Alex Norton
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.
Movie Appearances
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Captain Bellamy
2006
Comfort and Joy
as Trevor
1984
Local Hero
as Watt
1983
Complicity
as Kenny Garnet
2000
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Alfio
1992
Patriot Games
as Dennis Cooley
1992
A Sense of Freedom
as Malkie
1985
Beautiful Creatures
as Det Insp Hepburn
2000
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Harding
1994
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as McAngus
2023
The Game
as Tam
1998
Lucky Sunil
as Des Organ
1988
Sir Billi
as Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
2012
Dead on Time
as Foreigner
1983
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
1974
Billy Bongo
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Napoleon Bonaparte
2002
Leaving
as Tommy
1989
When Saturday Comes
as Factory Boss
1996
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
as Self
2023
