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What Is Burn Gorman’s Net Worth?

Burn Gorman is an American actor and musician with an estimated net worth of $4 million. He is recognized for his roles in various notable productions, including Ben Andrews on the ITV soap opera “Coronation Street” (1998), William Guppy in the BBC One miniseries “Bleak House” (2005), Owen Harper in the British science-fiction series “Torchwood” (2006–2008), Major Edmund Hewlett on the AMC drama “Turn: Washington’s Spies” (2014–2017), Nicholas Farlow on the Sky One series “Jamestown” (2017–2019), Adolphus Murtry in Syfy’s “The Expanse” (2019), and Charles Bluhdorn in the Paramount+ miniseries “The Offer” (2022). Gorman holds over 70 acting credits, including films like “Layer Cake” (2004), “Johnny English Reborn” (2011), “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012), “Pacific Rim” (2013), “Crimson Peak” (2015), “Enola Holmes” (2020), “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (2022), “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (2023), and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (2024), along with television appearances in “Revenge” (2013), “Game of Thrones” (2013-2014), “Forever” (2014-2015), and “Halo” (2022).

Early Life

Born Burn Hugh Gorman on September 1, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, he comes from British parents, with his father being a linguistics professor at UCLA. The youngest of four siblings, Burn relocated to England at the age of 7, ultimately settling in London. He trained at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Manchester School of Theatre. According to his “Pacific Rim” co-star Charlie Hunnam, Burn is “the nephew of Bartley Gorman, who was the king of the gypsies for 30 years in England.” Hunnam remarked to the “Daily Record,” “When I met Burn – he looks like a gypsy – I said, ‘Do you know who Bartley Gorman is?’ He replied, ‘Charlie, he’s my uncle.’

Career

Burn Gorman debuted on television in 1998 with the ITV soap opera “Coronation Street,” where he played Ben Andrews for 16 episodes. His first film was “Love is Not Enough” (2001), followed by roles in “Layer Cake” (2004), “Colour Me Kubrick” (2005), “The Best Man” (2005), “Penelope” (2006), “Fred Claus” (2007), and “The Oxford Murders” (2008). He has guest-starred on various shows, including “Casualty” (2000), “Merseybeat” (2001), “The Inspector Lynley Mysteries” (2005), “Low Winter Sun” (2006), “Dalziel and Pascoe” (2006), “Agatha Christie’s Marple” (2007), “EastEnders” (2007), and “Bonekickers” (2008). Gorman also appeared in TV films like “A Good Thief” (2002) and “The Curse of Steptoe” (2008) as well as miniseries including “Funland” (2005), “Bleak House” (2005), and “Wuthering Heights” (2009). His portrayal of Owen Harper in “Torchwood” (2006–2008), broadcast first on BBC Three, marked a significant point in his career. In 2010, he starred alongside Ricky Gervais in “Cemetery Junction,” later featuring in various films such as “Up There” (2011), “Johnny English Reborn” (2011), “Red Lights” (2012), “Jimi: All Is by My Side” (2013), “Low Down” (2014), “Walking with the Enemy” (2014), “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” (2014), “Crimson Peak” (2015), “In a Valley of Violence” (2016), and “Imperium” (2016). He notably appeared as Phillip Stryver in the 2012 blockbuster “The Dark Knight Rises” (which grossed $1.085 billion) and Hermann Gottlieb in “Pacific Rim” (2013) and its sequel “Pacific Rim: Uprising” (2018), earning $411 million and $290.9 million at the box office, respectively.

His television work includes guest appearances on “Lark Rise to Candleford” (2011), “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (2013), and “The Man in the High Castle” (2015), as well as recurring roles on “The Hour” (2011), “Revenge” (2013), “Game of Thrones” (2013–2014), “Forever” (2014–2015), “Stan Lee’s Lucky Man” (2016), and “The Expanse” (2019). Gorman has been part of miniseries such as “The Runaway” (2011), “Spies of Warsaw” (2013), and “And Then There Were None” (2015), portraying Major Edmund Hewlett in AMC’s “Turn: Washington’s Spies” (2014–2017) and Nicholas Farlow in Sky One’s “Jamestown” (2017–2019). More recently, he played Vinsher Grath in “Halo” (2022), portrayed former Paramount Pictures CEO Charles Bluhdorn in “The Offer” (2022), and appeared in films like “Undergods” (2020), “Enola Holmes” (2020), “Watcher” (2022), “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (2022), “Ghosted” (2023), “Ransomed” (2023), “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (2023), “Lift” (2024), and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (2024).

In addition to his screen work, Gorman has participated in various stage productions and received a Whatsonstage Theatre Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his role as Bill Sikes in the 2008 West End revival of “Oliver!” He has also lent his voice to video games such as “Risen” (2009) and “Star Wars: The Old Republic” (2011), along with contributing to numerous radio programs, including “The Old Man and the Angel” (1998), “The Taming of the Shrew” (1998), “And Counting” (1999), “Glad To Be Back” (1999), “The Wire” (2003), “Classic Serial: The Pickwick Papers” (2004), “Classic Serial: The Mayor of Casterbridge” (2008), “The Babington Plot” (2008), “New Metamorphoses” (2008), “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (2009), “Unauthorized History: The Killing” (2010), “The Spy” (2012), “He Died With His Eyes Open” (2013), and “The Reckoning: The Death of Christopher Marlowe” (2022).

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Personal Life

Burn Gorman married Sarah Beard, a schoolteacher, on July 17, 2004. Together, they have two daughters, Rosa and Nell, and a son, Max, before their divorce in 2017. Gorman participated in the 2003 International Human Beatbox Convention, where he earned the title of Radio 1Xtra’s Human Beatbox Champion.

Award Nominations

In 2008, Gorman received nominations for a New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Genre Award for Best Actor and a Syfy Portal Genre Award for Supporting Actor for his role in “Torchwood.” More recently, in 2023, he was nominated for a British Short Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “The Witch’s Daughter.”