Michael Reilly Burke
Michael Reilly Burke (born June 27, 1964) is an American actor. He played Rex Van De Kamp on the unaired pilot of Desperate Housewives. Steven Culp replaced him before the pilot aired.
Michael Reilly Burke
- Name
- Michael Reilly Burke
- Born
- 27 June 1964
- Birthplace
- Marin County, California, U.S.
- Education
- Marin Catholic High School
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Kayren Butler (m. 2008)
- Awards
- Fangoria Chainsaw Award
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Biography
He also appeared in The WB series Charmed in the episode "Heartbreak City". He is a 1982 graduate of Marin Catholic High School in Marin County, California. The lone starring role of his career has been as serial killer Ted Bundy in the 2002 film Ted Bundy. He played the role of Officer Kevin Lund on ABC Family's Lincoln Heights. He has guest starred on various Star Trek series and CSIs.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Michael Reilly Burke • Birth Name — Michael Reilly Burke • Born — 27 June 1964 • Birthplace — Marin County, California, U.S. • Education — Marin Catholic High School • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1993–present • Spouse — Kayren Butler (m. 2008) • Children — 2 • Awards — Fangoria Chainsaw Award • Website — michaelreillyburke.com
Early life
Early life
Michael Reilly Burke was born on June 27, 1964, in Marin County, California, US. He graduated from Marin Catholic High School in Marin County, California in 1982.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1993 — Star Trek: The Next Generation — Goval — Episode: "Descent, Part II" • Melrose Place — Fred Linquist — Episode: "Flirting with Disaster" • Picket Fences — David Beale — Episode: "Under the Influence" • 1994 — seaQuest DSV — Commando #7 — Episode: "Nothing But the Truth" • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Hogue — Episode: "Profit and Loss" • Dead at 21 — Tavis Farrell — Episode: "Life During Wartime" • Red Shoe Diaries — Reluctant Boyfriend — Episode: "The Last Motel" • 1995 — Vanishing Son — Lane Ellis — Episode: "Win, Place or Dead" • Earth 2 — Future Ulysses — Episode: "The Boy Who Would Be Terrian King" • Terror in the Shadows — Customer #1 — TV movie • 1995–1996 — Space: Above and Beyond — A silicate / Capt. John Oakes — 2 episodes • 1995, 2003 — NYPD Blue — Harry Benson / James Carlin — 5 episodes • 1996 — Diagnosis: Murder — Kyle Harding — Episode: "The Pressure to Murder" • Bermuda Triangle — Michael — TV movie • Central Park West — Tyler Brock — 3 episodes • 1997 — Childhood Sweetheart? — Greg Davis — TV movie • Orleans — Jesse Charbonnet — 8 episodes • Promised Land — Steve Dunbar — Episode: "To Everything a Season" • 1998 — Beverly Hills, 90210 — Jeff Stockmann — 4 episodes • Creature — Adam Puckett — 2 episodes • The Pretender — Harold 'Harry' Kincaid — Episode: "Someone to Trust" • Ally McBeal — Mr. Wells — Episode: "You Never Can Tell" • 1999 — Party of Five — A.D.A. Fellows — Episode: "Fillmore Street" • Poltergeist: The Legacy — Jeffrey Sandor — 2 episodes • Providence — Brady Pullman — 6 episodes • 2000 — Charmed — Cupid — Episode: "Heartbreak City" • Family Law — Matt McClendon — Episode: "Going Home" • 2001 — First Years — Dan Gaynor — Episode: "The First Thing You Do..." • The Beast — Jeremy Anglade — 4 episodes • Dead Last — Officer Carl Vard — Episode: "He Who Smelt It" • 2001, 2004 — JAG — Lt. Cmdr. Jay Pagano / Commander Adam Kohler — 2 episodes • 2002 — For the People — Jackson Rose — Episode: "Pilot" • Presidio Med — Episode: "Milagros" • 2003 — War Stories — Coulter — TV movie • Cold Case — Eric Witley — Episode: "Look Again" • 2004 — The O.C. — Tom Willington — Episode: "The Links" • The Practice — Detective Kevin McCarley — 3 episodes • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Bailey Coombs — Episode: "Bloodlines" • Desperate Housewives — Neighbor at Fire (uncredited) / Wake Attendee — Episode: "Pilot" • Star Trek: Enterprise — Koss — 3 episodes • NYPD 