For the producer born in 1946, see
Ed Burns
.
American actor and filmmaker (born 1968)
Edward Burns
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Born
| Edward Fitzgerald Burns
(
1968-01-29
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January 29, 1968
(age 56)
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Education
| Hewlett High School
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Years active
| 1995?present
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Notable work
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Spouse
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Children
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Website
| www
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Edward Fitzgerald Burns
(born January 29, 1968) is an American actor and moviemaker. He first became known well for
The Brothers McMullen
(1995), his ultra low-budget
independent movie
that became successful worldwide. Other movie appearances include
Saving Private Ryan
(1998),
The Holiday
(2006),
Man on a Ledge
(2012),
Friends with Kids
(2012), and
Alex Cross
(2012). Burns directed movies such as
She's the One
(1996),
Sidewalks of New York
(2001), and
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
(2012). For television, he featured as
Bugsy Siegel
in the
TNT
crime drama series
Mob City
and as Terry Muldoon for TNT's
Public Morals
.
Early life
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]
Burns was born in
Woodside, Queens
, New York, the son of Edward J. Burns, a police officer and
public relations
spokesman, and Molly (nee McKenna), a
federal agency
manager.
[1]
He was raised a
Roman Catholic
.
[2]
[3]
Burns is the second of three children (with siblings Mary and
Brian
) and is of Irish, and one-quarter Swedish descent.
[4]
He was raised in
Valley Stream, New York
, on
Long Island
.
[5]
He briefly attended
Chaminade High School
before transferring to
Hewlett High School
. After high school, Burns attended, from 1987 to 1992,
SUNY Oneonta
,
University at Albany
, and
Hunter College
.
Career
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Burns got his start in the movie industry right after college as a production assistant on the
Oliver Stone
movie,
The Doors
. While working as a
gofer
at
Entertainment Tonight
, he financed, produced, directed and featured in his first movie
The Brothers McMullen
in his spare time, which was largely filmed in his hometown of Valley Stream. Once he completed the movie, he was able to get a copy to
Robert Redford
after an ET junket interview for
Quiz Show
at the Rhiga Royal Hotel in
Manhattan
. In 1996, Burns wrote, directed and featured in the ensemble drama
She's The One
with
Jennifer Aniston
,
Cameron Diaz
and
Amanda Peet
, as well as
Sidewalks of New York
in 2001.
Burns is also known for his acting work for movies such as
Saving Private Ryan
(1998),
Life or Something Like It
(2002), and
Confidence
(2003).
Looking for Kitty
(2004), which Burns wrote, directed and starred in, was shot with a hand-held $3,000 digital
Panasonic AG-DVX100
camera with a
Mini35
adapter. The movie's entire budget was $200,000
[6]
[7]
and was filmed in New York City with a tiny crew and without standard permits. Burns discussed this unusual movie-making process in the director's commentary on the DVD and wrote in the Director's Letter "If you are an aspiring filmmaker, in this day of inflating budgets and
runaway production
, the truth is you can make a movie for no money in New York ... and have a blast".
[
citation needed
]
His movie
Purple Violets
premiered exclusively on
iTunes
on November 20, 2007. Burns began a series of guest appearances on the
HBO
original series
Entourage
midway through season 3, as well as appearing as
Grace Adler
's boyfriend in
Will & Grace
. In
Entourage,
Burns plays himself and is (within the context of the series) writing a new television series in which
Johnny Drama
is able to acquire a part. In 2007, Burns announced plans to partner with
Virgin Comics
to create a series entitled
Dock Walloper
.
[8]
Burns plans to use the comic series as a springboard to a movie of the same story.
In March 2009,
The Lynch Pin
, a series of short movies featuring, written and directed by Burns were released via the internet.
[9]
The ten episodes are only available to view online as of August 2009
[update]
and future plans for the project are unknown.
With the modest success of
Purple Violets
, Burns was considering taking a studio directing assignment to make money. After reading a few scripts and attending a few meetings, he chose to remain a writer/director. He then wrote
Nice Guy Johnny
and filmed it quickly, with the RED One camera, for a reported $25,000 with a small crew.
[10]
Nice Guy Johnny
premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival
in 2010.
[11]
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011, Burns wrote a movie,
Newlyweds
, that he also directed and starred in. Conforming to a model similar to
Nice Guy Johnny
,
Newlyweds
was filmed with a
Canon 5D
, with an even smaller crew, for $9000, in 12 days.
[12]
The movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 as the final night movie.
[13]
He claimed on Twitter that the $9,000 budget was "5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can."
[14]
In 2013 Burns featured as real-life gangster
Bugsy Siegel
in
Frank Darabont
's miniseries
Mob City
.
In 2012, Burns set up a screenwriting contest with the web startup
Scripped
for a
crowdsourced
screenplay which he intended to help get produced.
