Alexander Morton

Alexander Morton

ActorAnimation Department
Born
March 24, 1945
Died
April 14, 2026
Awards
0 wins, 1 nominations

Alexander Morton became one of Scotland's most popular arch-villains when he was cast as Andy Semple in the long running soap opera Take the High Road. Career highlights include the title role in Raindog Theatre's critically acclaimed Scots rendition of Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Robert…

Biography

Alexander Morton became one of Scotland's most popular arch-villains when he was cast as Andy Semple in the long running soap opera Take the High Road.

Career highlights include the title role in Raindog Theatre's critically acclaimed Scots rendition of Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by Robert Carlyle; R.P. McMurphy in One flew Over the Cuckoo's nest, also directed by Robert Carlyle.

In Nicholas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising, he featured as Barde, the chieftain and temporary owner of One Eye (played by Mads Mikkelsen).

Has appeared with actor Clive Owen (Bourne Identity, Children of Men) in TV series Second Sight 1 & 2, and Mike Hodges films I'll Sleep when I'm dead, and Croupier.

Alexander recently played the Prince of Darkness in the Dracula-inspired Robert Forrest BBC radio play Voyage of the Demeter (2006). For BBC Radio he had the title role in Jekyll and Hyde, playing both parts. Also on radio, he was the first actor to play Inspector Rebus in the first adaptation of Ian Rankin's Rebus series of books.

Actor

River CityRiver City(2002)as Billy Kennedy
Paper Planes(2018)as Alec
Don't Go Home, She Knows!Don't Go Home, She Knows!(2017)as Hipster
The Witcher 3: Wild HuntThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(2015)as Zoltan Chivay
120 Days120 Days(2014)as Narrator

Animation Department

Civil ProtectionCivil Protection(2007)

Self

The Castles of ScotlandThe Castles of Scotland(1997)as Narrator

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Alexander Morton and Dawn Steele in Monarch of the Glen (2000)Alexander Morton in Monarch of the Glen (2000)Alexander Morton in Valhalla Rising (2009)

Credit Score: Alexander Morton

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Mon Feb 29 1988 – Mon Mar 14 1988
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Bookie12.5019889.50010
2Firm Friends10.0019928.10017
3Monarch of the Glen6.5020017.8004251
4Taggart3.7519857.4002332
5Valhalla Rising3.2520106.00066564
6Croupier3.2520007.00024809
7Get Carter1.5019717.30139945