You’ve seen him in more villainous roles than heroic ones. In Game of Thrones, Burn Gorman played the character of Karl Tanner, the terrifyingly controlling and vicious leader of the Night Watch defectors. He drank wine from the skull of Night’s Watch leader Jeor Mormont, whom he had killed and also attempted to rape a little girl.
Well, his end came in season 4 when who else? Jon Snow put a sword in the back of his skull ending his life. In addition to his GOT role, Burn Gorman, who began his acting career in 1998, is known for several other roles, including that of Dr. Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood.
Burn Gorman Biography
Burn was born Burn Hugh Winchester Gorman on September 1, 1974 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California to British parents who lived in LA. Her father was a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood. Burn is the last of four children with three older sisters. After 7 years in Hollywood, Burn’s family moved to the UK, where he would spend the rest of his childhood. Passionate about the stage, Burn attended the School of Theater at Manchester Metropolitan University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Performance.
He began his acting career in 1998 making his debut with the recurring role of Ben Andrews on Coronation Street. His first feature film was released in 2004 in Layer Cake, which also starred Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy.
Gormon’s big break came the following year, 2005, when he started starring as Owen Harper in the first season of the BBC sci-fi series Torchwood. He reprized the role the following season, appearing in 26 episodes before leaving in 2008. Burn then had other projects with the BBC, including Funland, Bonekickers, Low Winter Sun, The Curse of Steptoe, among others.
He also had other non-BBC small screen gigs like EastEnders, Wuthering Heights, The Runaway, Spies of Warsaw, Revenge, etc. On the big screen, Gorman has also had a long list to brag about. He starred in Christopher Nolan’s superhero film The Dark Knight Rises (2012). The following year he appeared in the science fiction film Pacific Rim which also starred Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba. Burn reprized his role in the aftermath of the Pacific Basin uprising in 2018.
Before landing a role on Game of Thrones, Burn’s was already an established actor, however, his role brought him to the knowledge of those who hadn’t known him before. After GOT, Burn’s career continued to progress across the big and small screens. His next major small-screen gig was in Washington’s Turn: Spiers, where he portrayed major Edmund Hewlett for 25 seasons.
Burn Gorman has also worked extensively in theatre. He has worked with English National Opera, Soho Theatre, Young Vic, Royal Court, Paines Plow and Oxford Stage Company.
Interestingly, Burn also has a musical side. Under the alias BB Burn, he was part of Drool Skool, a group of human drum machines including Shlomo and DukeBox. In 2003 he was crowned BBC 1Xtra Human Beatbox Champion. Burn has performed all over the world in clubs and on stage. He sang alongside Neneh Cherry, Rodney P and Groove Armada.
Family: wife and children
Burn Gorman is a family man. On July 17, 2004, he married Sarah Beard, a teacher. Two years later, in 2006, when Gorman had just stepped up his career as Torchwood, the couple welcomed their first act, a son named Max Hugh Gorman. He was born in Cardiff.
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The second, a daughter named Nell Gorman, arrived on January 25, 2009. Their next child would also be a daughter, Rosa Gorman, born in September 2014.
Although Ms. Gorman maintains a private life, she sometimes accompanies her husband to film premieres. She accompanied him to the European premiere of Pacific Rim at BFI IMAX, Southbank, London.
Gorman’s wife, Sarah Beard, should not be confused with the American shooting athlete of the same name. The athlete from a family with a long history of shooting was born on May 21, 1991 in Indiapolis, Indiana, USA. Ms. Gorman also shares the name of an author known for Porcelain Keys and Beyond the Rising Tide.
