Alex Norton
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1950-01-27
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006Captain Bellamy
Comfort and Joy
1984Trevor
Local Hero
1983Watt
Complicity
2000Kenny Garnet
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992Alfio
Patriot Games
1992Dennis Cooley
A Sense of Freedom
1985Malkie
Beautiful Creatures
2000Det Insp Hepburn
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994Harding
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023McAngus
The Game
1998Tam
Lucky Sunil
1988Des Organ
Sir Billi
2012Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Dead on Time
1983Foreigner
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974VariousBilly Bongo
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002Napoleon Bonaparte
Leaving
1989Tommy
When Saturday Comes
1996Factory Boss