FrameThrower · Actors · Billy Burke
Billy Burke
9 films · 815 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2004–2021
Born 25 November 1966 · Bellingham, Washington, USA
William Albert Burke is an American actor. He is known for his role as Charlie Swan in Twilight and its sequels. In 2011, he played Cesaire in Red Riding Hood. In 2012, he was cast as one of the lead characters, Miles Matheson, in the NBC science-fiction series Revolution. From 2015 to 2017, he starred in the CBS series Zoo. He has also appeared in the supernatural horror film Lights Out (2016) and the thriller Breaking In (2018).
How their films are shot
Measured across 815 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Billy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 9 films we hold, 58% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work Billy takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Twilight
2008 · Charlie Swan
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
2021 · Commissioner Gordon (voice)
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two
2021 · Commissioner Gordon (voice)
Lights Out
2016 · Paul
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
2012 · Charlie Swan
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
2011 · Charlie Swan
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 · Charlie Swan
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 · Charlie Swan
Ladder 49
2004 · Dennis Gauquin
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 815 frames from Billy Burke's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.