Tom Burke (actor)

Tom Burke
Born	Tom Liam Benedict Burke (1981-06-30) 30 June 1981 Kent, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Tom Liam Benedict Burke (born 1981, Kent, England) is an English actor best known for playing the older version of Giacomo Casanova's son Giac in the 2005 TV adaption of Casanova and Davy in Third Star. He is currently appearing in the second series of the BBC drama The Hour.

Early life

Burke is the son of actor David Burke and actress Anna Calder-Marshall. His godfather is Alan Rickman. He attended the Young Arden Theatre in Faversham before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

Burke has had several television roles, most notably playing the older version of Giacomo Casanova's son Giac in the 2005 TV adaption of Casanova. He played Lee in the one-off BBC drama Bella and the Boys and also appeared as Syd in the Paul Abbott thriller State of Play. In 2006 he appeared as Dr John Seward in the television film Dracula. He played Napoleon Bonaparte in the BBC drama-documentary series Heroes and Villains in the episode Napoleon. He was awarded the 2008 Ian Charleson Award for his performance in Creditors at the Donmar Warehouse.

He starred in Third Star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and JJ Feild. In 2010 he filmed Cleanskin, a terrorist thriller starring Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Abhin Galeya and Michelle Ryan.

He appeared in The Doctor's Dilemma at the Royal National Theatre (17 July 2012 - 12 Sep 2012).

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Director
2000	Dragonheart: A New Beginning	Roland	Doug Lefler
2003	The Burl	Connor	Toby Tobias
2004	Squaddie	Andy	Conor McDermottroe
2005	The Libertine	Vaughan	Laurence Dunmore
2006	The Enlightenment	Daniel	Julia Ford
2007	I Want Candy	John 'Baggy' Bagley	Stephen Surjik
	Supermarket Sam	Sam	Caz Roberts
	The Collectors	Edgar	Tim Elliott
2008	Donkey Punch	Bluey	Olly Blackburn
2009	Telstar	Geoff Goddard	Nick Moran
	Chéri	Vicomte Desmond	Stephen Frears
	Death in Charge	Uncle Sean	Devi Snively
	Roar	Mick	Adam Wimpenny
2010	The Kid	Mr. Hayes	Nick Moran
	Third Star	Davy	Hattie Dalton
2012	An Enemy to Die For	Terrence	Peter Dalle
	Cleanskin	Mark	Hadi Hajaig
2013	Only God Forgives	Billy	Nicolas Winding Refn

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Dangerfield	Gavin Kirkdale	Episode #6.11 "Something Personal"
	All the King's Men	Private Chad Batterbee	Director: Julian Jarrold
2003	State of Play	Syd	Episodes #1.3-1.6
	The Young Visiters	Horace	Director: David Yates
	POW	Robbie Crane	Episode #1.3
2004	Bella and the Boys	Lee	Director: Brian Hill
	Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Julian Britton	Episode #3.1 "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner"
2005	Casanova	Jack, aged 20	Episode #1.3
	The Brief	Dan Ottway	Episode #2.2
	Jericho	Edward Wellesley	Episode #1.1 "A Pair of Ragged Claws"
	All About George	Paul	Episodes #1.2-1.6
2006	Number 13	Edward Jenkins	Director: Pier Wilkie
	Dracula	Dr. John Seward	Director: Bill Eagles
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Book Publisher	Director: Simon Cellan Jones
	Heroes and Villains	Napoleon Bonaparte	Episode #1.1 "Napoleon"
2008	In Love with Barbara	Ronald Cartland	Director: Tim Whitby
2009	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Lieutenant Colin Race	Episode #12.1 "The Clocks"
2011	Great Expectations	Bentley Drummle	Episodes #1.2-1.3
2012	The Hour	Bill Kendall	Episodes #2.2-2.6
2013	Heading Out	Ben	Episode #1.6

Theatre

• Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare's Globe (2004) - Romeo
• Reasons to be Pretty at the Almeida Theatre, with actress Billie Piper, who he also co-starred with in Bella and the Boys
• The Cut at the Donmar Warehouse (2006)
• The Monument at the Finborough Theatre (?) - Stetko
• Gertrude - the Cry at the Riverside Studios (?) - Hamlet
• Design for Living at the Old Vic Theatre (2010) - Otto

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Organization	Result
2008	Ian Charleson Award	Creditors at Donmar Warehouse	Royal National Theatre	Won

External links

• Tom Burke at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Actor Tom Burke, Notes on the Road