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Alex Norton
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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 B…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Being Stanley Baxter
Movie Self
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2025
Daredevil: Born Again
TV show Male Dancer
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2024
Rikki
Movie Self
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2024
Shoshana
Movie Tennant (CID)
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2023
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Movie Self
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2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Movie McAngus
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2022
Ooh the Banter!
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
The Sea Beast
Movie ADR & Dubbing
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2020
Dragon Rider
Movie Gravelbeard (voice)
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2019
Selling Scotland
Movie Self
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2019
Good Omens
TV show Tulloch
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2019
Hatton Garden
TV show Kenny Collins
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2016
Two Doors Down
TV show Eric
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2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Movie Self
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2014
Still Game: The Story So Far
Movie Self
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2013
Two Doors Down
Movie Eric
More credits
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2013
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Movie Presenter
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2013
Shetland
TV show Cameron Watt
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2012
Brave
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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2012
Sir Billi
Movie Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
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2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV show Self - Participant
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2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie Captain Bellamy
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2006
Waterloo Road
TV show Gerard Findlay
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2004
Unsolved
TV show
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2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie Napoleon Bonaparte
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2002
Billy Bongo
Movie
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2000
Beautiful Creatures
Movie Det Insp Hepburn
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2000
Complicity
Movie Kenny Garnet
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1999
Extremely Dangerous
TV show DCS Wallace
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1998
Little Voice
Movie Bunnie Morris
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1998
Orphans
Movie Hanson
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1998
The Game
Movie Tam
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1998
Les Misérables
Movie General
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1997
Deacon Brodie
Movie Alisdair Gilzean
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1997
Turning World
TV show Barry
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1997
Renford Rejects
TV show
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1996
The Crow Road
TV show Lachlan Watt
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1996
Bad Boys
TV show Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
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1996
When Saturday Comes
Movie Factory Boss
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1995
Backup
TV show
