“I never see the characters I play as villains. He has three older sisters. [6] Outside London, he has worked with Nottingham Playhouse, the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, and the Royal Exchange and Contact Theatres, where he was nominated for a Manchester Evening News Best Newcomer Award. Appearances But I’m playing Adolphus Murtry, he’s a guy who gets stuff done. Adolphus Murtry And I actually quite like the fact that he’s extremely good at his job. Gorman played William Guppy in the 2005 BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and then appeared as Owen Harper in the first two seasons of the BBC science fiction series Torchwood. Gorman portrayed 'The Marshal' in the first season of the Amazon drama The Man in the High Castle. Burn Gorman: It’s been a long time since somebody complimented me on my fresh face. He has been married to Sarah Beard since July 2004. External Links Other television roles include Funland and Bonekickers, amongst other projects for the BBC, and he also appeared in Channel 4's political thriller Low Winter Sun. The Expanse returns with season four December 13 on Amazon Prime. “He loses some of his people pretty early on and, like any good military man, he’s going to find out who’s responsible,” he said. “The fans are quite similar in the fact that they’re extremely well informed and intelligent and I feel like there’s a sense of ownership, I feel like there’s a sense of pleasure that these things are actually being made,” he said. The Expanse Adolphus Murtry 1 Episode (2015) Game of Thrones 2 Episodes (2013-2013) Gorman is a passionate music fan. [3] His father was a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles. “He’s a guy who gets stuff done,” Gorman said. Burn Gorman in "The Expanse" Season 4 Amazon Prime Video. "New Terra" My doppelganger is that rebelling greeting card from Futurama. Burn Gorman, Actor: The Dark Knight Rises. In addition to The Expanse, Gorman has appeared in notable genre works like The Dark Knight Rises and Pacific Rim. Gorman trained at Manchester Metropolitan University's School of Theatre.[4]. There’s an ambush that claims the lives of some of his security personnel and causes Adolphus to lose one of his legs, and he gets a prosthetic. [citation needed], Gorman married Sarah Beard, a school teacher, on 17 July 2004. Burn Gorman At the age of seven, Gorman moved to London with his family. We sat down with Gorman in io9's studio at New York Comic Con, you can watch the video above, so we could dive deep into the new character of Adolphus Murtry and his role in the fourth season of The Expanse. Gorman's stage credits include Ladybird (Royal Court), Flush (Soho Theatre), and Gong Donkeys (Bush Theatre), prompting Michael Billington of The Guardian to write that "Gorman proves that he is one of the best young actors in Britain". Torchwood and Game of Thrones star Burn Gorman, who is … He is known for his roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–2014), Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), and Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014). So I was, I suppose, pleased that he was a multi-faceted character even though he’s ostensibly a bad guy. Gorman was announced to be playing Murtry on the offical Twitter-account of The Expanse on February 7, 2019.[1]. But he’s perhaps best known for playing Owen Harper on the first two seasons of Torchwood, the more-mature Doctor Who spinoff. 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[5] He has performed in readings, workshops, and development initiatives with the National Theatre Studio, Young Vic, Royal Court, Oxford Stage Company, Paines Plough, and Soho Theatre. Burn Gorman talks about his morally ambiguous character Murtry in The Expanse Season 4, and how he got into the the antagonist's mindset. Gorman played Jed on the soap opera EastEnders in March 2007. All episodes of the season will be available. Height But again, that’s the similarities between the fans is that they’re incredibly...they’re always the most fun at the bar, you know, put it like that. He has also appeared as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in the film Pacific Rim and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising. “I was, I suppose, pleased that he was a multi-faceted character even though he’s ostensibly a bad guy,” he added. 1974-09-01 (age 46) As of now, he said there’s nothing in the works. According to Gorman, we’re first introduced to Adolphus on Ilus, a new planet where competing corporate interests are trying to stake their claim. The Amazon sci-fi series The Expanse welcomed a new cast member for the show’s fourth season. We also asked what he finds similar between The Expanse and Doctor Who fandoms, given his now-experience in both of them. Burn Gorman, full name Burn Hugh Winchester Gorman, is a British actor and musician. It’s already been renewed for a fifth season, which is currently in production. As in real life, if someone is morally questionable they always think they’re doing the right thing. Character He returned to the whole in 2017 for Corpse Day, one of the audio dramas in the Torchwood audio series, and said he’d love to come back for another one in the future. The return of The Expanse feels like a reunion, but there’s a “fresh face” in the mix in the form of Torchwood’s Burn Gorman. The Expanse Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Adolphus Murtry - Burn Gorman. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Burn_Gorman?oldid=60509. And I actually quite like the fact that he’s extremely good at his job. Amazon’s The Expanse adds Burn Gorman for season 4. The Expanse: Burn Gorman Says Season 4's Villain Is a Matter of Perspective. Season(s) Gorman is known for his roles in series like "Torchwood", "Game of Thrones", and movies like "Pacific Rim". The couple's second child, daughter Nell Gorman, was born on 25 January 2009. Beard gave birth to their first child, son Max Hugh Gorman, in Cardiff in 2006, while the first series of Torchwood was in production. Burn Hugh Winchester Gorman[1][2] (born 1 September 1974) is a British actor and musician. Four Birthday He is known for his roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–2014), Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), and Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014). I always enjoy Burn Gorman, I liked his douchebag character in Torchwood, Pacific Rim films and Turn: Washington’s Spies, so I am looking forward to this season of my favorite sci-fi series. Gorman was born in Hollywood, California, to British parents.