William Albert Burke was born on 25 November 1966, in Bellingham, Washington, USA, and is an actor, best known for being part of the “Twilight” franchise as Charlie Swan. He was also part of the film “Red Riding Hood” playing Cesaire. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Billy Burke? As of early-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $5 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. He’s been a part of numerous television shows, such as “Revolution” in which he played the lead Miles Matheson. He also currently stars in the show “Zoo”, and as he continues his career it is expected that his wealth will increase.
Billy Burke Net Worth $5 million
Burke attended Western Washington University, and during his time there took part in various drama productions, thanks to which he was able to perform in several events and locations around the United States, including the A.H.A Theater and the Annex Theater. He moved to Los Angeles in hopes of pursuing another career, but eventually found his love for acting after taking part in a few independent films.
Billy made his real acting debut in 1990, becoming part of the film “Daredreamer” which starred Christina Applegate. He started earning popularity and increasing his net worth when he joined hit shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”. He would then work mainly as a guest or recurring character in series such as “Gilmore Girls”, “Fringe”, “Monk”, and “Party of Five”. He also took part in the film “Untraceable” in which he played Detective Eric Box. More movie opportunities also came his way, and he’s been a part of projects such as “Along Came a Spider”, “Final Jeopardy”, and “Flashpoint”. In 2007, he then appeared in “Feast of Love” which starred Morgan Freeman, all contributing to his net worth.
The following year, Billy appeared in “Twilight” which is based on the novel by Stephanie Mayer, and subsequently reprised his role in the sequels “New Moon” and “Eclipse”; these opportunities helped increase his net worth further. He also became part of the show “My Boys” during this time, then in 2010 he was cast as the antagonist in the thriller “Drive Angry”, starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard and released the following year. He also became part of the drama series “Rizzoli & Iles”, before being cast as the lead in the Eric Kripke show “Revolution”, produced by J.J. Abrams. Afterwards, he reprised his role in “The Closer” and also then the same role in the spin-off “Major Crimes”. One of his latest projects is the show “Zoo” in which he has played Mitch Morgan since 2015, is based on the novel by James Patterson.
For his personal life, it is known that Burke has been married to actress Pollyanna Rose since 2008, and the couple have a daughter together. He also had a previous relationship with actress Neve Campbell from 2002 to 2004. Billy likes to play music, and was part of a band during his teenage years, having been a singer since he was young. He is also an avid poker player, and has appeared in televised tournaments as well as poker shows.
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies
Revolution, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Twilight, Lights Out, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Drive Angry, Untraceable, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Red Riding Hood, Feast of Love, Rizzoli & Isles, Ladder 49, Fracture, Along Came a Spider, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Di...
TV Shows
Rizzoli & Isles, Revolution, The Jury, Wonderland
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(2012, on landing Revolution) I was in Las Vegas, being a danger to myself. I got a call from my manager. She said, "Jon Favreau and Eric Kripke would like to meet you. They're doing a show. It's also produced by J.J. Abrams." I said, "What time do I gotta be there?" I flew back immediately, we met on a weekend, and they sort of just pitched me the show, what it was and what it was about. And given that and the pedigree that it came with, I said, "What do I gotta do? I'm in." And that's where it went from there. It's been nothing but joy ever since.
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(2012, on Jane Austen's Mafia!) Yeah! That was my first studio picture. It was two tons of fun. Great cast: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, the late Lloyd Bridges... one of his last movies, as a matter of fact. Yeah, just that silly, fall-down, slap-in-the-face, really great comedy that I never get the chance to do anymore, actually. But it was good times.
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(2012, on getting into acting) I had known that I'd wanted to be an actor from a very early age, but I had always known that I wanted to have a dual career. I wanted to be an actor, and I also at that time wanted to be a rock star. And I went down the rock-star path first, and... that had its successes, but it didn't actually turn into rock stardom. But while I was doing that-this was up in Seattle, during the pre-grunge years-I met a woman who was producing an independent film, and she asked me to come and read for it. I did, and I got that part. And then she ended up doing another movie, and I got a part in that. Then I kind of did the thing that all the kids do: I moved to L.A. and just... I was doing music at the time, I had a demo deal with Warner Bros. that didn't pan out in the end, but I decided that while I was down here I'd just try and read for everything that I possibly could, and I started working as an actor in a timely fashion. And I've had a good 21 years so far.
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(2012, on his role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) I barely remember that, except for the fact that it was one of my very first gigs. I remember being in makeup for four and a half or five hours, and then to take off the makeup it was another three or four in makeup, because you have to go through the whole process. It was very brief. One scene, maybe a scene and a half. It was basically a walk-on role. But it was very... it was a style that I was completely not used to as an actor. It was very Shakespearean, that show. But I did the best I could.
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(2012, on Komodo) There are things you do for art and there are things you do for commerce. I am not embarrassed about saying that I had an amazing time in Australia making that movie. Was it a piece of genius? No. But I remember having such a great time making it. It was me and Jill Hennessey and Kevin Zegers, and we had a ball, actually. We shot it on the Gold Coast of Australia, and every weekend we'd go down to either Sydney or Melbourne and have a blast. I don't really remember what the movie was about, but, uh, there were some lizards in it, right?
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His characters on 24 (2001) and Revolution (2012) both have the last name Matheson.