Tom Burke
Acting
Biography
Tom Burke (born 30 July 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as in the series The Musketeers (2014–2016), the miniseries War & Peace (2016), and as the eponymous character Cormoran Strike in the series Strike (2017). In film, he is best known for portraying Orson Welles in Mank (2020), and starring in in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) and Black Bag (2025). He was the godson of actor Alan Rickman.
Born: June 30, 1981
Place of Birth: Kent, England, UK
Known For
The Crown
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
Utopia
The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
Roar
London. It's Christmas. Tom is a timid loner who cuts keys in a dry-cleaners in Soho. He's dominated by his extroverted boss, Mick, who habitually cracks on to his female clientele. One customer, Eva, is particularly unimpressed by Mick's behaviour. When Tom tries to apologise, she gives him the cold shoulder. Wanting emotional contact, Tom tries unsuccessfully to call his estranged father. Desperate, Tom takes drastic action.
War and Peace
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.
State of Play
The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
Seven romantic comedies from the UK, Australia, and the US explore our modern romantic entanglements in all their hilarious, mundane, sexy and nerve-wracking ways. The festival hits from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca star well-known actors like Natalie Dormer, Tom Burke, Yvette Nicole Brown and Rob Huebel among others.
Modern Love
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.
Great Expectations
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Filmography
as Ambassador
as Freddie Smalls
as Praetorian Jack
as Chris
as Sutherland
as Will Byrne
as Dennis Rebrov
as Blond
as Anthony (uncredited)
as Fletcher Dennis
as Liam
as Orson Welles
as William Ramsden
as Michael
as Anthony
as Cormoran Strike
as Freddie Page
as Dazzle Jennings
as Fedor Dolokhov
as Bullet
as Him
as Athos
as George Wharton
as Billy
as Ben
as Norbert
as Philip Carvel
as Chad
as Terrence Waterspoon
as Mark
as Bentley Drummle
as Davy
as Mr. Hayes
as Mick
as Vicomte Desmond
as Ronald Cartland
as Bluey
as Geoff Goddard
as Uncle Sean
as Napoleon
as Baggy
as Book Publisher
as Dr. John Seward
as Edward Jenkins
as Edward Jenkins
as Edward Wellesley
as Vaughan
as Lee
as Horace
as Syd
as Roland
as Pvt. Chad Batterbee
as Edward Jenkins