ROBERT JOHN BURKE
S.U.N.Y. (State University of New York) Purchase-educated Burke has had a
long career in the acting field starting in the late '70s. Born in New York,
Burke began acting as part of an internship at the Performing Arts
Foundation Playhouse while still in high school. He began acting on TV,
appearing in such shows as As the World Turns and Happy Days.
By 1977 he had his first feature film credit with the film Looking for
Mr. Goodbar.
Burke devoted his energies in the '80s to an experimental teaching program
designed to involve students directly in the arts, but he did snag a few
roles in feature films like The Chosen (1981). When the '90s hit, he
returned to working on film full time making notable appearances in films
like Rambling Rose (1991), Heaven & Earth (1993), Tombstone
(1993) and RoboCop 3 (1993), playing the futuristic cyborg.
After working with director Hal Hartley in his first film The
Unbelievable Truth (1990), the two developed a friendship that would
see them working together for more than a decade. In 1992 they collaborated again to make the
film, Simple Men, followed by Hartley's troubled romance triad
Flirt (1995), and the fantasy film, No Such Thing (2002).
Burke has also made a number of notable television appearances through the
years including guest appearances on Oz, Law & Order, the
telefilm Crazy for a Kiss, the Emmy-winning miniseries From
the Earth to the Moon, Rescue Me and most recently Army Wives. He also returned to film to star in Limitless with Bradley Cooper, and Safe (2012) alongside Jason Statham.
Filmography:
Safe(2012)
Limitless(2011)
Brooklyn's Finest(2009)
Miracle at St. Anna(2008)
Fast Track (2006)
Jack's Law (2006)
The Oh in Ohio (2006)
Munich(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.(2005)
Hide and Seek(2005)
Connie and Carla(2004)
Speak (2004)
Piggie (2003)
Confessions of a Dangeruos Mind (2002)
State Property (2002)
No Such Thing (2001)
Triples (1998)
Somewhere in the City (1998)
Mayday - Flug in den Tod (1997)
First Love, Last Rites (1997)
Cop Land (1997)
Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
Thinner (1996)
Fled (1996)
If Lucy Fell (1996)
Flirt (1995)
Tombstone (1993)
RoboCop 3 (1993)
A Far Off Place (1993)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Dust Devil (1992)
Simple Men (1992)
Rambling Rose (1991)
The Unbelievable Truth (1990)
Nightmare Weekend (1986)
The Chosen (1981)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)