Edward Burns
Edward Fitzgerald Burns (born January 29, 1968) is an American actor, writer, and filmmaker. He first came to attention for The Brothers McMullen (1995), his ultra low-budget independent film that went on to be a worldwide hit. Other film 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). On television, he starred as Bugsy Siegel in the TNT crime drama series Mob City and as Terry Muldoon in TNT's Public Morals.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.2002 |
| Birthday | 1968-01-29 |
| Place of Birth | Woodside, Queens County, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Ed Burns, Edward F. Burns, Edward Fitzgerald Burns, |
1998
Saving Private Ryan
8.233/17787
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...
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Saving Private Ryan
2006
The Holiday
7.099/5754
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes th...
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The Holiday
2005
A Sound of Thunder
4.86/463
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
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A Sound of Thunder
2001
15 Minutes
5.921/839
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts fil...
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15 Minutes
2003
Confidence
6.268/491
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting...
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Confidence
2007
Purple Violets
5.787/54
Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially af...
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Purple Violets
1996
She's the One
5.5/282
Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a...
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She's the One
2001
Sidewalks of New York
6.019/77
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on...
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Sidewalks of New York
2008
27 Dresses
6.5/3508
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
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27 Dresses
2008
One Missed Call
5.38/816
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
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One Missed Call
2002
Ash Wednesday
5.435/46
In early 1980s Manhattan, a pair of Irish-American brothers become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
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Ash Wednesday
2004
Looking for Kitty
4.844/16
A high school baseball coach and a down-on-his-luck private investigator form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away...
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Looking for Kitty
2006
The Groomsmen
5.2/75
Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his p...
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The Groomsmen
2010
Nice Guy Johnny
4.722/27
Johnny Rizzo, is about to trade his dream job in talk radio for some snooze-ville gig that'll pay enough to please his fiance. Enter Uncle Terry, a ra...
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Nice Guy Johnny
2005
The River King
5.8/76
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school in...
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The River King
2009
Echelon Conspiracy
6.141/504
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous se...
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Echelon Conspiracy
1995
The Brothers McMullen
6.098/107
Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and...
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The Brothers McMullen
2002
Life or Something Like It
5.707/652
A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no...
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Life or Something Like It
2012
Man on a Ledge
6.44/2882
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. H...
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Man on a Ledge
2019
Seaver
0/0
A unique insight into Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver - a reclusive icon and his relationship with New York City.
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Seaver
2011
Newlyweds
5.9/17
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
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Newlyweds
1998
No Looking Back
5.542/24
Charlie returns to his old town where he meets his ex-girlfriend again and tries to get her back.
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No Looking Back
2012
Alex Cross
5.125/793
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fir...
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Alex Cross
2012
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
6/25
The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get p...
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2010
No Woman, No Cry
7/1
Women all over the world must struggle to receive proper care in order to survive pregnancy and childbirth.
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No Woman, No Cry
2012
Kingdom Come
6.2/5
The documentary, Kingdom Come follows a first-time director (Daniel Gillies) as he tries to raise a million dollars to finance his first film, Broken...
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Kingdom Come
2002
New York at the Movies
9/3
Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century, and how its cultural importance and impact are...
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New York at the Movies
2008
The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built
0/0
"Sandhogs" are New York's urban miners who for 150 years have carved tunnels into the city's bedrock, making life possible for the millions above. For...
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The Greatest Tunnel Ever Built
2006
Edge of Outside
5.8/4
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...
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Edge of Outside
2017
Blue Gold: American Jeans
6.2/5
Tracing the history of blue jeans around the globe.
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Blue Gold: American Jeans
2016
Film Hawk
4.375/8
What do filmmakers as disparate as Kevin Smith, Ed Burns, Rob Epstein, and Barbara Hammer have in common? A secret weapon known as Bob Hawk. As a vet...
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Film Hawk
2024
Millers in Marriage
6.087/23
Eve Miller, a former indie rock singer, struggles with her toxic marriage while growing attracted to a music journalist. Her sister Maggie, a bestsell...
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Millers in Marriage
2002
Lethargy
6/2
An early high-school short by Josh Safdie and David Gelb, Lethargy follows a drifting New York teenager—shot in black-and-white with color dream burst...
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Lethargy
1995
At Sundance
5.8/5
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg A...
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At Sundance
2012
Friends with Kids
5.934/499
In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a coupl...
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Friends with Kids
2018
Summer Days, Summer Nights
5.75/26
On the south shore of Long Island in the summer of 1982, a group of working-class teenagers and 20-somethings work their summer jobs, fall in and out...
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Summer Days, Summer Nights
2019
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
6/1
A suburban wife and mother longs to escape the monotony of her daily routine and the stress caused by her underwhelming adult children.
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Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
2025
The Family McMullen
6.1/25
30 years after the events of The Brothers McMullen, romantic entanglements plague a now fiftysomething Barry McMullen and his twentysomething kids, as...
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The Family McMullen
1999
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
8.5/2
A behind the scenes documentary from the 1998 movie launched as part of the program HBO First Look.
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Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
2026
Finnegan's Foursome
9/1
Two middle aged brothers and their respective sons travel to Ireland to play the Finnegan Family's annual golf outing, where they distribute the ashes...
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