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 Gregorys 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 784 company touring Scotland with The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black Oil in the 1970s