregory's Girl
Alec
Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
Scandal
Detective Inspector
An Ungentlemanly Act
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
Hidden City
Hillcombe
Orphans
Hanson
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Harold
When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
Every Picture Tells a Story
William Scott
Under Suspicion
Prosecuting Lawyer
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Andreyev
White Hunter, Black Heart
Zibelinsky
Les Misérables
General
Robin Hood
Harry
White Goods
Paul Ryan
Just Another Saturday
Down Among the Big Boys
Dan Gibbons
The Thin End of the Wedge
John
Countdown to War
Stalin
Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
Lucky Sunil
Des Organ
Dead on Time
Foreigner
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
The Game
Tam
Billy Bongo
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
Still Game: The Story So Far
Himself
Shows
The Bill
Taggart
DCI Matt Burke
Renford Rejects
Backup
Two Doors Down
Eric
Lovejoy
Murray McNally
Unsolved
Bad Boys
Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
Blackadder
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
The One Game
The Conjuror
Shetland
Cameron Watt
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt
Extremely Dangerous
DCS Wallace
Hatton Garden
Kenny Collins
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Soutar
The Sweeney
Gibson
Good Omens
Tulloch
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant