Robert John Burke
Land: United States
Geschlecht: M
Geburtstag: 1960-09-12
Biografie
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).
Schauspieler:
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1. Die Erwählten (1981), film...Levi Saunders
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2. Programmiert zum Töten (1986), film...Dave
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3. Die Lust der schönen Rose (1991), film...Dave Wilkie
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4. Simple Men (1992), film...Bill McCabe
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5. Tombstone (1993), film...Frank McLaury
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6. RoboCop 3 (1993), film...RoboCop
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7. Die Spur des Windes (1993), film...Paul Parker
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...R.G. Greiser
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9. Fled - Flucht nach Plan (1996), film...Pat Schiller
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10. Stephen Kings Thinner - Der Fluch (1996), film...Billy Halleck
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11. Wenn Lucy springt (1996), film...Handsome Man
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12. Cop Land (1997), film...Officer B
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13. First Love, Last Rites (1997), film...Henry
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14. Mayday-Flug in den Tod (1997), film...Tom Hutton
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15. Vietnam - Die letzte Rettung (1998), film...Frank Drummond
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16. From the Earth to the Moon (1998), serien...Bill Anders
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17. Midnight Flight (1998), film...Paul Bacon
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18. Somewhere in the City (1998), film...Frankie
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19. Law & Order: New York (1999), serien...IAB Lieutenant Ed Tucker
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20. No Such Thing (2001), film...The Monster
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...Instructor Jenks
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22. Speak - Die Wahrheit ändert alles (2004), film...Mr. Neck
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23. Connie und Carla (2004), film...Rudy
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24. Rescue Me (2004), serien...Mickey Gavin
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...Steven
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26. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), film...Charlie Mack
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27. Die Super (2006), film...Colonel
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28. Kidnapped - 13 Tage Hoffnung (2006), serien...Bellows
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29. Gossip Girl (2007), serien...Bart Bass
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...General Ned Almond
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...State Trooper #1
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32. Ohne Limit (2011), film...Pierce
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33. Person of Interest (2011), serien...Officer Patrick Simmons
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34. Person of Interest (2011), serien...Officer Patrick Simmons
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35. Safe - Todsicher (2012), film...Captain Wolf
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36. 2 Guns (2013), film...Jessup
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37. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014), serien...Cop
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38. True Story - Spiel um Macht (2015), film...Greg Ganley
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39. Future '38 (2017), film...General Sportwood
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40. BlacKkKlansman (2018), film...Chief Bridges
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41. Boarding School (2018), film...Mr. Holcomb
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42. We Only Know So Much (2018), film...Hal
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43. Project Blue Book (2019), serien...William Fairchild
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44. Being (2020), film
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45. Adrienne (2021), film...Self
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46. Intrusion (2021), film...Detective Steven Morse
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47. The Retaliators - Auge um Auge (2021), film...Captain Briggs
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48. Boston Strangler (2023), film...Eddie Holland
Regie:
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1. Max Rules (2005), film
