Burn Gorman
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| Burn Gorman | |
| Birth name | Burn Gorman |
| Born | 1974 Hollywood, California, USA |
| Official site | BurnGorman.com |
| Notable roles | Owen Harper in Torchwood |
Burn Gorman is an actor and musician, born in Hollywood, but brought up in London, where he lives and works.
Gorman appeared in the 2005 BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House as William Guppy. He is currently appearing in the BBC Three science-fiction/crime drama Torchwood as Owen Harper, and later in the year will appear in political thriller Low Winter Sun (Tiger Aspect/Channel 4), and is due to film Fred Claus with Vince Vaughan and Kevin Spacey.
Gorman's 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.
On television, he has appeared in Funland (BBC Three), A Good Thief (Granada), Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC One), Casualty, Merseybeat (TV series) and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC).
His 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."[1]
Gorman has also worked with acclaimed actress and director Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni of Theatre 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 ("Morning To Midnight" with Richard Jones). He has also performed many readings, workshops and development work 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 andLibrary and Contact Theatre, where he was nominated for a Manchester Evening News Best Newcomer Award.
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 .[2]
He played a guest role in EastEnders on 9 March 2007 as Jed.
[edit] References
- ^ Michael Billington. "Gong Donkeys", The Guardian, 2004-11-08. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
- ^ Soho Theatre Company (2004-04-22). Flush by David Dipper. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
