Alex Norton
ActingAlex 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
Self
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
Self
Rikki
2024
Tennant (CID)
Shoshana
2024
Self
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023
McAngus
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
Self (archive footage)
Ooh the Banter!
2022
Gravelbeard (voice)
Dragon Rider
2020
Self
Selling Scotland
2019
Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015
Self
Still Game: The Story So Far
2014
Eric
Two Doors Down
2013
Presenter
Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013
Additional Voices (voice)
Brave
2012
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Sir Billi
2012
Captain Bellamy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
Det Insp Hepburn
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Kenny Garnet
Complicity
2000
Bunnie Morris
Little Voice
1998
Hanson
Orphans
1998
TV Shows
Male Dancer
Daredevil: Born Again
2025
Tulloch
Good Omens
2019
Kenny Collins
Hatton Garden
2019
Eric
Two Doors Down
2016
Cameron Watt
Shetland
2013
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Gerard Findlay
Waterloo Road
2006
DCS Wallace
Extremely Dangerous
1999
Renford Rejects
1997
Lachlan Watt
The Crow Road
1996
Backup
1995
Duncan Soutar
Hamish Macbeth
1995
William Gimble
Signs and Wonders
1995
William Grimble
Signs and Wonders
1995
Haggis
Comics
1993
Gordon Mackie
The Chief
1990
The Conjuror
The One Game
1988
Murray McNally
Lovejoy
1986
The Bill
1984
DCI Matt Burke
Taggart
1983