Cast & creator
Robert John Burke
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
Robert John Burke (born September 12, 1960) is an American actor known for his roles in the early films of Hal Hartley, as well as his roles in RoboCop 3 (1993), Tombstone (1993), and Thinner (1996). During the 2000s, Burke became well known for his portrayal of Mickey Gavin on Rescue Me (2004–11), Bart Bass in Gossip Girl (2007–12), Ed Tucker in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–20), and a number of other film and television roles including Intrusion (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert John Burke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: John Burke , Robert Burke
60
film credits
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television credits
88
1977–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (88)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ed Tucker
1999
Law & Order
Milton Danbury
1990Law & Order
Arthur "Buzz" Palley
1990Law & Order
Ron Innes
1990
Digger
General Fitzgerald
2026
CSI: Miami
Jim Resdon
2002
Blue Bloods
Jyle Hogan
2010
The Sopranos
Officer Zmuida
1999
Person of Interest
Patrick Simmons
2011
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
IAB Lieutenant Ed Tucker
2014
Gossip Girl
Bart Bass
2007
American Playhouse
Bill McCabe
1982
Banshee
Salvatore Ferillo
2013
White Collar
Patrick O'Leary
2009
Sex and the City
Walker Lewis
1998
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jeff Andrews
1993
The Last of Us
Seth
2023
Army Wives
General Clarke
2007
Oz
Special Agent Pierce Taylor
1997
Nurse Jackie
Dick Richards
2009
The Equalizer
O'Toole
1985
Rescue Me
Mickey Gavin
2004
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Smitty
2022
Project Blue Book
William Fairchild
2019
From the Earth to the Moon
Bill Anders
1998
Limitless
Pierce
2011
Munich
Belligerent American
2005
Safe
Captain Wolf
2012
Tombstone
Frank McLaury
1993
Kidnapped
Bellows
2006
Golden Boy
Andrew Lightstone
2013
Witchblade
2001
Allegiance
Special Agent Brock
2015
Cop Land
Officer B
1997
Hide and Seek
Steven
2005
2 Guns
Jessup
2013
Six Degrees
David
2006
RoboCop 3
Robocop
1993
BlacKkKlansman
Chief Bridges
2018
True Story
Greg Ganley
2015
Boston Strangler
Eddie Holland
2023
Thinner
Billy Halleck
1996
Brooklyn's Finest
State Trooper #1
2010
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Instructor Jenks
2002
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Charlie Mack
2005
Speak
Mr. Neck
2004
Heaven & Earth
Paul
1993
The Ex
Colonel
2006
Fled
Pat Schiller
1996
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Patrick
1977
Miracle at St. Anna
General Ned Almond
2008
Connie and Carla
Rudy
2004
The Oh in Ohio
Binky Taylor
2006
A Far Off Place
Paul Parker
1993
Intrusion
Detective Steven Morse
2021
Boarding School
Mr. Holcomb
2018
Rambling Rose
Dave Wilkie
1991
Killer: A Journal of Murder
R.G. Greiser
1996
The Retaliators
Captain Briggs
2022
Ned Rifle
Chet
2015
Simple Men
Bill McCabe
1992
A Bright Shining Lie
Frank Drummond
1998
If Lucy Fell
Handsome Man
1996
First Love, Last Rites
Henry
1998
The Chosen
Levi Saunders
1981
Flirt
Men's Room Man #2
1996
Dust Devil
Dust Devil
1992
We Only Know So Much
Hal
2018
The Unbelievable Truth
Josh
1990
State Property
Bob
2002
Somewhere in the City
Frankie
1998
Bait
Uncle Mack
2015
Flirt
Men's Room Man
1993
Crazy for a Kiss
Steve
1995
Gangster Wars
Officer Reardon
1981
No Such Thing
The Monster
2002
Where to Land
Leonard
2025
Where There's Smoke
Captain Frascone
2017
Mayday - Flug in den Tod
Tom Hutton
1997
Nightmare Weekend
Dave
1986
Jack's Law
Det. Ron Banks
2006
Future '38
General Sportwood
2017Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences
Himself
2010Subversion
Midnight Flight
Paul Bacon
1998
Triggered
David
2022
Being
Sheriff Campbell
2020
Piggie
Jim
2003