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Alex Norton

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Alex Norton

Born Jan 27, 1950 · 76 years87 titles 57 movies · 30 TV
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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.

Born

Jan 27, 1950

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Roles across career

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1967 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1973 1 title(s)

1974 2 title(s)

1975 2 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 1 title(s)

1983 5 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1987 3 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1989 4 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 3 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 4 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

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2002 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2006 2 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 2 title(s)