Robert John Burke

Actor Sep 12 (age 65) New York City, New York, USA 1977–2026 (49 year career)

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Biography

Robert John Burke (born September 12, 1960) is an American actor known for his roles in the early films of Hal Hartley, as well as his roles in RoboCop 3 (1993), Tombstone (1993), and Thinner (1996). During the 2000s, Burke became well known for his portrayal of Mickey Gavin on Rescue Me (2004–11), Bart Bass in Gossip Girl (2007–12), Ed Tucker in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–20), and a number of other film and television roles including Intrusion (2021). Description above from the Wi…

Known For

Film

BlacKkKlansman

Chief Bridges

Film

Limitless

Pierce

Film

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Smitty

Film

Tombstone

Frank McLaury

Film

Munich

Belligerent American

Film

2 Guns

Jessup

Film

Safe

Captain Wolf

Film

Cop Land

Officer B

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (60)

Digger

2026 Upcoming

Sep 30

Where to Land

as Leonard

Boston Strangler

as Eddie Holland

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as Smitty

The Retaliators

as Captain Briggs

Triggered

as David

Intrusion

2021

as Detective Steven Morse

Being

as Sheriff Campbell

BlacKkKlansman

as Chief Bridges

Boarding School

as Mr. Holcomb

We Only Know So Much

as Hal

Future '38

as General Sportwood

Where There's Smoke

as Captain Frascone

True Story

2015

as Greg Ganley

6.3

Bait

2015

as Uncle Mack

Ned Rifle

as Chet

2 Guns

as Jessup

Safe

as Captain Wolf

Limitless

as Pierce

Brooklyn's Finest

as State Trooper #1

Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences

2010

as Himself

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as General Ned Almond

The Ex

as Colonel

The Oh in Ohio

as Binky Taylor

Jack's Law

as Det. Ron Banks

Munich

as Belligerent American

7.1

Hide and Seek

2005

as Steven

6.3

Good Night, and Good Luck.

as Charlie Mack

Speak

as Mr. Neck

Connie and Carla

as Rudy

Piggie

as Jim

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

as Instructor Jenks

State Property

as Bob

No Such Thing

as The Monster

Somewhere in the City

as Frankie

A Bright Shining Lie

as Frank Drummond

Midnight Flight

as Paul Bacon

First Love, Last Rites

as Henry

Cop Land

as Officer B

Mayday - Flug in den Tod

as Tom Hutton

Thinner

as Billy Halleck

Fled

as Pat Schiller

Killer: A Journal of Murder

as R.G. Greiser

If Lucy Fell

as Handsome Man

Flirt

as Men's Room Man #2

Crazy for a Kiss

as Steve

Tombstone

as Frank McLaury

RoboCop 3

as Robocop

Heaven & Earth

as Paul

Flirt

as Men's Room Man

A Far Off Place

as Paul Parker

Dust Devil

as Dust Devil

Simple Men

as Bill McCabe

Rambling Rose

as Dave Wilkie

The Unbelievable Truth

as Josh

Nightmare Weekend

as Dave

The Chosen

as Levi Saunders

Gangster Wars

as Officer Reardon

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977

as Patrick

6.4

Subversion

Television (24)

The Last of Us

as Seth

Project Blue Book

as William Fairchild

Allegiance

as Special Agent Brock

6.8

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

as IAB Lieutenant Ed Tucker

Banshee

as Salvatore Ferillo

Golden Boy

as Andrew Lightstone

Person of Interest

as Patrick Simmons

Blue Bloods

as Jyle Hogan

White Collar

as Patrick O'Leary

Gossip Girl

as Bart Bass

Army Wives

as General Clarke

Kidnapped

as Bellows

Six Degrees

as David

Rescue Me

as Mickey Gavin

CSI: Miami

as Jim Resdon

Witchblade

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Ed Tucker

The Sopranos

as Officer Zmuida

Sex and the City

as Walker Lewis

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

as Bill Anders

8.1

1997

as Special Agent Pierce Taylor

8.0

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Jeff Andrews

8.1

Law & Order

1990

as Arthur "Buzz" Palley

7.3

The Equalizer

1985

as O'Toole

7.1