Burn Gorman

Infobox actor

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birthdate = 1 September 1974 (age 34)
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Burn Gorman is a British-American actor and musician born in 1974. Burn is most known for his roles as William Guppy in Bleak House and as Owen Harper in Torchwood.

Personal life

He was born in Hollywood, where his family lived due to his father's work as a UCLA professor, but moved to London at the age of seven. He has a wife, Sarah, and a two year old son named Max who was born during the filming of Ghost Machine which is the third episode in series one of "Torchwood".

Career

He appears in the first two series of the BAFTA Cymru winning science-fiction/crime drama "Torchwood" as Owen Harper, and in 2007 filmed "Sex, The City and Me" for the BBC and "Ordeal by Innocence", an episode of "Marple" for ITV. Recently, he has worked with cult Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia on "The Oxford Murders", a crime thriller based on Guillermo Martinez's book of the same name alongside Elijah Wood and John Hurt. He also appeared in the film "Fred Claus" with Vince Vaughn and Kevin Spacey.

Gorman's other film credits include "Layer Cake" (directed by Matthew Vaughn), "Penelope" (with Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon), "The Best Man", "Colour Me Kubrick", "Love is Not Enough", and the short films "The Bully Boys" and "Runners".

Gorman appeared in the BAFTA winning BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House" as William Guppy, and the BAFTA nominated political thriller "Low Winter Sun" (Tiger Aspect/Channel 4) the same year. In 2008 he played scriptwriter Ray Galton in the BBC Four television play, "The Curse of Steptoe".

Other television includes "Funland" (BBC Three), "A Good Thief" (Granada), "Dalziel and Pascoe" (BBC One), "Casualty", "Merseybeat (TV series)" and "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (BBC). He played a guest role in "EastEnders" on 9 March 2007 as Jed. He is due to appear in episode "The Lines of War" of the BBC's archaelogical mystery drama "Bonekickers".

His London theatre credits include "Ladybird" (Royal Court), "Flush" (Soho Theatre), "The Green Man" and "Gong Donkeys" (Bush Theatre), of which Michael Billington of "The Guardian" wrote "Burn Gorman proves that he is one of the best young actors in Britain." [cite news |title=Gong Donkeys | author=Michael Billington | publisher=The Guardian |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1345994,00.html|date=2004-11-08|accessdate=2006-10-24]

Gorman has also worked with acclaimed actress and director Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni of Complicite, Mike Hodges (of "Get Carter" and "Croupier" fame), Artistic Director of NT of Scotland Vicky Featherstone, Mark Ravenhill, Frantic Assembly, and with the English National Opera (in "Morning To Midnight" with Richard Jones). He has performed in readings, workshops and development initiatves with the National Theatre Studio, Young Vic, Royal Court, Oxford Stage Company, Paines Plough, and Soho Theatre.

Outside of London, Gorman has worked with the Nottingham Playhouse, Plymouth Theatre Royal, and Manchester's Royal Exchange Studio and Library and Contact Theatres, where he was nominated for a "Manchester Evening News" Best Newcomer Award.

From December 2008 he will play Bill Sikes in Cameron Mackintosh's West End revival of the musical "Oliver!". [cite news | first=Baz | last=Bamigboye | coauthors= | title=Watch out for... Burn Gorman in Oliver! | date=2008-05-09 | publisher= | url =http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_page_id=1794&in_article_id=565016 | work =Mail on Sunday | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-12 | language = ]

As a musician, Gorman has played in clubs and on stages all over the world, appearing alongside Neneh Cherry, Rodney P and Groove Armada amongst others, and has worked on videos and visuals with The Streets. He was also BBC 1Xtra Human Beatbox Champion.cite press release|title=Flush by David Dipper|publisher=Soho Theatre Company|url=http://www.sohotheatre.com/images/press/60.doc|date=2004-04-22|accessdate=2006-04-21]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1218607|name=Burn Gorman
* [http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/07/an_exclusive_qaamp_a_with_torchwood_star Burn Gorman Interview on Starpulse]
* [http://www.burn-gorman.com Burn-Gorman.com]