Tom Burke
Tom Burke was born in Kent, England, United Kingdom on June 30th, 1981 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 42, Tom Burke biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Tom Burke (born 30 June 1981) is an English actor.
He is best known for his appearance in the BBC drama The Musketeers (2014–2016), as Dolokhov, in the BBC literary-adaptation miniseries War & Peace, and most recently as the title character Cormoran Strike in the BBC series Strike (2017).
Early life
Burke was born in London and grew up in Kent. David Burke and Anna Calder-Marshall's parents, as well as his godparents, Alan Rickman and Bridget Turner, are also actors. Arthur Calder-Marshall and Ara Calder-Marshall, his maternal grandparents, were writers. Burke was born with a cleft lip and reconstructive surgery.
Burke has always aspired to be an actor. He saw the National Youth Theatre in Faversham, the Young Arden Theatre in Faversham, and the Box Clever Theatre Company in Canterbury, as well as other performances in the plays his parents attended in their hometown.
Burke was diagnosed with dyslexia as an infant and had a difficult academic career. He dropped out of school before his A-levels because he "couldn't abide the idea of it" and thought he "wouldn't survive it." He went to an acting company as soon as he left school at 17, and landed his first role. He attended dance school before being accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London when he was 18 years old.
Career
Burke's debut was as Roland in 1999's Dragonheart: A New Beginning, a direct-to-video sequel to the 1996 film Dragonheart. He appeared in an episode of Dangerfield and the television film All the King's Men in 2008. He began working in television, film, and theatre after graduating from RADA.
Syd in the Paul Abbott thriller series State of Play, starring John Simm, Bill Nighy, and James McAvoy, was his first television appearance after drama school. Lee appeared in Bella and the Boys, a 2004 film. In the television adaptation of Casanova starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole, he appeared in 2005 as the 20-year-old version of Giacomo Casanova's son, Giac.
He appeared in the television movie Dr. John Seward in 2006. He appeared in a BBC docudrama Heroes and Villains episode in 2007 and appeared as a book publisher in Tony Blair's satirical drama The Trial of Tony Blair. In 2009, he appeared in Lieutenant Race in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot's 12th series. In two episodes of BBC's Great Expectations' adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, he appeared Bentley Drummle in 2011. Bill Kendall, a journalist from Leeds, became a regular cast member in BBC Two's second series of The Hour in 2012. He appeared on BBC One's The Musketeers, an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, from 2014 to 2016. In the BBC miniseries Strike, which is based on Robert Galbraith's detective novels, Cormoran Strike appears.
Burke appeared in The Libertine for the first time in 2004. In 2007, he appeared in the comedy I Want Candy as an aspiring filmmaker who ends up directing a porn film. In 2008, he appeared in Donkey Punch, a horror thriller that premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. He appeared Geoff Goddard in Telstar: The Meek Story in 2009 and was a small part of Stephen Frears' Chéri. He appeared in Third Star, a drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch, JJ Feild, and Adam Robertson, which follows a trip four friends who were one of them terminally ill, to Barafundle Bay, Wales, in 2010.
Mark in Cleanskin appeared in 2012. Billy, Ryan Gosling's older brother in Only God Forgives directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, appeared in 2013. He appeared in the Ralph Fiennes-directed film The Invisible Woman earlier this year.
In David Fincher's Netflix original film Mank, he played American filmmaker Orson Welles, opposite Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz. In addition, he will appear in The Show, written by Alan Moore, as private investigator Fletcher Dennis. Burke appeared in Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth's Mad Max: Fury Road spinoff film Furiosa in November 2021, replacing Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts.
Burke, a theatre actor, has appeared in Shakespeare's Globe's Globe as a performer, appearing in plays in Romeo and Juliet; and in No. 21 as Gregory, a reason to be proud in 2011. In Howard Barker's Gertrude – The Cry, a reworking of Shakespeare's Hamlet that focuses on the protagonist's mother, Gertrude.
In 2006, he appeared in the play The Cut with Ian McKellen. He appeared in Adolph in Creditors at Donmar Warehouse in 2008. Burke's godfather, Alan Rickman, produced the play, which earned Burke the Ian Charleson Award. In 2010, the play premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. In 2012, Louis Dubedat appeared in The Doctor's Dilemma at the National Theatre, playing Louis Dubedat.