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Robert John Burke (born September 12, 1960) is an American actor known for his roles in RoboCop 3 (1993), Tombstone (1993), and Thinner (1996). During the 2000s Burke became well known for his portrayal of Mickey Gavin on Rescue Me (2004–11), Bart Bass in Gossip Girl (2007–12), Ed Tucker in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–20), and a number of other film and television roles including Netflix Intrusion (2021).

Robert John Burke
Born	(1960-09-12) September 12, 1960 (age 62) New York City, New York U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation	Actor, Firefighter[1]
Years active	1981–present
Children	2

Early life and education

Burke was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, the son of immigrants from Galway, Ireland. He attended the Acting Conservatory at State University of New York at Purchase.[2]

Career

Burke's television roles include Mickey Gavin on Rescue Me, Bart Bass on Gossip Girl, Kidnapped, Six Degrees, Law & Order and IAB Captain Ed Tucker on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Officer Patrick Simmons on Person of Interest, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos.

Burke's film work began as a regular performer in fellow Purchase alumnus Hal Hartley's indie films, such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth.[2] Burke appeared opposite Laura Dern's Academy Award nominated performance in the 1991 feature Rambling Rose. He returned to work with Hartley again in 1992 in the Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or nominated Simple Men.[2] He also appeared in Hartley's 1995 film Flirt.[2] Burke took over the lead from Peter Weller in RoboCop 3.[2] He starred in Richard Stanley's 1993 film Dust Devil,[3] and in 2001's No Such Thing.[3] In 1996, he played the lead role in the film adaptation of Stephen King's Thinner.[2] In 2004, Burke played the role of Mr. Neck in the independent film Speak. In 2005, Burke had a role in Hide and Seek,[3] a psychological thriller. He had roles in the Academy Award-nominated films Munich[3] directed by Steven Spielberg and Good Night, and Good Luck,[3] directed by George Clooney. In 2008, he portrayed James Mattis, Commanding General of 1st Marine Division in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. Burke also portrayed General Ned Almond, commanding general of the 92nd Division, Buffalo Soldiers, in the 2008 Spike Lee film Miracle at St. Anna.[3] He appeared in the 2012 film Safe.[3] He played the Colorado Springs chief of police in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018).

In 2015 and 2017, he appeared in three episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, once parodying his role on Law & Order.[4] Burke will next be seen opposite Frieda Pinto in the Netflix thriller "Intrusion".

Personal life

Burke holds a second degree black belt in Matsubayashi, Shorin-ryu Okinawa karate. He is a certified and active New York State firefighter, currently captain of an engine. Burke is also active with foundation work including VETHACK, Leary Firefighter Foundation (LFF), FDNY Foundation, FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation, Lt. Joseph DiBernardo Foundation for Fire Fighter Survival.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Unbelievable Truth	Josh
1991	Rambling Rose	Dave Wilkie
1992	Dust Devil	Dust Devil
	Simple Men	Bill McCabe
1993	A Far Off Place	Paul Parker
	RoboCop 3	Alex Murphy / RoboCop	Credited as Robert Burke
	Heaven & Earth	G.I. Paul
	Tombstone	Frank McLaury
1995	Flirt	Men's Room Man #
	Killer: A Journal of Murder	R.G. Greiser
1996	If Lucy Fell	Handsome Man
	Fled	U.S. Marshal Pat Schiller
	Thinner	Billy Halleck
1997	May day – Flag in den Tod	Tom Hutton
	Cop Land	Officer B
	First Love, Last Rites	Henry
1998	Somewhere in the City	Frankie
2001	No Such Thing	Monster
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Inspector Jenks
2003	Tea Time with Roy & Sylvia	Roy	Short film
	Piggie	Dad
2004	Speak	Mr. Neck
	Connie and Carla	Rudy
2005	Hide and Seek	Steven
	Good Night, and Good Luck.	Charlie Mack	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with cast)
	Munich	Belligerent American
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Binky Taylor
	Jack's Law	Det. Ron Banks
	The Ex	Colonel	Previously titled Fast Track
2008	Miracle at St. Anna	General Ned Almond
2010	Brooklyn's Finest	State Trooper #1
2011	Limitless	Pierce
2012	Safe	Captain Wolf
2013	2 Guns	Jessup
2015	True Story	Detective Greg Ganley
2017	Future '38	General Sportwood
2018	BlacKkKlansman	Chief Bridges
	Boarding School	Mr. Holcomb
2021	Intrusion	Detective Stephen Morse
2022	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Smitty
TBA	Boston Strangler

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Equalizer	O'Toole	Episode: "Torn"
1995	Crazy for a Kiss	Steve	Television film
1995–2004	Law & Order	Arthur "Buzz" Palley, FBI Agent Ron Innes, Lt. Colonel Milton Danbury	3 episodes
1998	Homicide: Life on the Street	Jeffrey Andrews	Episode: "Abduction"
	From the Earth to the Moon	William Anders	2 episodes
	A Bright Shining Lie	Frank Drummond	Television film
	Midnight Flight	Paul Bacon	Television film
2000	Falcone	Jules Weller	Episode: "Windows"
2000–2003	Oz	Special Agent Pierce Taylor	8 episodes
2002	Witchblade	Det. Dean Gorner	Episode: "Agape"
	Sex and the City	Walker Lewis	2 episodes
2002	CSI: Miami	FBI Agent Jim Resdon	1 episode
2002–2020	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	IAB Captain Ed Tucker	30 episodes
2004	The Sopranos	Officer Zmunda	Episode: "Two Tonys"
2004–2011	Rescue Me	Mickey Gavin	54 episodes
2006	Six Degrees	David	2 episodes
2006–2007	Kidnapped	Bellows	10 episodes
2007	Queens Supreme	Special Agent Jeff Donaldson	Episode: "Permanent Markers"
2007–2012	Gossip Girl	Bart Bass	27 episodes
2008	Generation Kill	Major General James "Chaos" Mattis	3 episodes
2010	Blue Bloods	Jyle Hogan
2011	White Collar	Patrick O'Leary	Episode: "The Dentist of Detroit"
2011–2013	Person of Interest	Officer Patrick Simmons	16 episodes
2012	NYC 22	Deputy Inspector Dennis McClaren	Episode: "Thugs and Lovers"
2012–2013	Army Wives	Major General Kevin Clarke	16 episodes
2013	Golden Boy	Andrew Lightstone	Episode: "Next Question"
2014	Nurse Jackie	Dick Richards	2 episodes
2015	Allegiance	Special Agent Brock	8 episodes
2015–2017	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Forensic Scientist, Cop	2 episodes
2019	Project Blue Book	William Fairchild

References

External links

• Robert John Burke at IMDb
• Robert John Burke at Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Robert John Burke

Robert John Burke (* 12. September 1960 als Robert Burke in Washington Heights, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Robert John Burke

Robert John Burke (Washington Heights, Nueva York; 12 de septiembre de 1960) es un actor estadounidense.

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[ru] Берк, Роберт Джон

Роберт Джон Берк (англ. Robert John Burke; род. 12 сентября 1960, Манхэттен, Нью-Йорк) — американский актёр. Наиболее известен по ролям в телесериалах «Закон и порядок: Специальный корпус»[1], «Спаси меня» и «Сплетница».

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