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.
Acted in 71
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
McAngus
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Hatton Garden
Kenny Collins · 4 episodes
- 2016
Two Doors Down
Eric Baird · 48 episodes
- 2013
Two Doors Down
Eric
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Presenter
- 2012
2000s
- 2006
- 2002
- 2000
Beautiful Creatures
Det Insp Hepburn
Complicity
Kenny Garnet
1990s
- 1999
Extremely Dangerous
DCS Wallace · 4 episodes
- 1998
Orphans
Hanson
The Game
Tam
- 1997
Deacon Brodie
Alisdair Gilzean
Renford Rejects
TV
- 1996
The Crow Road
Lachlan Watt · 4 episodes
When Saturday Comes
Factory Boss
- 1995
Backup
TV
Signs and Wonders
William Gimble, William Grimble · 2 episodes
- 1994
White Goods
Paul Ryan
- 1993
Down Among the Big Boys
Dan Gibbons
- 1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Blame It on the Bellboy
Alfio
- 1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Dr. Andreyev
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Harold
Countdown to War
Stalin
Leaving
Tommy
- 1988
Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet
Dodie
The One Game
The Conjuror · 4 episodes
Lucky Sunil
Des Organ
- 1987
Comrades
Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Hidden City
Hillcombe
- 1986
- 1985
A Sense of Freedom
Malkie
- 1984
Every Picture Tells a Story
William Scott
Comfort and Joy
Trevor
- 1983
Dead on Time
Foreigner
- 1981
- 1980
Gregory's Girl
Alec
1970s
- 1979
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Movie
- 1978
- 1977
The Thin End of the Wedge
John
- 1975
Just Another Saturday
Movie
- 1974
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
- 1971
Michael Regan
Jerry's Mate
- 1970
Sound 1
2020s
- 2022
Appearances8
2020s
- 2025
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
- 2024
Rikki
Self
- 2023
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Self
- 2022
Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Selling Scotland
Self
- 2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
- 2014
Still Game: The Story So Far
Self
- 2011
