William Albert "Billy" Burke (born November 25, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Charlie Swan in Twilight and its sequels, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. He is also known for his role as Gary Matheson in the second season of 24. In 2011, he played Cesaire in Red Riding Hood. In 2012, he was cast as the lead character, Miles Matheson (no connection to character on 24) in the NBC science-fiction series Revolution, created by Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams.

 

Life and career

Burke was born in Bellingham, Washington. He is married to actress Pollyanna Rose; they have a daughter named Bluesy LaRue Burke.

 

His television credits include roles in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Second Skin"), Party of Five, Gilmore Girls, Karen Sisco, Fringe, Monk and The Closer (Season 4, episode 13, "Power of Attorney" playing an attorney, who was a rapist and murder suspect, Phillip Stroh). He played Detective Eric Box in the film Untraceable.

 

His motion picture credits include Jane Austen's Mafia!, Along Came a Spider, Final Jeopardy, Flashpoint and Ladder 49. His upcoming film credits include The Fallen, Forfeit, Fracture and Retirement. He appeared in Feast of Love (2007), co-starring Selma Blair and Morgan Freeman.

 

In 2008, Burke appeared in Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, playing the role of Charlie Swan.[3] He also portrayed Bobby's brother Jack on the show My Boys. Burke reprised his role as Charlie Swan in Twilight's sequels, New Moon[4] and Eclipse.

 

Burke is one of the "famous faces" on the online poker website Hollywood Poker, which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network.In February 2010, Burke was cast as Jonah King, the primary antagonist featured in the thriller Drive Angry, which was directed by Patrick Lussier and co-starred Amber Heard, Nicolas Cage, and William Fichtner.It was released on February 25, 2011.

As of July 2010, Burke appears in the TNT drama series Rizzoli & Isles.

 

In 2012, he was cast as the lead in the NBC science-fiction series Revolution, created by Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams.Burke has the same last name (Matheson) in both 24 and Revolution.

 

Burke reprised his role in The Closer (Season 7, episode 16, "Hostile Witness" playing the rapist and murderer, attorney Phillip Stroh). He appeared again in the final season's finale in a face-off against the LAPD.

Filmography
Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Daredreamer
1991	To Cross the Rubicon	James Bird
1994	Party of Five	Guy in Club	Television, 1 episode
1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Ari	Television, 1 episode
1995	Strange Luck		Television, 1 episode
1995	Vanishing Son	Spider McKeun	Television, 1 episode
1995	All-American Girl	Cody	Television, 1 episode
1996	Marshal Law	Monk	Television film
1996	Ultimate Lie, TheThe Ultimate Lie		Television film
1996	Gone in the Night	Rob Kinney	Television film
1996	Party of Five	Gil	Television, 1 episode
1997	VR.5	Marco	Television, 1 episode
1998	Don't Look Down	Mark Engel
1998	Without Limits	Kenny Moore
1998	Mafia!	Joey Cortino
1999	Komodo	Oates
1999	Dill Scallion	Dill Scallion
2000	Independent, TheThe Independent	Dwayne
2000	Wonderland	Dr. Abe Matthews	Television, 5 episodes
2001	Final Jeopardy	Mike Chapman	Television film
2001	Along Came a Spider	Ben Devine
2001	After Image	Sammy
2002	Flashpoint	Shaw	Television film
2002–03	24	Gary Matheson	Television, 7 episodes
2003	Karen Sisco	Merle Salchek	Television, 1 episode
2003	Lost Junction	Jimmy McGee
2003	Gilmore Girls	Alex Lesman	Television, 3 episodes
2003	Something More	Peter
2004	Ladder 49	Dennis Gauquin
2004	Jury, TheThe Jury	John Ranguso	Television, 2 episodes
2004	Monk	Brad Terry	Television, 1 episode
2005	World Poker Tour	Himself	Hollywood Home Game VIII
2007	Feast of Love	David Watson
2007	Fracture	Lt. Robert 'Rob' Nunally
2007	Forfeit	Frank
2007	Law & Order	Attorney Farmer	Television, 1 episode
2007	Three Days to Vegas	Billy Simpson
2007	Backyards & Bullets		Television film
2007	HBO First Look	Himself	The Making of 'Fracture'
2008	Twilight	Charlie Swan
2008	Fringe	Lucas Vogel	Television, 1 episode
2008	My Boys	Jack Newman	Television, 4 episodes
2008	Grift, TheThe Grift	Wade Buchanan
2008	Untraceable	Detective Eric Box
2009	Twilight Saga: New Moon, TheThe Twilight Saga: New Moon	Charlie Swan
2009	Luster	Tito
2009	Ticket Out	Dennis
2009	Baby O	Sergio
2009-12	Closer, TheThe Closer	Phillip Stroh	Television, 3 episodes
2010	Twilight Saga: Eclipse, TheThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Charlie Swan
2010-12	Rizzoli & Isles	Gabriel Dean	Television, 4 episodes
2011	Drive Angry	Jonah King
2011	Red Riding Hood	Cesaire
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Charlie Swan
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Charlie Swan
2012-present	Revolution	Miles Matheson	Main character
TBA	Jesus In Cowboy Boots	The Cowboy

 
Writer

Year	Film	Notes
2003	Something More
2004	Dead & Breakfast	story

 
Producer

Year	Film	Notes
2003	Something More	co-producer