[15]
Personal life
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Burns is married to model
Christy Turlington
and they have two children, a daughter born in 2003 and a son born in 2006. He and Turlington are Catholic. He is an advisor to ICX Media, an ad-tech audience analytics data company.
[16]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Awards and nominations
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Year
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Award
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Category
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Film
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Result
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1995
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Independent Spirit
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Best First Feature
Shared with Dick Fisher
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The Brothers McMullen
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Won
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Sundance Film Festival
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Best Dramatic Film
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Won
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1999
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Screen Actors Guild
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Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Shared with
Matt Damon
,
Jeremy Davies
,
Vin Diesel
,
Adam Goldberg
,
Tom Hanks
,
Barry Pepper
,
Giovanni Ribisi
and
Tom Sizemore
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Saving Private Ryan
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Nominated
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Online Film Critics Society
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Best Ensemble Cast Performance
Shared with Damon, Davies, Diesel, Goldberg, Hanks, Pepper, Ribisi and Sizemore
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Won
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2008
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Teen Choice
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Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller
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One Missed Call
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Nominated
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2010
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Boston Film Festival
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Best Director
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Nice Guy Johnny
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Won
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References
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- ^
"Edward Burns Biography (1968?)"
. Film Reference.
Archived
from the original on October 31, 2012
. Retrieved
October 22,
2012
.
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"Edward Burns"
.
New York University
. October 30, 2007. Archived from
the original
on June 5, 2010
. Retrieved
June 22,
2010
.
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Mills, Nancy (November 12, 2001).
"Ed Burns' 'New York,' before & after film's mood fits despite the Sept. 11 divide"
.
Daily News
.
New York City
. Retrieved
May 17,
2020
.
He's Irish-Catholic, used to work at "Entertainment Tonight," has a father who's a cop and has that bridge-and-tunnel reverse pride of people whose lives span the East River.
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Cohn, Beverly (2012).
"An Exclusive Interview With Edward Burns - Up Close & Personal"
.
Splash Magazines - Los Angeles
.
Archived
from the original on April 13, 2018
. Retrieved
May 6,
2018
.
I'm thankful that I'm one-quarter Swedish, as well.
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Weinraub, Bernard
(January 30, 1995).
"A Sort of Cinderella Prevails at Sundance"
.
The New York Times
.
Archived
from the original on January 26, 2008
. Retrieved
October 10,
2007
.
Mr. Burns's parents encouraged him to write years ago; his mother, a film buff, watches Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall' and 'Manhattan' twice a month.
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Calamari, Alexandra.
"Looking For Kitty DVD Review"
. CinemaBlend. Archived from
the original
on December 24, 2012
. Retrieved
October 22,
2012
.
The movie's budget was just over two hundred thousand dollars and it shows, with fuzzy pictures, unimpressive sound quality, and that horrible banjo strumming that always seems to be on the soundtrack of indie films.
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MacDonald, Daniel (December 12, 2006).
"Review - Looking For Kitty"
. DVDVerdict. Archived from
the original
on December 15, 2012
. Retrieved
October 22,
2012
.
He made the movie for a staggering $200,000, purchasing a Panasonic digital camera for three grand and casting friends who could help him out for a couple of weeks.
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Franklin, Garth (July 27, 2007).
"Ed Burns Is Into Dock-ing"
. Dark Horizons. Archived from
the original
on July 31, 2012
. Retrieved
October 22,
2012
.
Ed Burns is setting a deal with Virgin Comics for a comic book series that serves as a calling card for a live action feature reports reports Variety. Burns has created "Dock Walloper," a stylized gangster tale set in the 1920s, where Prohibition has created a struggle to control the criminal underworld.
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"The Lynch Pin"
. Goldenharp.net. Archived from
the original
on February 26, 2012
. Retrieved
October 22,
2012
.
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Itzkoff, Dave (April 23, 2010).
"Nice Guy Eddie: 15 Years of Film Festivals With Edward Burns"
.
The New York Times
.
Archived
from the original on May 7, 2011.
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"Nice Guy Johnny"
. 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from
the original
on March 23, 2010.
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Macaulay, Scott (March 18, 2011).
"Breaking Down Ed Burns' $9,000 Shooting Budget"
.
Filmmaker
.
Archived
from the original on June 22, 2012
. Retrieved
May 17,
2020
.
9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film.
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"Newlyweds"
. 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from
the original
on April 5, 2011.
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Burns, Edward (March 17, 2011).
"Newlyweds shooting budget. 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. That's how to make an #indiefilm"
.
Twitter
. Archived from
the original
on March 27, 2016
. Retrieved
May 6,
2018
.
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"Edward Burns Contest"
. Scripped. Archived from
the original
on July 31, 2012
. Retrieved
October 22,
2012
.
- ^
"Board and Advisors"
.
ICX Media
. Archived from
the original
on October 27, 2021
. Retrieved
October 27,
2021
.
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