2069 — Harlan Kroger — TV movie • 2005 — Crossing Jordan — FBI Agent Sullivan — Episode: "A Stranger Among Us" • The West Wing — Bill Brewer — Episode: "La Palabra" • Tru Calling — Russell Marks — Episode: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again" • NCIS — Frank Connell — Episode: "Honor Code" • 2006 — Without a Trace — Don McGraw — Episode: "Patient X" • CSI: Miami — Daniel Wells — Episode: "Death Eminent" • Heroes — Detective — Episode: "Chapter Five 'Hiros'" • 2007 — Close to Home — Carl Middleton — Episode: "Barren" • 24 — Bruce Carson — 3 episodes • Shark — Stuart Buckner — Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" • Ghost Whisperer — William Taylor — Episode: "Holiday Spirit" • Company Man — Ted Gaines — TV movie • The Cure — Frank Carter — TV movie • 2007–2008 — Lincoln Heights — Kevin Lund — 33 episodes • 2009 — Eli Stone — Clayton Wells — Episode: "Tailspin" • Castle — Frank Nesbit — Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury" • ER — Dick White — Episode: "And in the End..." • Melrose Place — Gary Sarling — Episode: "Pilot" • The Forgotten — Coach Flynn — Episode: "Football John" • CSI: NY — Dr. Harvey Fuller — Episode: "Hammer Down" • NCIS: Los Angeles — Malcolm Tallridge — Episode: "Ambush" • 2010 — Private Practice — Simon McConnell — 3 episodes • Undercovers — Brian Murphy — Episode: "Jailbreak" • Criminal Minds — Agent Grady Beeks — Episode: "Safe Haven" • 2011 — Memphis Beat — Miles Ahomana / Miles Hart — Episode: "Inside Man" • Drop Dead Diva — Steve Vaught — Episode: "Mother's Day" • Prime Suspect — Doug Roenick — 2 episodes • Rizzoli & Isles — Chief Joe Kobolsnik — Episode: "Burning Down the House" • 2012 — The Mentalist — Andrew Kellogg — Episode: "My Bloody Valentine" • Hawaii Five-0 — Andrei Shepkin — Episode: "I Helu Pu (The Reckoning)" • Breakout Kings — Ken — Episode: "Self Help" • The Vampire Diaries — Pastor Young — 2 episodes • 2012–2013 — Vegas — D.A. Jerry Reynolds — 9 episodes • 2012, 2015 — Revenge — Agent John McGowen — 4 episodes • 2013 — Grey's Anatomy — Mr. Finch — Episode: "Hard Bargain" • Burn Notice — Peter Mallard — Episode: "Nature of the Beast" • 2014–2015 — Satisfaction — Daniel Harper — 4 episodes • 2015 — Backstrom — Donald Sampson — Episode: "Give 'Til It Hurts" • Code Black — Frank Irving — Episode: "The Son Rises" • Bones — Luke Nicholson — Episode: "The Cowboy in the Contest" • Paradise Pictures — Frank Capra — TV movie • 2015–2016 — Shameless — Theo Wallace — 6 episodes • 2015, 2018 — Suits — Teddy — 2 episodes • 2017 — Training Day — Robert Burns — Episode: "Tehrangeles" • NCIS: New Orleans — General John Walsh — Episode: "The Last Stand" • Switched at Birth — Dr. Eric Bannon — Episode: "Long Live Love" • How to Get Away with Murder — Louis Lindgren — Episode: "I Love Her" • 2018 — Lethal Weapon — Sean O'Brien — Episode: "Diggin' Up Dirt" • Supergirl — Preston — Episode: "Not Kansas" • 2019 — The Passage — Danny — Episode: "That Never Should Have Happened to You" • S.W.A.T. — CIA Agent Devereaux — Episode: "Immunity" • You — Ray Quinn — Episode: "Have a Good Wellkend, Joe!" • 2020 — Council of Dads — Chris Ashford — Episode: "Fight or Flight" • 2021 — The Rookie — Fred Mitchell — Episode: "Poetic Justice" • 2023 — The Company You Keep — Claude Ellsworth — Episode: "A Sparkling Reputation" • So Help Me Todd — Bowen Perrin — Episode: "Gloom and Boom" • 2024 — Griselda — Captain Sweetwater — 3 episodes
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Foreign Student — Harrison • 1996 — Love Always — Mark Righetti • Mars Attacks! — GNN Reporter • Ransom — Best Boy Electric • 2001 — Octopus 2: River of Fear — Nick Hartfield • 2002 — Ted Bundy — Ted Bundy • 2006 — Death of a President — Robert H. Maguire • 2009 — The Collector — Michael Chase • 2014 — The Big Bad City — Detective Kelly • 2015 — My All American — Fred Steinmark • 2018 — Slender Man — Hallie's Dad • Monster Party — Mr. Clapton • Vice — David Gribbin
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