Burn Hugh Winchester Gorman — his real name, believe it or not — (born 1 September 1974) is an American-born English character actor.note
He is often cast as villains or anti-heroes, perhaps due to his distinctive, somewhat frog-like face. note He's also a Chronically Killed Actor, something that he seems to enjoy.
Since rising to prominence as Owen Harper, a cynical, troubled doctor, in the first two seasons of Torchwood, Gorman has quickly edged out a place for himself in fandom with his numerous memorable supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in The Dark Knight Rises. Aside from Owen, he might be best known for playing Karl Tanner in Game of Thrones, a scene-stealing psychopath with an affinity for knives, and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, an eccentric scientist who values logic and mathematical precision over gut instinct and who is one half of Those Two Guys. He currently enjoys a major role on AMC's Turn as Edmund Hewlett, commander of the local Regulars.
Film roles
- 2004 Layer Cake as Gazza
- 2006 Penelope as Larry
- 2011 Johnny English Reborn as Slater
- 2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Phillip Stryver
- 2013 Pacific Rim as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
- 2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- 2014 Film/Walking with the Enemy as Lt. Colonel Otto Skorzeny
- 2015 Crimson Peak as Mr. Holly
- 2016 Imperium as Morgan
- 2018 Pacific Rim: Uprising as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
- 2020 Enola Holmes as Linthorn
- 2022 Watcher as Daniel Weber
- 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as the Priest
- 2023 Ghosted as the London cab driver
- 2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Commander Hoff
Television roles
- 2005 Bleak House as Guppy
- 2006 Low Winter Sun as Det. Con. Kenny Morton
- 2006–08 Torchwood as Owen Harper
- 2009 Wuthering Heights as Hindley Earnshaw
- 2011 The Runaway as Richard Gates
- 2011 The Hour as Thomas Kish
- 2013 Revenge as Trask
- 2013 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Scientist (episode: "Flowers For Charlie")
- 2013–14 Game of Thrones as Karl Tanner
- 2014–15 Forever as Dr. Lewis Farber/"Adam"
- 2014–2017 Turn as Major Edmund Hewlett
- 2015 And Then There Were None as Detective Sergeant William Blore
- 2015 The Man in the High Castle as the Marshal
- 2019 The Expanse as Adolphus Murtry
- 2022 Halo (2022) as Vinsher Grath
