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Burn Gorman

Biography

Burn Gorman is an American-born English actor who works across television, film, radio, and stage. Born in Los Angeles, he moved to London at age seven and trained at the Manchester School of Theatre. His early television work included Coronation Street in 1998 and the 2005 BBC adaptation of Bleak House, and he then played Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood. He went on to appear in Game of Thrones, Turn: Washington's Spies, The Man in the High Castle, and The Expanse. His film credits include The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). In the West End, he appeared as Bill Sikes in Oliver! between 2008 and 2009, and he was up for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Whatsonstage Theatre Awards. He also won Radio 1Xtra's Human Beatbox Champion title in 2003.

52years old

Turns 53 on September 1in 323 days

  • Born Hollywood
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Burn Hugh Gorman (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
26
Career span
22 years2004 to 2026

Genres

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  1. Own stunts

    Gorman is a skilled beatboxer. He entered the 2003 International Human Beatbox Convention and came away with Radio 1Xtra's Human Beatbox Champion title.

  2. First role

    In 1998, Gorman took one of his first television parts, appearing on Granada TV's Coronation Street as Ben Andrews, the leader of the Etheric Foundation cult.

Burn Gorman 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. The Dark Knight Rises2012 Action, Adventureas Stryver

    IMDb rating 8.42.0M votes

  2. Pacific Rim2013 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Gottlieb

    IMDb rating 6.9564K votes

  3. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022as Priestvoice

    IMDb rating 7.6167K votes

  4. Crimson Peak2015as Holly

    IMDb rating 6.5171K votes

  5. Pacific Rim: Uprising2018as Hermann Gottlieb

    IMDb rating 5.6139K votes

  6. Enola Holmes2020as Linthorn

    IMDb rating 6.7255K votes

  7. Johnny English Reborn2011as Slater

    IMDb rating 6.3151K votes

  8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023as Commander Hoff

    IMDb rating 6.6190K votes

Most often with

Guillermo del Toro directed four of these films. Peter Dinklage appears in three of them, more than any other actor. 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 Burn Gorman's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.9 billion

14 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 14 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.

  • 14Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 3Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Dark Knight Rises2012as Stryver
    $1.1B37.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024as Father Damien
    $452M15.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Pacific Rim2013as Gottlieb
    $411M14.4% of the total
  4. 4
    $337M11.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Pacific Rim: Uprising2018as Hermann Gottlieb
    $290M10.2% of the total
  6. 6
    $160M5.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Crimson Peak2015as Holly
    $75M2.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Penelope2006as Larry
    $21M0.7% of the total
Red Lights (2012), $13.6 millionLayer Cake (2004), $11.9 millionFrankenstein (2025), $480,678Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), $340,911Imperium (2016), $302,109In a Valley of Violence (2016), $53,647

$26.6 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total