American-born English actor and musician Burn Gorman is perhaps best familiar to the moviegoers as Phillip Stryver from the superhero film The Dark Knight Rises (2012) or as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb from Pacific Rim (2013). He is also a familiar face among the television audience, thanks to his roles in the sci-fi series Torchwood and the dystopian alternate history series The Man in the High Castle. Gorman is also a seasoned musician, having performed at venues around the world and closely associated with bands like The Streets.

Other significant acting credits include Colour Me Kubrick (2005), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) and the gothic romance film Crimson Peak (2015). In 2018, Gorman reprised his role as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim Uprising, the second instalment in the hit sci-fi action series.