Tom Burke Quick Info | |
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Height | 6 ft |
Weight | 77 kg |
Date of Birth | June 30, 1981 |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Eye Color | Blue |
Tom Burke is an English actor and theatre artist who is known for having been cast as Athos in The Musketeers, Dolokhov in War & Peace, Cormoran Strike in Strike, Orson Welles in Mank, Napoleon Bonaparte in Heroes and Villains, Ronald Cartland in In Love with Barbara, Julian Britton in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Anthony in The Souvenir, Geoff Goddard in Telstar, John ‘Baggy’ Bagley in I Want Candy, Mr. George Wharton Robinson in The Invisible Woman, and Billy in Only God Forgives. In addition to that, the actor has also been a part of theatre productions like Romeo and Juliet, I’ll Be The Devil, Don Juan Comes Back From the War, Reasons to be Happy, Restoration, Deep Blue Sea, Macbeth, The Cut, Scenes from an Execution, The Doctor’s Dilemma, and Rosmersholm.
Born Name
Tom Liam Benedict Burke
Nick Name
Tom
Sun Sign
Cancer
Born Place
London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality
Education
Tom Burke trained at the National Youth Theatre and the Young Arden Theatre in Faversham. He also attended a dance school as well as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.
Occupation
Actor, Theatre Artist
Family
- Father – David Burke (Actor)
- Mother – Anna Calder-Marshall (Stage, Film, and Television Actress)
- Others – Patrick Burke (Paternal Grandfather), Mary (Paternal Grandmother), Arthur Calder-Marshall (Maternal Grandfather) (Novelist, Essayist, Critic, Memoirist, Biographer), Ara Calder-Marshall (Maternal Grandmother)
Manager
Tom Burke has been signed with –
- Management 360, Talent Management Company, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Troika, Talent Agency, London, England, United Kingdom
Build
Slim
Height
6 ft or 183 cm
Weight
77 kg or 170 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
White
Tom Burke is of Irish, English, Scottish, and German descent.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Sports a beard
Tom Burke Favorite Things
- Film – Rust and Bone (2012)
Source – IMDb
Tom Burke Facts
- He was raised in Kent.
- He was born with a cleft lip and had reconstructive surgery.
- Tom Burke was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was a child and this affected his academic growth. Eventually, he left school before his A-levels because he “couldn’t stand the idea of that” and thought he “wouldn’t survive it”.
- He was cast as Adolph in Creditors at the Donmar Warehouse in 2008 and this performance won him the 2008 Ian Charleson Award.
- As soon as he left school, Tom secured the first role he ever auditioned for.
- Alongside Honor Swinton Byrne and Tilda Swinton, he co-starred as Anthony, a well-to-do-man who works at the Foreign Office, in the 2019 drama film, The Souvenir, for which he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for “Best Actor”.
- Tom Burke’s godparents were actor and director Alan Rickman and actress Bridget Turner.