Biography
of

Billy Burke

Name-William Albert Burke
Born-November 25, 1966
Bellingham, Washington, US
Age-45
Nick Name-Billy
Height-6' 2" (1.88 m)
Occupation-Musician, Film actor
Years Active-1990 presents

Billy Burke
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, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. He is also known for his role as Gary Matheson in the second season of 24. In 2011 he played Cesaire in Red Riding Hood.

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Burke was born in Bellingham, Washington. 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 the attorney Phillip Stroh). He also plays Detective Eric Box in the movie 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 also 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.

Burke is one of the "famous faces" on the online poker website Hollywood Poker, which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network.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.

As of July 2010, Burke appears in the TNT drama series Rizzoli & Isles.

Burke is married to actress Pollyanna Rose; they have a daughter named Bluesy LaRue Burke.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes and awards
1990	Daredreamer
1991	To Cross the Rubicon	James Bird
1994	Party of Five	Guy in Club	TV, 1 episode
1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Ari	TV, 1 episode
1995	Strange Luck		TV, 1 episode
	Vanishing Son	Spider McKeun	TV, 1 episode
	All-American Girl	Cody	TV, 1 episode
1996	Marshal Law	Monk	TV movie
	The Ultimate Lie		TV movie
	Gone in the Night	Rob Kinney	TV movie
	Party of Five	Gil	TV, 1 episode
1997	VR.5	Marco	TV, 1 episode
1998	Don't Look Down	Mark Engel
	Without Limits	Kenny Moore
	Mafia!	Joey Cortino
1999	Komodo	Oates
1999	Dill Scallion	Dill Scallion
2000	The Independent	Dwayne
2000	Wonderland	Dr. Abe Matthews	TV, 5 episodes
2001	Final Jeopardy	Mike Chapman	TV movie
	Along Came a Spider	Ben Devine
	After Image	Sammy
2002	Flashpoint	Shaw	TV movie
2002–2003	24	Gary Matheson	TV, 7 episodes
2003	Karen Sisco	Merle Salchek	TV, 1 episode
	Lost Junction	Jimmy McGee
	Gilmore Girls	Alex Lesman	TV, 3 episodes
	Something More	Peter
2004	Ladder 49	Dennis Gauquin
	The Jury	John Ranguso	TV, 2 episodes
	Monk	Brad Terry	TV, 1 episode
2005	World Poker Tour	Himself	Hollywood Home Game VIII
2007	Feast of Love	David Watson
	Fracture	Lt. Robert 'Rob' Nunally
	Forfeit	Frank
	Law & Order	Attorney Farmer	TV, 1 episode
	Three Days to Vegas	Billy Simpson
	Backyards & Bullets		TV movie
	HBO First Look	Himself	The Making of 'Fracture'
2008	Twilight	Charlie Swan
	Fringe	Lucas Vogel	TV, 1 episode
	My Boys	Jack Newman	TV, 4 episodes
	The Grift	Wade Buchanan
	Untraceable	Detective Eric Box
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Charlie Swan
	Luster	Tito	post-production
	Ticket Out	Dennis	post-production
	Baby O	Sergio	post-production
	The Closer	Phillip Stroh	TV, 1 episode
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Charlie Swan
2010-2011	Rizzoli & Isles	Gabriel Dean	TV, 3 episodes
2011	Drive Angry 3D	Jonah King
	Red Riding Hood	Cesaire
	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	Charlie Swan
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	Charlie Swan	post-production