Robert John Burke

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).
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1960-09-12
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As: John Burke , Robert Burke

Movies List of Robert John Burke

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Thinner

1996 Movie
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Flirt

1993 Movie
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Dust Devil

1992 Movie
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RoboCop 3

1993 Movie
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Hide and Seek

2005 Movie
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A Far Off Place

1993 Movie
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Heaven & Earth

1993 Movie
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Rambling Rose

1991 Movie
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No Such Thing

2002 Movie
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Speak

2004 Movie
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Fled

1996 Movie
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Flirt

1995 Movie
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Simple Men

1992 Movie
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Limitless

2011 Movie
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Safe

2012 Movie
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Munich

2005 Movie
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Triggered

2022 Movie
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2 Guns

2013 Movie
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Crazy for a Kiss

1995 Movie
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Boston Strangler

2023 Movie
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True Story

2015 Movie
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Midnight Flight

1998 Movie
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Ned Rifle

2015 Movie
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Bait

2015 Movie
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Connie and Carla

2004 Movie
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Somewhere in the City

1998 Movie
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Miracle at St. Anna

2008 Movie
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Tombstone

1993 Movie
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Jack's Law

2006 Movie
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The Chosen

1981 Movie
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Nightmare Weekend

1986 Movie
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State Property

2002 Movie
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Gangster Wars

1981 Movie
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BlacKkKlansman

2018 Movie
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Future '38

2017 Movie
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Where There's Smoke

2017 Movie
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Piggie

2003 Movie
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If Lucy Fell

1996 Movie
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Brooklyn's Finest

2010 Movie
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Boarding School

2018 Movie
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A Bright Shining Lie

1998 Movie
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We Only Know So Much

2018 Movie
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Being

2020 Movie
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Cop Land

1997 Movie
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The Ex

2006 Movie
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The Oh in Ohio

2006 Movie
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Intrusion

2021 Movie
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The Retaliators

2022 Movie