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 Phillip Stroh, a serial rapist and murderer, a character revisited in
Major Crimes (see below). His motion picture credits include ''
Jane Austen's Mafia!, Along Came a Spider, Final Jeopardy, Flashpoint, Ladder 49, Fracture, and Three Days to Vegas''. He appeared in
Feast of Love (2007), co-starring
Selma Blair and
Morgan Freeman, and he played Detective Eric Box in the film
Untraceable (2008) with
Diane Lane. . In 2008, Burke appeared in
Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by
Stephenie Meyer, playing the role of
Charlie Swan. He also portrayed Bobby's brother, Jack, on the show
My Boys. Burke reprised his role as Charlie Swan in the
Twilight sequels,
New Moon,
Eclipse and
Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2. 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. In July 2011, Burke appeared 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 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 series finale, "The Last Word", in a face-off against the LAPD. He returned as Phillip Stroh in a recurring role in the "Closer" spin-off
Major Crimes with an ongoing impact on the show through its finale in 2018. From 2015-17, Burke starred as veterinary pathologist Mitch Morgan in
CBS's
Zoo, based on the
James Patterson novel. He has also appeared in the films
Good After Bad (2017) and
Breaking In (2018). His most recent appearances on TV include shows like
Chicago P.D.,
Most Dangerous Game,
9-1-1: Lone Star. He has recently starred in
Maid, a new Netflix series created by Molly Smith Metzler and inspired by
Stephanie Land's memoir "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive", that premiered globally on October 1, 2021 and became one of the most watched shows in many different countries, earning several nominations at the 2022 AFI Awards, Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes. He has also voiced Commissioner James Gordon in the animated DC movies
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One and Part Two released in 2021. In 2022, he joined the cast of CBS TV Studios' new drama
Fire Country that was picked up by
CBS in May; Burke plays Vince Leone, a third-generation Cal Fire and the fire chief of the community of Edgewater, California. In 2010, Burke released an album titled
Removed. His second album,
The Underkill, was released in 2018. A new single,
Burn, was released on January 20, 2023 and featured in
Fire Country episode 1x11
Mama Bear on the same day. Another single,
History, was released on May 10, 2024, as part of
Fire Country Season 2 OST; it was featured in episode 2x09
No Future, No Consequences. ==Personal life==