- Born
- Birth nameTom Liam Benedict Burke
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Tom Burke is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Athos in the 2014-2016 BBC series The Musketeers, Dolokhov in the 2016 BBC literary-adaptation miniseries War & Peace, the eponymous character Cormoran Strike in the 2017 BBC series Strike, and Orson Welles in the 2020 film Mank.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- Parents
- RelativesArthur Calder-Marshall(Grandparent)
- Godson of Alan Rickman.
- He was born with a cleft lip which has left him with a vertical scar.
- His favorite film is Rust and Bone (2012) and during an interview on the site "One Room With a View" in March 2014, he declared that it was the last film that made him cry.
- He attended the Young Arden Theatre in Faversham before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
- Burke studied contemporary and ballet dance before fully committing to acting, and he says movement remains a core part of his craft.
- [on the French films and books he admires] I particularly like the film Queen Margot (1994) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) with Gérard Depardieu, both adapted from Alexandre Dumas novels. Watching them made me realise what Dumas does so well; revenge is obviously a prevalent theme and there are many stories in that genre, but what he writes about so brilliantly is the cost of revenge for the avenger and how it wears away at them. I had that in my head while we were filming. I love Camille (La Dame aux Camélias) by Alexandre Dumas fils and would like to do it as a play; there was a fantastic theatre adaptation by English playwright Pam Gems. My favourite film is Rust and Bone (2012) [starring Marion Cotillard].
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