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Tom Burke

Tom Burke

7 films · 643 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20132025

Born 30 June 1981 · Kent, England, UK

Tom Burke is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as in the series The Musketeers (2014–2016), the miniseries War & Peace (2016), and as the eponymous character Cormoran Strike in the series Strike (2017). In film, he is best known for portraying Orson Welles in Mank (2020), and starring in in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) and Black Bag (2025).

He was the godson of actor Alan Rickman.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 643 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20132025

  • Ian Charleson Awards

How their films are shot

Measured across 643 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tom takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 44% low key — the look of the work Tom takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night41%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural43%
High key6%

Shot size

Medium48%
Wide25%
Closeup16%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle7%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense21%
Lonely10%
Ominous6%

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 643 frames from Tom Burke's 7 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.