Alex Norton
Birthday: 1950-01-27
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2023-06-15 | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot | McAngus |
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2020-10-13 | Dragon Rider | Gravelbeard (voice) |
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2013-12-31 | Two Doors Down | Eric |
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2013-12-23 | Dream Me Up Scotty! | Presenter |
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2012-04-13 | Sir Billi | Butler / Baron McToff (voice) |
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2006-07-06 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Bellamy |
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2002-01-23 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Napoleon Bonaparte |
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2002-01-01 | Billy Bongo | |
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2000-08-23 | Beautiful Creatures | Det Insp Hepburn |
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2000-05-06 | Complicity | Kenny Garnet |
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1998-11-05 | Little Voice | Bunnie Morris |
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1998-09-03 | Orphans | Hanson |
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1998-06-06 | The Game | Tam |
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1998-05-01 | Les Misérables | General |
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1997-03-08 | Deacon Brodie | Alisdair Gilzean |
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1996-03-01 | When Saturday Comes | Factory Boss |
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1995-05-24 | Braveheart | Bride's Father |
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1994-10-28 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Harding |
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1994-01-01 | White Goods | Paul Ryan |
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1993-09-19 | Down Among the Big Boys | Dan Gibbons |
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1992-06-13 | An Ungentlemanly Act | Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb |
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1992-06-04 | Patriot Games | Dennis Cooley |
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1992-01-24 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Alfio |
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1991-09-27 | Under Suspicion | Prosecuting Lawyer |
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1991-05-13 | Robin Hood | Harry |
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1991-04-22 | Chernobyl: The Final Warning | Dr. Andreyev |
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1990-05-16 | White Hunter, Black Heart | Zibelinsky |
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1989-11-05 | Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Harold |
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1989-04-07 | Countdown to War | Stalin |
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1989-03-03 | Scandal | Detective Inspector |
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1989-02-05 | Leaving | Tommy |
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1988-04-17 | Lucky Sunil | Des Organ |
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1987-08-23 | Comrades | Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer |
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1987-06-24 | Hidden City | Hillcombe |
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1985-10-18 | A Sense of Freedom | Malkie |
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1984-12-01 | Every Picture Tells a Story | William Scott |
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1984-08-14 | Comfort and Joy | Trevor |
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1983-02-17 | Local Hero | Watt |
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1983-01-01 | Dead on Time | Foreigner |
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1981-04-23 | Gregory's Girl | Alec |
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1977-12-20 | The Thin End of the Wedge | John |
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1975-07-05 | Just Another Saturday | |
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1974-06-06 | The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil | Various |
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1973-01-01 | Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket | |
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1967-01-01 | The Hunch |