Alex Norton is known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down, DCS Wallace in Extremely Dangerous, Gerard Findlay in Waterloo Road and Eddie in the Renford Rejects.
15 Facts About Alex Norton
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Alex Norton has had roles in internationally successful films including Braveheart, Local Hero and Les Miserables.
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Alex Norton voiced Thurston McCondry in the animated shorts Haunted Hogmanay and Glendogie Bogey.
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Alex Norton provided the voice-overs for the ill-fated channel Sky Scottish that only ran for 18 months from November 1996 before closing down in May 1998 He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2003 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel.
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In 2005, Alex Norton was presented with the opportunity to play a part in Peter Jackson's King Kong; however, he could not accept the offer because it happened to interfere with the TV project he was working on at the time.
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In 2014, Alex Norton appeared in the documentary I Belong To Glasgow, a BBC Scotland production in which he guest starred alongside Karen Dunbar.
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Since 2013, Alex Norton has played Eric in the sitcom Two Doors Down.
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In 2014, at the time of the Scottish independence referendum, Alex Norton endorsed a "No" vote in opposition to independence.
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Alex Norton has confirmed his support for Scottish independence since the referendum.
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Alex Norton directed the first production of Tony Roper's The Steamie, as well as directing Glasgow's King's Theatre's pantomimes for a five-year period.
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Alex Norton appeared in The Black Adder in the episode "Born to be King" as Dougal McAngus, 4th Duke of Argyll.
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Alex Norton has done voice over work on Medieval Total War II as the voice of some of the Scottish characters in the game, along with voicing Gaunter O'Dimm in Hearts of Stone, an expansion pack for the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and King Rab in Dragon Quest XI.
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Alex Norton provided additional vocals on "The Song of Mor'du" in Brave, which featured his wife Sally Kinghorn.
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Alex Norton appeared on The Weakest Link TV Drama Characters Edition.
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Alex Norton plays Grandad in the CBeebies programme Woolly and Tig.