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Billy Burke

Biography

Billy Burke is an American actor known for playing Charlie Swan in the Twilight films, starting with Twilight (2008) and continuing through the sequels New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010) and Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2 (2011 and 2012). Born in Bellingham, Washington, he built a long list of television credits, among them Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Party of Five, Gilmore Girls, Fringe and Monk, and he played Phillip Stroh on The Closer and later on Major Crimes. His films include Along Came a Spider (2001), Ladder 49 (2004), Fracture (2007), Untraceable (2008) and Drive Angry (2011). He led the NBC science-fiction series Revolution as Miles Matheson, starred in Zoo from 2015 to 2017, and supplied the voice of Commissioner James Gordon in Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021) and Part Two (2021).

59years old

Turns 60 on November 25in 52 days

  • Born Bellingham
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Also credited as William Albert Burke

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
27 years1998 to 2025

Genres

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  1. Beyond film

    In 2010, Burke put out an album called Removed. The Underkill, which was his second album, came out in 2018.

  2. Beyond film

    Burke's single Burn came out on January 20, 2023, the same day it was featured in the Fire Country episode Mama Bear.

Billy Burke movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Twilight2008 Drama, Fantasy, Romanceas Charlie Swan

    IMDb rating 5.4534K votes

  2. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 12011 Adventure, Drama, Fantasyas Charlie Swan

    IMDb rating 5.0277K votes

  3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon2009as Charlie Swan

    IMDb rating 4.8327K votes

  4. Red Riding Hood2011as Cesaire

    IMDb rating 5.4120K votes

  5. Fracture2007as Lt. Rob Nunally

    IMDb rating 7.2239K votes

  6. Drive Angry2011as Jonah King

    IMDb rating 5.4107K votes

  7. Untraceable2008as Detective Eric Box

    IMDb rating 6.255K votes

  8. Lights Out2016as Paul

    IMDb rating 6.3154K votes

Most often with

Catherine Hardwicke directed two of these films, Bill Condon two and Gregory Hoblit two. Five actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Billy Burke's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$4.0 billion

18 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 18 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 18Worldwide figure
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $830M20.5% of the total
  2. 2
    $712M17.6% of the total
  3. 3
    The Twilight Saga: New Moon2009as Charlie Swan
    $710M17.5% of the total
  4. 4
    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse2010as Charlie Swan
    $698M17.3% of the total
  5. 5
    Twilight2008as Charlie Swan
    $394M9.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Lights Out2016as Paul
    $149M3.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Along Came a Spider2001as Ben Devine
    $105M2.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Ladder 492004as Dennis Gauquin
    $101M2.5% of the total
Fracture (2007), $91.4 millionRed Riding Hood (2011), $89.2 millionUntraceable (2008), $52.7 millionBreaking In (2018), $49.1 millionDrive Angry (2011), $40.9 millionJane Austen's Mafia! (1998), $19.9 millionFeast of Love (2007), $3.5 millionWithout Limits (1998), $777,423Komodo (1999), $207,496Bloody Axe Wound (2024), $76,178

$348 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total