Cast & creator
Alex Norton
Best known for Play for Today, The Bill, Daredevil: Born Again
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.
57
film credits
33
television credits
88
1967–2025 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
Showing 90 of 90 credits
Play for Today
Lord Vat / Singer etc
1970
The Bill
1984
Daredevil: Born Again
Male Dancer
2025
Shetland
Cameron Watt
2013
Playhouse
Max Beerbohm
1974
Waterloo Road
Gerard Findlay
2006
Bergerac
Acupuncturist
1981
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Bellamy
2006
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Good Omens
Tulloch
2019
Blackadder
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
1983
Brave
Additional Voices (voice)
2012
Braveheart
Bride's Father
1995
The Sweeney
Gibson
1975
Hamish Macbeth
Duncan Soutar
1995
Taggart
DCI Matt Burke
1983
Lovejoy
Murray McNally
1986
The Chief
Gordon Mackie
1990
The Sea Beast
ADR & Dubbing
2022
Comics
Haggis
1993
Under Suspicion
Prosecuting Lawyer
1991
Strangers
Cooper
1978
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon Bonaparte
2002
Patriot Games
Dennis Cooley
1992
Hatton Garden
Kenny Collins
2019A Question of Guilt
Captain William Cranstoun
1980
Dragon Rider
Gravelbeard (voice)
2020
Backup
1995
Two Doors Down
Eric
2016
Renford Rejects
1997
Les Misérables
General
1998
Robin Hood
Harry
1991
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt
1996
Signs and Wonders
William Gimble
1995Signs and Wonders
William Grimble
1995Fame Is the Spur
Keir Hardie
1982
Local Hero
Watt
1983Turning World
Barry
1997
White Hunter, Black Heart
Zibelinsky
1990Bad Boys
Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
1996
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Harding
1994First Sight
Writer
1987
Scandal
Detective Inspector
1989
Extremely Dangerous
DCS Wallace
1999No Excuses
Howard
1983
Little Voice
Bunnie Morris
1998
Blame It on the Bellboy
Alfio
1992
Shoshana
Tennant (CID)
2024
The One Game
The Conjuror
1988
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Andreyev
1991Unsolved
2004
Down Among the Big Boys
Dan Gibbons
1993
Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
2000
When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
1996
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2025
Gregory's Girl
Alec
1980
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2015
Comrades
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
1987
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
2023
Sir Billi
Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
2012
A Sense of Freedom
Malkie
1985
An Ungentlemanly Act
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
1992
Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
2014
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Harold
1989
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
1974
Complicity
Kenny Garnet
2000
Comfort and Joy
Trevor
1984
The Thin End of the Wedge
John
1977
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
2022
Hidden City
Hillcombe
1987
Every Picture Tells a Story
William Scott
1984
Michael Regan
Jerry's Mate
1971
Countdown to War
Stalin
1989
Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
1997The Hunch
1967
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
2013
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979
Dead on Time
Foreigner
1983Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
1973
Two Doors Down
Eric
2013
Rikki
Self
2024
Just Another Saturday
1975
Orphans
Hanson
1998
Lucky Sunil
Des Organ
1988
The Game
Tam
1998
White Goods
Paul Ryan
1994
Leaving
Tommy
1989Billy Bongo
2002
Selling Scotland
Self
2019