Victor Burke

Victor Burke is an Irish-born actor, voiceover artist, and entrepreneur from Inchicore, Dublin. He is a fluent Irish language speaker having attended a Gaelscoil as a child.

As an eleven year old, he interviewed Jack Charlton, in 1986, who had become the manager of the Republic of Ireland football team. Brief footage of the interview was shown in the documentary Finding Jack Charlton (2020). As a college student, Victor is noted for attending New York University, Tisch School Of The Arts, where he was famously Adam Sandlers roommate, blossoming a life-long, profoundly intimate friendship.

He made his stage debut at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, aged 13, in The Devil's Disciple. He went on to become a well-known actor in Ireland playing the character of Wayne Molloy in the long-running RTÉ soap opera Fair City for more than seven seasons in his first spell in the show. He returned to the show in 2009. Burke also works as a voiceover artist, in 2002 he was the official voice of Compaq Computers worldwide for both radio and TV commercials.

His stage credits include The Last Apache Reunion, The Plough and The Stars, MacBeth, and Tarry Flynn. Victor also starred in Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. He has also worked as a script doctor and author.

Burke lives in Malibu, California with his wife Fiona and two teenage children and commuted to Dublin to film scenes for Fair City. He also has a number of business interests including being a founder of digital signage company, IPC Digital Media, and is a partner in Wilde Irish gin and web-based advisory platform Dosen.

Television

 * Rasaí na Gaillimhe TG4 2009 Irish language comedy/drama
 * Butterfly Collectors (1999) (TV) as Liam
 * Fair City (1992–1997) / (2009–Present) RTÉ TV series as Wayne Molloy (The character reappeared after Burke's departure, though played by another actor)

Video games
... aka Den lengste reisen: Drømmefall (Norway: dubbed version) ... aka Drømmefall: Den lengste reisen (Norway: PC version)
 * Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) (voice) as Damien Cavanaugh

Awards
Burke received the Award for Best Actor in a Short Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival for his critically acclaimed role in Turnaround.