Acting credits
73
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alex Norton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
Moderate attention
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Movies: 53Series: 21Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 2451
IMDb ID: nm0636156
Known for: Acting
Born: January 27, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q2050620
Other jobs
ADR & Dubbing (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alex Norton.
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
2025 Movie
8.0
Rikki
as Self
2024 Movie
6.5
Shoshana
as Tennant (CID)
2024 Movie
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
as Self
2023 Movie
6.9
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as McAngus
2023 Movie
Ooh the Banter!
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
7.3
The Sea Beast
ADR & Dubbing
2022 Movie
7.0
Dragon Rider
as Gravelbeard (voice)
2020 Movie
6.0
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
as Self
2015 Movie
10.0
Still Game: The Story So Far
as Self
2014 Movie
6.5
Two Doors Down
as Eric
2013 Movie
Dream Me Up Scotty!
as Presenter
2013 Movie
7.0
Brave
as Additional Voices (voice)
2012 Movie
3.2
Sir Billi
as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
2012 Movie
7.4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Captain Bellamy
2006 Movie
7.7
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Napoleon Bonaparte
2002 Movie
5.6
Beautiful Creatures
as Det Insp Hepburn
2000 Movie
5.7
Complicity
as Kenny Garnet
2000 Movie
6.5
Little Voice
as Bunnie Morris
1998 Movie
6.5
Orphans
as Hanson
1998 Movie
The Game
as Tam
1998 Movie
7.2
Les Misérables
as General
1998 Movie
9.0
Deacon Brodie
as Alisdair Gilzean
1997 Movie
5.6
When Saturday Comes
as Factory Boss
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alex Norton.
8.0
Daredevil: Born Again
as Male Dancer • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.0
Good Omens
as Tulloch • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.8
Hatton Garden
as Kenny Collins • 4 eps
2019 Series
7.3
Two Doors Down
as Eric • 42 eps
2016 Series
7.5
Shetland
as Cameron Watt • 2 eps
2013 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Waterloo Road
as Gerard Findlay • 30 eps
2006 Series
Extremely Dangerous
as DCS Wallace • 4 eps
1999 Series
7.0
Renford Rejects
52 eps
1997 Series
6.8
The Crow Road
as Lachlan Watt • 4 eps
1996 Series
4.5
Backup
14 eps
1995 Series
7.7
Hamish Macbeth
as Duncan Soutar • 1 eps
1995 Series
6.0
The Chief
as Gordon Mackie • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.0
The One Game
as The Conjuror • 4 eps
1988 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as Murray McNally • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.7
The Bill
1 eps
1984 Series
6.3
Taggart
as DCI Matt Burke • 58 eps
1983 Series
8.0
Blackadder
as McAngus, Duke of Argyll • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.7
Bergerac
as Acupuncturist • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.8
The Sweeney
as Gibson • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Max Beerbohm • 1 eps
1974 Series