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Edward Burns

Edward Burns

Highest Rated: 94% Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Lowest Rated: 0% One Missed Call (2008)

Birthday: Jan 29, 1968

Birthplace: Woodside, New York, USA

Like Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino and Allison Anders, actor-writer-director Edward Burns rose to prominence during the indie film boom of the mid-1990s on the strength of his debut film, "The Brothers McMullen" (1995). A thoughtful, good-natured comedy-drama about three Irish-Catholic siblings, it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and established Burns as a director on the rise. Unfortunately, some of his subsequent efforts, which included "She's The One" (1996), "Sidewalks of New York" (2001) and "Nice Guy Johnny" (2010) felt like rehashes of "McMullen" in their wordiness and low-wattage conflicts. Burns also enjoyed an occasional side career as an actor, most notably in "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), but his tenacity and dedication to intimate dramas - for better or worse - were his calling cards for his decade-plus career.

Highest rated movies

94% Saving Private Ryan
88% The Brothers McMullen
73% Newlyweds
69% Confidence
66% Friends With Kids
64% The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
62% She's the One
56% Sidewalks of New York

Photos

The Mortified Sessions, Ed Burns, 12/05/2011, ©SC The Mortified Sessions, Ed Burns, 12/05/2011, ©SC THE BROTHERS McMULLEN, Maxine Bahns, Edward Burns, 1995. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. BROADWAY AFTER DARK, from left, director Monta Bell, cameraman Charles Van Enger, Edward Burns, Norma Shearer, on location, 1924 THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN, Jack Mulcahy, Ed Burns, Maxine Bahns, Mike McGlone, 1995, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE BROTHERS McMULLEN, Jack Mulcahy, Maxine Bahns, Edward Burns, Mike McGlone, 1995. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. NO LOOKING BACK, Edward Burns, 1998 SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK, Heather Graham, Edward Burns, 2001. SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK, Edward Burns, Dennis Farina, 2001. THE BROTHERS McMULLEN, Edward Burns, Mike McGlone, Jack Mulcahy, 1995. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. The Mortified Sessions, David Nadelberg (L), Ed Burns (R), 12/05/2011, ©SC ONE MISSED CALL, Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, 2008. ©Warner Bros. CONFIDENCE, Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, 2003, (c) Lions Gate CONFIDENCE, Edward Burns, 2003. ©Lions Gate SHE'S THE ONE, Edward Burns, John Mahoney, 1996, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. 15 MINUTES, from left: Vera Farmiga, Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, 2001, © New Line NO LOOKING BACK, director Edward Burns, on set, 1998. ©Polygram Filmed Entertainment SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK, Edward Burns, Heather Graham, 2001 NO LOOKING BACK, Edward Burns, Lauren Holly, 1998, (c)Polygram Filmed Entertainment LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, 2002, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% No Score Yet The Everything Pot Executive Producer - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Summer Days, Summer Nights Jack Flynn (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 2018
No Score Yet 62% Holly Star Executive Producer - 2018
75% 60% Film Hawk Self - 2016
No Score Yet 29% Blue Gold: American Jeans Narrator - 2014
64% 50% The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Gerry (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		$13.8K 2012
11% 47% Alex Cross Thomas Kane (Character) $25.9M 2012
31% 52% Man on a Ledge Det. Jack Dougherty (Character) $18.6M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doggy Bags Director - 2012
73% 53% Newlyweds Buzzy (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		$4.6K 2011
66% 49% Friends With Kids Kurt (Character) $7.3M 2011
No Score Yet 53% Nice Guy Johnny Uncle Terry (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 2010
8% 31% Echelon Conspiracy John Reed (Character) $500.2K 2009
41% 57% 27 Dresses George (Character) $76.8M 2008
0% 29% One Missed Call Det. Jack Andrews (Character) $26.9M 2008
No Score Yet 60% Purple Violets Michael Murphy (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 2007
50% 80% The Holiday Ethan (Character) $63.2M 2006
53% 44% The Groomsmen Paulie (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		- 2006
No Score Yet 37% The River King Abel Grey (Character) - 2005
6% 18% A Sound of Thunder Travis Ryer (Character) $1.9M 2005
No Score Yet 14% The Breakup Artist Self - 2004
35% 44% Looking for Kitty Jack Stanton (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$3.2K 2004
31% 40% Flight of the Phoenix Screenwriter $21.0M 2004
69% 70% Confidence Jake Vig (Character) $12.2M 2003
25% 44% Ash Wednesday Francis Sullivan (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$2.9K 2002
28% 44% Life or Something Like It Pete (Character) $14.4M 2002
56% 54% Sidewalks of New York Tommy (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$2.4M 2001
32% 37% 15 Minutes Jordy Warsaw (Character) $24.4M 2001
94% 95% Saving Private Ryan Private Richard Reiben (Character) - 1998
36% 64% No Looking Back Charlie Ryan (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$221.8K 1998
62% 41% She's the One Mickey Fitzpatrick (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$9.5M 1996
88% 60% The Brothers McMullen Barry/Finbar McMullen (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$9.1M 1995

TV

Credit
29% 89% Bridge and Tunnel Artie (Character),
Creator,
Director,
Executive Producer,
Writer 		2021-2022
82% 90% Public Morals Terry Muldoon (Character),
Executive Producer,
Creator 		2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2015
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2015
93% 95% Louie Ed (Guest Star) 2014
66% 80% Mob City Ben "Bugsy" Siegel (Character) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2010 2012-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vietnam in HD Unknown (Voice) 2011
65% 82% Entourage Ed Burns (Guest Star) 2006-2007 2009
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Nick (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2001
36% No Score Yet The Fighting Fitzgeralds Executive Producer 2001
74% No Score Yet The Knights of Prosperity Unknown (Guest Star)