Burn Gorman

Burn Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an American-born English actor and musician. Burn is best known for his roles as Owen Harper in Torchwood and as William Guppy in Bleak House. He was born in Hollywood California where his father worked as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. At the age of seven he moved to London England. He has a wife, Sarah, and two children: a son named Max who was born during the filming of the Torc... more

Burn Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an American-born English actor and musician. Burn is best known for his roles as Owen Harper in Torchwood and as William Guppy in Bleak House. He was born in Hollywood California where his father worked as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. At the age of seven he moved to London England. He has a wife, Sarah, and two children: a son named Max who was born during the filming of the Torchwood episode "Ghost Machine" and a daughter named Nell born the 25 January 2009. He appears in the first two seasons of the BAFTA Cymru winning science-fiction/crime drama Torchwood as Owen Harper, and in 2007 filmed Sex, The City and Me for the BBC and "Ordeal by Innocence", an episode of Marple for ITV. Recently, he has worked with cult Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia on The Oxford Murders, a crime thriller based on Guillermo Martinez's book of the same name alongside Elijah Wood and John Hurt. He also appeared in the film Fred Claus... less