Burn Gorman


Burn Hugh Winchester Gorman is a British actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood, Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim and its sequel ', and Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series '. Gorman portrayed 'The Marshal' in the first season of the Amazon drama The Man in the High Castle.

Early life

Gorman was born in Hollywood, California, to British parents. His father was a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles. At the age of seven, Gorman moved to London with his family. He has three older sisters. Gorman trained at Manchester Metropolitan University's School of Theatre.

Career

Acting

Gorman played William Guppy in the 2005 BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and then appeared as Owen Harper in the first two seasons of the BBC science fiction series Torchwood. Other television roles include Funland and Bonekickers, amongst other projects for the BBC, and he also appeared in Channel 4's political thriller Low Winter Sun. He played scriptwriter Ray Galton in the BBC Four television play The Curse of Steptoe. He has also appeared in television series such as Dalziel and Pascoe, Casualty, Merseybeat, and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
Gorman played Jed on the soap opera EastEnders in March 2007. He starred as Hindley Earnshaw in the ITV adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. In 2011, he starred in Sky1's second Martina Cole adaptation, The Runaway, and in 2014, portrayed Adam, the lead character's stalker and fellow immortal, in ABC's Forever.
On film, he has had roles in Layer Cake, The Best Man, Penelope, Fred Claus, Cemetery Junction, and The Dark Knight Rises.
He has also appeared as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in the film Pacific Rim and its sequel .
Gorman's stage credits include Ladybird, Flush, and Gong Donkeys, prompting Michael Billington of The Guardian to write that "Gorman proves that he is one of the best young actors in Britain". He has performed in readings, workshops, and development initiatives with the National Theatre Studio, Young Vic, Royal Court, Oxford Stage Company, Paines Plough, and Soho Theatre. Outside London, he has worked with Nottingham Playhouse, the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, and the Royal Exchange and Contact Theatres, where he was nominated for a Manchester Evening News Best Newcomer Award.
From 2008 to 2009, Gorman played Bill Sikes in the West End revival of the musical Oliver!, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical in the 2010 Whatsonstage Theatre Awards.

Music

Gorman has played in clubs and on stages all over the world, appearing alongside Neneh Cherry, Rodney P, and Groove Armada. He has worked on music videos and visuals with The Streets. Under the stage name of B.B. Burn, he was part of the human beatbox outfit Drool Skool, alongside SK Shlomo, DukeBox, and A-Plus. Gorman was crowned the BBC 1Xtra Human Beatbox Champion in 2003..

Personal life

Gorman married Sarah Beard, a school teacher, on 17 July 2004. They divorced in 2017. Beard gave birth to their first child, son Max Hugh Gorman, in Cardiff in 2006, while the first series of Torchwood was in production. The couple's second child, daughter Nell Gorman, was born on 25 January 2009. Rosa Gorman, the couple's third child, was born in September 2014.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Love is Not EnoughAl Weisberger
2002A Good ThiefDC FairchildTelevision film
2004Layer CakeGazza
2005Colour Me KubrickWillie
2005The Best ManBus Driver
2006PenelopeLarry
2007Sex, the City and MeLawrenceTelevision film
2007Fred ClausElf
2008The Oxford MurdersYuri Podorov
2008The Curse of SteptoeRay GaltonTelevision film
2010Cemetery JunctionPC Renwick
2011Up ThereMartin
2011Johnny English RebornAgent Slater
2012Red LightsBenedict Cohen
2012The Dark Knight RisesPhillip Stryver
2013The Other ManSimonShort film
2013'Michael Jeffery
2013Pacific RimHermann Gottlieb
2014Low DownWiggenhern
2014Walking with the EnemyOtto Skorzeny
2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayMr. Brand
2015Crimson PeakMr Holly
2016In a Valley of ViolencePriest
2016ImperiumMorgan
2018'Hermann Gottlieb
2020Enola HolmesPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Coronation StreetBen Andrews3 episodes
2000CasualtyGeoff SimpsonEpisode: "Not Waving But Drowning"
2001MerseybeatSean FinniganEpisode: "Coming of Age"
2005The Inspector Lynley MysteriesBilly VergerEpisode: "In Divine Proportion"
2005FunlandTim Timothy3 episodes
2005Bleak HouseWilliam Guppy11 episodes
2006Low Winter SunDet. Con. Kenny Morton2 episodes
2006Dalziel and PascoeJerry Hart2 episodes
2006–08TorchwoodOwen Harper26 episodes
2007Agatha Christie's MarpleJacko ArgyleEpisode: "Ordeal by Innocence"
2007EastEndersJedEpisode: "3166"
2008BonekickersBanksEpisode: "The Lines of War"
2009Wuthering HeightsHindley Earnshaw2 episodes
2011The RunawayRichard Gates5 episodes
2011The HourThomas Kish4 episodes
2011Lark Rise to CandlefordReverend MarleyEpisode: "4.3"
2013Spies of WarsawJourdain4 episodes
2013RevengeMr Trask4 episodes
2013It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaScientistEpisode: "Flowers for Charlie"
2013–14Game of ThronesKarl Tanner4 episodes
2014–15ForeverAdam / Lewis Farber5 episodes
2014–17Major Edmund Hewlett28 episodes
2015And Then There Were NoneDetective Sergeant William Blore3 episodes
2015The Man in the High CastleThe Marshal3 episodes
2016Stan Lee's Lucky ManDoug3 episodes
2017–19JamestownNicholas Farlow15 episodes
2019–The ExpanseAdolphus Murtry10 episodes
2019–CheatBen Jarvis4 episodes

Video games