William Albert Burke (born November 25, 1966) 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).

Filmography

• M.I.A. — Sheriff Jack Taylor
• 2025Outbreak — Neil Morris
• 2024Bloody Axe Wound — Roger Bladecut
• 2022Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition — Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
• Fire Country — Vince Leone
• 2021Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One — Commissioner Gordon (voice)
• 2021Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two — Commissioner Gordon (voice)
• Maid — Hank Russell
• 9-1-1: Lone Star — Billy Tyson
• Most Dangerous Game — Reagan (uncredited)
• 2018Breaking In — Eddie
• FBI — Rowan Quinn
• 2017Good After Bad — Wes Thorne
• 2016Apek Dan Siti
• 2016Lights Out — Paul
• 2015Divine Access — Jack, Producer
• Zoo — Mitch Morgan
• 2014Angels in Stardust — Cowboy
• 2013Highland Park — Lloyd Howard
• 2012Freaky Deaky — Chris Mankowski
• Revolution — Miles Matheson
• 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 — Charlie Swan
• 2012Ticket Out — Dennis
• 2011Drive Angry — Jonah King
• 2011Red Riding Hood — Cesaire
• 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 — Charlie Swan
• 2010David and Goliath — David
• 2010Luster — Tito
• 2010Removal — Eric Kershe
• Rizzoli & Isles — Gabriel Dean
• 2010The Twilight Saga: Eclipse — Charlie Swan
• 2009The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Charlie Swan
• Fringe — Lucas Vogel
• 2008Mario Barth: Under The Skin — Writer, Director
• 2008The Grift — Wade Buchanan
• 2008Twilight — Charlie Swan
• 2008Untraceable — Eric Box
• 2007Backyards & Bullets
• 2007Feast of Love — David Watson
• 2007Forfeit — Frank
• 2007Fracture — Rob Nunally
• 2007Three Days to Vegas — Billy Simpson
• The Closer — Phillip Stroh, Phillip Stroh (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2004Dead & Breakfast — Story
• 2004Ladder 49 — Dennis Gauquin
• The Jury — John Ranguso
• 2003Lost Junction — Jimmy McGee
• Monk — Brad Terry
• 24 — Gary Matheson
• 2001After Image — Sammy
• 2001Along Came a Spider — Ben Devine
• 2001Final Jeopardy — Mike Chapman
• Gilmore Girls — Alex Lesman
• 2000The Independent — Dwayne
• Wonderland — Abe Matthews
• 1999Dill Scallion — Dill Scallion
• 1999Komodo — Oates
• 1998Don't Look Down — Mark Engel
• 1998Jane Austen's Mafia! — Joey Cortino
• 1998Without Limits — Kenny Moore
• 1996Gone in the Night — Rob Kinney
• 1996Marshal Law — Monk
• 1996The Ultimate Lie
• Strange Luck
• VR.5 — Marco
• All-American Girl — Cody
• Party of Five — Guy in Club, Gil
• Vanishing Son — Spider McKeun
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Ari
• 1991To Cross the Rubicon — James Bird
• 1990Daredreamer — Dante of the Three D's / Ortega
• Law & Order — Mr. Farmer
• CHIC — Drew

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self