Burgess' first role was in the film
Dead Easy, before getting his lucky break in the
World War I miniseries
1915. He went on to feature in
The Great Bookie Robbery,
The Dirtwater Dynasty and
Inside Running, before scoring his long-running role as Senior Sergeant Dave McCall, in four seasons of
Water Rats. He quit the series of his own accord, desiring a change, and subsequently scored the lead role of Bill Peterson in
Above the Law. Burgess later returned to television in four episodes of
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities in 2009. ==Personal life==