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.
TV credits
Rated 8.2 out of 10
Daredevil: Born Again
2025
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Good Omens
2019
Rated 6.0 out of 10
Hatton Garden
2019
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Two Doors Down
2016
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Shetland
2013
Rated 6.0 out of 10
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Waterloo Road
2006
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Unsolved
2004
Rated 9.0 out of 10
Extremely Dangerous
1999
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Renford Rejects
1997
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Turning World
1997
Rated 6.9 out of 10
The Crow Road
1996
Rated 10.0 out of 10
Bad Boys
1996
Rated 6.0 out of 10
Backup
1995
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Hamish Macbeth
1995
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Signs and Wonders
1995
Rated 3.3 out of 10
Comics
1993
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The Chief
1990
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The One Game
1988
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Lovejoy
1986
Rated 6.8 out of 10
The Bill
1984
Rated 6.4 out of 10
Taggart
1983
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Blackadder
1983
Rated 0.0 out of 10
No Excuses
1983