Personal Info
Birth date
1974-09-01 (50 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
Also known as
برن گورمن
Burn Gorman
Biography
Burn Hugh Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his television roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–14), Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017), 'The Marshal' in the Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle (2015), and Adolphus Murtry in Prime Video series The Expanse (2019). His film roles include Phillip Stryver in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Hermann Gottlieb in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Commander Hoff in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Father Damien in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Burn Gorman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Game of Thrones
8.457
Overview:
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8.279
Overview:
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.The Expanse
8.066
Overview:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.Halo
8.255
Overview:
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.Revenge
7.551
Overview:
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.The Man in the High Castle
7.521
Overview:
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.Torchwood
7.325
Overview:
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.Agatha Christie's Marple
7.737
Overview:
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.TURN: Washington's Spies
7.121
Overview:
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.Forever
7.8
Overview:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret.Lark Rise to Candleford
8.375
Overview:
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.The Offer
7.987
Overview:
Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never before revealed experiences of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo.Jamestown
7.3
Overview:
The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.Ghosted
6.95
Overview:
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.Spies of Warsaw
6.603
Overview:
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. A classic tale of spying, intrigue, and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst and adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.The Dark Knight Rises
7.786
Overview:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.Cheat
6.4
Overview:
University lecturer Dr Leah Dale has always prided herself on her academic integrity so when final year student Rose, submits a suspiciously top-grade essay, Leah is quick to call her out. But there’s more going on than meets the eye as Rose takes the challenge as a personal affront, and what begins as a seemingly open and shut case of academic deception soon spirals out of control.And Then There Were None
7.561
Overview:
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.Bleak House
8.204
Overview:
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.The Hour
7.534
Overview:
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.Pacific Rim
6.911
Overview:
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.Bonekickers
5.6
Overview:
Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series. It was written by Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. It was produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen Ltd and co-produced with Monastic Productions. Archaeologist and Bristol University academic Mark Horton acted as the series' archaeological consultant. Adrian Lester has described the programme as "CSI meets Indiana Jones [...] There's an element of the crime procedural show, there's science, conspiracy theories – and there's a big underlying mystery that goes through the whole six-episode series." Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath campus. Additional locations included Brean Down Fort and Kings Weston House, Chavenage House for episodes 5 & 6 and Sheldon Manor. On 21 November 2008 Broadcast magazine revealed the show would not be returning for a second series.Torchwood Declassified
5.8
Overview:
Torchwood Declassified is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the British science fiction television series Torchwood. Each episode is broadcast on the same evening as the broadcast of the weekly television episode. A second series of Declassified aired alongside the second series of Torchwood. Continuing the tradition of its parent, Doctor Who Confidential, Torchwood Declassified covers themes presented in the just-broadcast episode, as well as providing behind-the-scenes access and footage. Each episode is ten minutes long, compared to Confidential's 30-45 minute length. Following transmission, the episodes were all available for viewing on the BBC's Torchwood website, but were later removed from the site after the end of the first series. Both series of the Declassified installments have been included on the series box sets.The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
7.006
Overview:
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
7.003
Overview:
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.The Runaway
6.5
Overview:
Childhood friends Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty were brought up together in the heart of gangland East London. Separated by violent circumstances their lives take strikingly different directions until they meet again as adults.Dalziel & Pascoe
6.5
Overview:
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.Pacific Rim: Uprising
6.1
Overview:
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.Acting
TBAThe Bully Boys as Taff
TBALove Is Not Enough as Al Weisburger
2026Judy as Unknown
2025Frankenstein as Fritz
2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Father Damien
2024Lift as Cormac
2023The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Commander Hoff
2023Ransomed as Carter
2023Ghosted as English Cabbie
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Priest (voice)
2022Watcher as Watcher
2022The Offer (10 Episodes) as Charles Bluhdorn
2022Halo (5 Episodes) as Vinsher Grath
2021Undergods as Tim
2020Enola Holmes as Linthorn
2020The Good Traitor as Berle
2019Cheat (4 Episodes) as Ben Jarvis
2018Pacific Rim: Uprising as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
2017Jamestown (24 Episodes) as Nicholas Farlow
2016In a Valley of Violence as Priest
2016Imperium as Morgan
2016Guernica as Consul
2015And Then There Were None (3 Episodes) as D.S. William Blore
2015The Expanse (10 Episodes) as Adolphus Murtry
2015Crimson Peak as Holly
2015The Man in the High Castle (2 Episodes) as The Marshal
2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Mr. Brand
2014Forever (5 Episodes) as Adam
2014Walking with the Enemy as Lt. Colonel Otto Skorzeny
2014TURN: Washington's Spies (40 Episodes) as Major Hewlett
2014Low Down as Wiggenhern
2013Jimi: All Is by My Side as Michael Jeffery
2013The Other Man as Simon
2013Pacific Rim as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
2013Spies of Warsaw (2 Episodes) as Jourdain
2012Up There as Martin
2012The Dark Knight Rises as Stryver
2012Red Lights as Benedict Cohen
2011Revenge (4 Episodes) as Trask
2011Johnny English Reborn as Slater
2011The Hour (6 Episodes) as Thomas Kish
2011Game of Thrones (4 Episodes) as Karl Tanner
2011The Runaway (6 Episodes) as Richard Gates
2010Cemetery Junction as Renwick
2009Wuthering Heights (2 Episodes) as Hindley Earnshaw
2008Bonekickers (1 Episode) as Unknown
2008The Curse of Steptoe as Ray Galton
2008The Oxford Murders as Yuri Podorov
2008Lark Rise to Candleford (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Fred Claus as Elf
2007Sex, the City and Me as Lawrence
2006Torchwood Declassified (26 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Torchwood (26 Episodes) as Owen Harper
2006Low Winter Sun as Kenny Morton
2006Penelope as Larry
2005Bleak House (15 Episodes) as William Guppy
2005Funland (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2005Colour Me Kubrick as Willie
2005It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1 Episode) as The Scientist
2005The Best Man as Bus Driver
2004Agatha Christie's Marple (1 Episode) as Jacko Argyle
2004Layer Cake as Gazza
2002A Good Thief as DC Fairchild
1996Dalziel & Pascoe (1 Episode) as Unknown