FrameThrower · Actors · Robert John Burke
Robert John Burke
8 films · 500 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1992–2023
Born 12 September 1960 · New York City, New York, USA
Robert John Burke is an American actor known for his roles in the early films of Hal Hartley, as well as his roles in RoboCop 3 (1993), Tombstone (1993), and Thinner (1996). During the 2000s, Burke became well known for his portrayal of Mickey Gavin on Rescue Me (2004–11), Bart Bass in Gossip Girl (2007–12), Ed Tucker in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–20), and a number of other film and television roles including Intrusion (2021).
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How their films are shot
Measured across 500 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Robert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Robert 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.
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 500 frames from Robert John Burke's 8 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.