Robert John Burke
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).
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as SmittyQueen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from...
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The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him...
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Tombstone
as Frank McLauryLegendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to...
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Munich
as Belligerent AmericanDuring the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered...
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Brooklyn's Finest
as State Trooper #1Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially...
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A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating...
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Safe
as Captain WolfAfter a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find...
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The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta...
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Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip...
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Charlie MackThe story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's...
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Fled
as Pat SchillerDuring a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when...
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The Chosen
as Levi SaundersIn a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep...
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Hide and Seek
as StevenDavid Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been...
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Thinner
as Billy HalleckAn obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now...
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Instructor JenksTelevision made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by...
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Cop Land
as Officer BFreddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly...
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Boston Strangler
as Eddie HollandReporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at...
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Speak
as Mr. NeckFreshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a...
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Intrusion
as Detective Steven MorseWhen a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and...
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Heaven & Earth
as PaulIn a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before...
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Dust Devil
as Dust DevilA woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
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True Story
as Greg GanleyA drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo,...
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Killer: A Journal of Murder
as R.G. GreiserCarl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a...
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Connie and Carla
as RudyAfter accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town...
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Boarding School
as Mr. HolcombWhen troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s...
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Miracle at St. Anna
as General Ned AlmondMiracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the...
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A Far Off Place
as Paul ParkerThrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength...
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The Oh in Ohio
as Binky TaylorPriscilla and Jack appear to be the perfect couple, but they have a secret: She is sexually...
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The Ex
as ColonelWhen his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job...
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The Retaliators
as Captain BriggsAn upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers...
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as PatrickA dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she...
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The Unbelievable Truth
as JoshAfter serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo....
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State Property
as BobA Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his...
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Rambling Rose
as Dave WilkieRose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid...
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Ned Rifle
as ChetHenry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life....
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If Lucy Fell
as Handsome ManJoe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull,...
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No Such Thing
as The MonsterA young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical...
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Simple Men
as Bill McCabeDennis is a handsome and bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man...
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Gangster Wars
as Officer ReardonThe film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky"...
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Flirt
as Men's Room Man #2The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has...
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Nightmare Weekend
as DaveA female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling,...
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We Only Know So Much
as HalA married woman has an affair with a suicidal lover while caring for her husband's sick relatives.
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Bait
as Uncle MackTJ's day takes an unexpected turn when he visits his Uncle Mack at his hotel in Montauk...
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Crazy for a Kiss
as SteveOn a hot sunny day in Kansas, 1973, Mike Kinross's parents tell him he's going on holiday to his...
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Future '38
as General SportwoodAn American Agent from 1938 travels through time to hamstring Hitler! Transported to the year...
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Midnight Flight
as Paul BaconAn American woman is stranded in a German airport when she witnesses someone sabotaging a plane.
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First Love, Last Rites
as HenryPassion and infatuation ignite as two lovers flounder through their "first time" in this...
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Somewhere in the City
as FrankieThe film portrays life of New York City's Lower East Side inhabitants. Introvert therapist Betty...
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A Bright Shining Lie
as Frank DrummondSomething in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views...
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Jack's Law
as Det. Ron BanksJack Santos is a retired undercover vice cop whose world is suddenly torn apart by the murder of...
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Being
as Sheriff CampbellA festive gathering in a secluded small-town farmhouse in the mountains is brought to a halt...
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Piggie
as JimAn unbalanced young girl in upstate New York dairy country falls for a petty criminal from NYC...
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Triggered
as DavidA US Senator faces her greatest challenge when a home invasion takes a shocking turn.
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Where There's Smoke
as Captain FrasconeAfter a tragic accident, a firefighter must convince the city commissioner he's able to return...
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Flirt
as Men's Room ManIn New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ed TuckerIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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Law & Order
as Milton DanburyIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Law & Order
as Arthur "Buzz" PalleyIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Law & Order
as Ron InnesIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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The Sopranos
as Officer ZmuidaThe story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he...
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Blue Bloods
as Jyle HoganA drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement....
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CSI: Miami
as Jim ResdonCSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...
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Gossip Girl
as Bart BassAn exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side...
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White Collar
as Patrick O'LearyIn exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help...
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Sex and the City
as Walker LewisBased on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best...
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Person of Interest
as Officer Patrick SimmonsJohn Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive...
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Banshee
as Salvatore FerilloBanshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country...
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Oz
as Special Agent Pierce TaylorThe daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as IAB Lieutenant Ed TuckerA half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
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The Equalizer
as O'TooleRobert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...
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Rescue Me
as Mickey GavinRescue Me revolves around the lives of the men in a New York City firehouse, the crew of 62...
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Project Blue Book
as William FairchildA chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related...
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From the Earth to the Moon
as Bill AndersThe story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon...
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Witchblade
as uncreditedSara "Pez" Pezzini searches for justice which brings her into contact with the Witchblade. An...
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Allegiance
as Special Agent BrockAlex O'Connor, a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs, learns a shocking...
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Kidnapped
as BellowsKidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on...
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Golden Boy
as Andrew LightstoneGolden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by...
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Six Degrees
as DavidSix very different New Yorkers go about their lives without realizing the impact they're having...
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