Billy Burke Biography

William Albert "Billy" Burke (born November 25, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Charlie Swan in Twilight and its sequels. In 2011, he played Cesaire in Red Riding Hood. In 2012, he was cast as the lead character, Miles Matheson, in the NBC science-fiction series Revolution. He currently stars in Zoo.

Life and career

Burke was born in Bellingham, Washington. He is married to actress Pollyanna Rose; they have a daughter named Bluesy LaRue Burke.

His television credits include roles in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Second Skin"), Party of Five, Gilmore Girls, Karen Sisco, Fringe, Monk, and The Closer (Season 4, episode 13, "Power of Attorney" playing an attorney, who was a rapist and murder suspect, Phillip Stroh). He played Detective Eric Box in the film Untraceable.

His motion picture credits include Jane Austen's Mafia!, Along Came a Spider, Final Jeopardy, Flashpoint and Ladder 49. His upcoming film credits include The Fallen, Forfeit, Fracture, and Retirement. He appeared in Feast of Love (2007), co-starring Selma Blair and Morgan Freeman.

In 2008, Burke appeared in Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, playing the role of Charlie Swan. He also portrayed Bobby's brother Jack on the show My Boys. Burke reprised his role as Charlie Swan in Twilight's sequels, New Moon and Eclipse.

In February 2010, Burke was cast as Jonah King, the primary antagonist featured in the thriller Drive Angry, which was directed by Patrick Lussier and co-starred Amber Heard, Nicolas Cage, and William Fichtner. It was released on February 25, 2011.

In July 2010, Burke appeared in the TNT drama series Rizzoli & Isles.

In 2012, he was cast as the lead in the NBC science-fiction series Revolution, created by Eric Kripke and produced by J.J. Abrams. Burke's characters in 24 and Revolution have the same last name (Matheson).

Burke reprised his role in The Closer (Season 7, episode 16, "Hostile Witness," playing the rapist and murderer, attorney Phillip Stroh). He appeared again in the series finale, "The Last Word", in a face-off against the LAPD. He later reprised the role in the spin-off Major Crimes season three finale Special Master though his character has had an ongoing impact on the show from the beginning.

Burke currently stars as veterinarian pathologist, Mitch Morgan, in CBS's Zoo, based on the James Patterson novel.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Daredreamer	Dante of the Three D's
1991	To Cross the Rubicon	James Bird
1998	Don't Look Down	Mark Engel
1998	Without Limits	Kenny Moore
1998	Mafia!	Joey Cortino
1999	Komodo	Oates
1999	Dill Scallion	Dill Scallion
2000	The Independent	Dwayne
2001	Along Came a Spider	Ben Devine
2001	After Image	Sammy
2003	Lost Junction	Jimmy McGee
2003	Something More	Peter
2004	Ladder 49	Dennis Gauquin
2005	World Poker Tour	Himself
2007	Feast of Love	David Watson
2007	Fracture	Lt. Robert 'Rob' Nunally
2007	Forfeit	Frank
2007	Three Days to Vegas	Billy Simpson
2007	HBO First Look	Himself
2008	Twilight	Charlie Swan
2008	The Grift	Wade Buchanan
2008	Untraceable	Detective Eric Box
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Charlie Swan
2009	Luster	Tito
2009	Ticket Out	Dennis
2009	Baby O	Sergio
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Charlie Swan
2010	Removal	Eric Kirsche
2011	Drive Angry	Jonah King
2011	Red Riding Hood	Cesaire
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Charlie Swan
2012	Freaky Deaky	Chris Mankowski
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Charlie Swan
2013	Angels in Stardust	The Cowboy
2013	Highland Park	Lloyd Howard
2015	Divine Access	Jack Harriman
2016	Lights Out	Paul
2016	Good After Bad	Wes	Post-production

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Party of Five	Guy in Club	Episode: "Fathers and Sons"
1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Ari	Episode: "Second Skin"
1995	Strange Luck		Episode: "Over Exposure"
1995	Vanishing Son	Spider McKeun	Episode: "Sweet Sixteen"
1995	All-American Girl	Cody	Episode: "Notes from the Underground"
1996	Party of Five	Gil	Episode: "Poor Substitutes"
1996	Marshal Law	Monk	Television film
1996	The Ultimate Lie		Television film
1996	Gone in the Night	Rob Kinney	Television film
1997	VR.5	Marco	Episode: "Parallel Lives"
2000	Wonderland	Dr. Abe Matthews	5 episodes
2001	Final Jeopardy	Mike Chapman	Television film
2002	Flashpoint	Shaw	Television film
2002-03	24	Gary Matheson	7 episodes
2003	Karen Sisco	Merle Salchek	Episode: "Dumb Bunnies"
2003	Gilmore Girls	Alex Lesman	3 episodes
2004	The Jury	John Ranguso	2 episodes
2004	Monk	Brad Terry	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the T.V. Star"
2007	Law & Order	Attorney Farmer	Episode: "Charity Case"
2007	Backyards & Bullets		Television film
2008-09	My Boys	Jack Newman	5 episodes
2008	Fringe	Lucas Vogel	Episode: "In Which We Meet Mr. Jones"
2009-12	The Closer	Phillip Stroh	3 episodes
2010-12	Rizzoli & Isles	Gabriel Dean	4 episodes
2012-14	Revolution	Miles Matheson	Main role, 42 episodes Nominated"?Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2015	Major Crimes	Phillip Stroh	2 episodes
2015–present	Zoo	Mitch Morgan	Main role

Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2003	Something More
2004	Dead & Breakfast	story

Producer

Year	Film	Notes
2003	Something More	co-producer