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Robert John Burke
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-09-12,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
A born-and-bred New Yorker, Robert John Burke made his film debut while in his early 20s with a small part in the drama "The Chosen" (1981), based on the Chaim Potok story. He went on to study acting at SUNY Purchase where he met aspiring filmmaker Hal Hartley, who cast him as one of the leads in his debut feature "The Unbelievable Truth," an offbeat indie tale where he played a man trying to escape his troubled past. Working with Hartley again on the charming brother-centric dark comedy "Simple Men," Burke caught a major break when Hollywood producers decided that his chiseled jawline was the right one to replace Peter Weller's in the sci-fi/action sequel "RoboCop 3." Despite Burke's efforts, the movie tanked, and he went on to smaller roles in major films, including the lauded Western "Tombstone" (1993) and the prison-break movie "Fled" (1996). Burke landed his second chance in a Hollywood starring role with the Stephen King adaptation "Thinner" (1996), but the macabre tale, which featured him under heavy makeup to depict a callous man who magically loses weight, was deemed almost universally unlikable.Though Burke's leading-man days were mostly behind him, his beastly role in Hartley's "No Such Thing" (2001) aside, he soldiered on, and began increasingly working on television with recurring roles on the grim prison drama "Oz" and the police procedural "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999- ). Appearing in George Clooney's first two movies as director, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (2002) and "Good Night, and Good Luck." (2005), Burke nonetheless became more familiar to TV audiences, particularly when he signed on to play Mickey Gavin, the ex-priest cousin of Denis Leary's lead character on the firefighter series "Rescue Me," a part that dovetailed with Burke's real-life second job as a New York State fireman.Often cast as a tough guy, the ruggedly handsome and tall actor continued to play imposing figures such as Major General James "Chaos" Mattis in the Iraq War miniseries "Generation Kill" (HBO, 2008) and Bart Bass, the controlling billionaire father of Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) on the soapy drama "Gossip Girl." Before long, he was juggling his ongoing "Law & Order: SVU" part with regular spots on the military drama "Army Wives" (Lifetime, 2007- ) and the tense crime show "Person of Interest" (CBS, 2011- ), while still finding time for supporting turns in films, including the Denzel Washington/Mark Wahlberg action movie "2 Guns" (2013).

Filmography

5.9

Thinner
1996-10-25

Good Night, and Good Luck.

7.1

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005-09-16

0

Flirt
1993-09-11

6.4

Dust Devil
1992-07-11

4.8

RoboCop 3
1993-01-21

6.331

Hide and Seek
2005-01-27

6.6

Heaven & Earth
1993-12-25

A Far Off Place

6.2

A Far Off Place
1993-03-12

6.2

Rambling Rose
1991-09-10

5.931

No Such Thing
2002-03-29

7.004

Speak
2004-01-20

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

6.3

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977-10-19

The Unbelievable Truth

6.8

The Unbelievable Truth
1990-07-20

5.542

Fled
1996-07-19

6.1

Flirt
1995-09-14

6.7

Simple Men
1992-10-14

7.2

Limitless
2011-03-17

6.5

Safe
2012-04-16

Killer: A Journal of Murder

5.9

Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996-09-06

7.2

Munich
2005-12-23

0

Triggered
2022-04-03

6.541

2 Guns
2013-08-02

Crazy for a Kiss

0

Crazy for a Kiss
1995-04-23

Boston Strangler

6.67

Boston Strangler
2023-03-16

6.262

True Story
2015-04-17

Midnight Flight

4.7

Midnight Flight
1998-06-02

5.8

Ned Rifle
2015-04-01

0

Bait
2015-09-18

Connie and Carla

5.883

Connie and Carla
2004-04-16

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

7.095

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022-11-09

Somewhere in the City

0

Somewhere in the City
1998-06-11

First Love, Last Rites

4.3

First Love, Last Rites
1998-08-07

Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences

0

Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences
2010-11-01

Miracle at St. Anna

6.1

Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15

7.6

Tombstone
1993-12-25

2.5

Jack's Law
2006-06-06

7.1

The Chosen
1981-08-20

Nightmare Weekend

3.6

Nightmare Weekend
1986-05-12

6.4

State Property
2002-01-18

7.5

Gangster Wars
1981-04-09

Mayday - Flug in den Tod

5.5

Mayday - Flug in den Tod
1997-01-01

7.508

BlacKkKlansman
2018-08-09

7.05

Future '38
2017-12-01

Where There's Smoke

0

Where There's Smoke
2017-04-01

2

Piggie
2003-06-13

5.1

If Lucy Fell
1996-03-08

Brooklyn's Finest

6.295

Brooklyn's Finest
2010-03-04

Boarding School

6.4

Boarding School
2018-08-30

A Bright Shining Lie

5.5

A Bright Shining Lie
1998-05-30

We Only Know So Much

5.9

We Only Know So Much
2018-06-23

4.3

Being
2020-01-07

6.779

Cop Land
1997-08-15

5.2

The Ex
2006-12-01

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

6.7

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002-12-31

5.2

The Oh in Ohio
2006-03-30

5.968

Intrusion
2021-09-22

The Retaliators

6

The Retaliators
2022-09-08

8.236

Gossip Girl
2007-09-19

Person of Interest

8.096

Person of Interest
2011-09-22

7

Kidnapped
2006-09-20

7.7

CSI: Miami
2002-09-23

8.014

Oz
1997-07-12

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.891

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014-04-27

6.8

Witchblade
2001-06-12

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.7

Rescue Me
2004-07-21

6.1

Golden Boy
2013-02-26

7.804

Blue Bloods
2010-09-24

8.259

White Collar
2009-10-23

7.1

Allegiance
2015-02-05

Project Blue Book

8.142

Project Blue Book
2019-01-08

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

From the Earth to the Moon

8.141

From the Earth to the Moon
1998-04-05

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

8.6

The Sopranos
1999-01-10

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Sex and the City

7.4

Sex and the City
1998-06-06

7.956

Banshee
2013-01-11

5.833

Six Degrees
2006-09-21

7.1

The Equalizer
1985-09-18