Billy Burke Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a Saturn Award for best actor on television for his role in "Revolution" in 2013
• Was working on "Twilight" at the time of his daughter's birth
• Moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s to work on a recording contract, but after the demo did not pan out, he chose to stay and try his hand at acting
• Began singing at age nine and joined his first band at 15
• Quote: "Actors are just people too and we are both there to do the same job and hopefully come up with something great․ I look at it like we are both there for the common goal․ I don't look at it as difficult․ I just jump in because it's fun․"
• Quote: "I had known that I'd wanted to be an actor from a very early age, but I always knew 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․"
• Quote: "I don't make the distinction between whether or not I am going to do a show or movies․ It's all based on material․ It's about whatever comes along that I think I can add the most to․"
• Landed his first Hollywood role in 1998's "Jane Austen's Mafia!" before earning more critical acclaim for "Dill Scallion" the following year
• Was persuaded by Peter Berg to audition for television roles, eventually helping him land his role on "Wonderland․"
• Best known for his roles in the "Twilight" franchise and in the series "Revolution․"
• Released his first album "Removed" at the age of 43