Burn Gorman
Biography
Burn Hugh Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his television roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–14), Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017), 'The Marshal' in the Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle (2015), and Adolphus Murtry in Prime Video series The Expanse (2019). His film roles include Phillip Stryver in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Hermann Gottlieb in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Commander Hoff in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Father Damien in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Burn Gorman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Digger
2026
Game of Thrones
2011
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
The Expanse
2015
Revenge
2011
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Halo
2022
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
Torchwood
2006
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Pacific Rim
2013
Filmography
Digger
as Defense Secretary Amos · 2026
Game of Thrones
as Karl Tanner · 2011
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as The Scientist · 2005
The Expanse
as Adolphus Murtry · 2015
Revenge
as Trask · 2011
The Man in the High Castle
as The Marshal · 2015
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Jacko Argyle · 2004
Halo
as Vinsher Grath · 2022
The Dark Knight Rises
as Stryver · 2012
Torchwood
as Owen Harper · 2006
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Jerry Hart · 1996
Pacific Rim
as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb · 2013
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
as Commander Hoff · 2023
Frankenstein
as Executioner · 2025
TURN: Washington's Spies
as Major Hewlett · 2014
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Father Damien · 2024
Forever
as Adam · 2014
Pacific Rim: Uprising
as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb · 2018
The Offer
as Charles Bluhdorn · 2022
Crimson Peak
as Holly · 2015
Lark Rise to Candleford
· 2008
Enola Holmes
as Linthorn · 2020
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Priest (voice) · 2022
And Then There Were None
as D.S. William Blore · 2015
Ghosted
as English Cabbie · 2023
Johnny English Reborn
as Slater · 2011
Bleak House
as William Guppy · 2005
Jumanji: Open World
· 2026
Jamestown
as Nicholas Farlow · 2017
Lift
as Cormac · 2024
The Hour
as Thomas Kish · 2011
Fred Claus
as Elf · 2007
Watcher
as Watcher · 2022
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
as Mr. Brand · 2014
Red Lights
as Benedict Cohen · 2012
Wuthering Heights
as Hindley Earnshaw · 2009
Layer Cake
as Gazza · 2004
Penelope
as Larry · 2007
Imperium
as Morgan · 2016
Torchwood Declassified
· 2006
Bonekickers
· 2008
Cheat
as Ben Jarvis · 2019
The Runaway
as Richard Gates · 2011
In a Valley of Violence
as Priest · 2016
The Oxford Murders
as Yuri Podorov · 2008
Spies of Warsaw
as Jourdain · 2013
All the Devils Are Here
as Numbers · 2025
Cemetery Junction
as Renwick · 2010
The Best Man
as Bus Driver · 2005
Jimi: All Is by My Side
as Michael Jeffery · 2013
Walking with the Enemy
as Lt. Colonel Otto Skorzeny · 2014
Ransomed
as Carter · 2023
The Good Traitor
as Berle · 2020
Low Down
as Wiggenhern · 2014
Guernica
as Consul · 2016
Heroes and Demons
as Jason (16) (voice) (segment "Some Safe Place") · 2012
Sex, the City and Me
as Lawrence · 2007
Low Winter Sun
as Kenny Morton · 2006
The Curse of Steptoe
as Ray Galton · 2008
Colour Me Kubrick
as Willie · 2005
Undergods
as Tim · 2021
Brides
A Colt Is My Passport
Dr. Mason Miller
as Lance Dawson
The Bully Boys
as Taff
Love Is Not Enough
as Al Weisburger
Up There
as Martin · 2012
The Other Man
as Simon · 2013
A Good Thief
as DC Fairchild · 2002