LEITH BURKE
Television
(Partial List)
Countdown | Amazon | Direct. Johnathan Brown
Guest Star
The Land | Hulu |
Recurring
High Potential | ABC |
Guest Star
Bosch | Amazon |
Recurring
Cherish the Day | OWN | Dir. Angel Kristi Williams
Recurring
Good Trouble | Freeform |
Recurring
Grey's Anatomy | ABC | Dir. Tony Phelan
Recurring
Life in Pieces | ABC | Dir. Jason Winer
Recurring
Haves and Have Nots | OWN| Dir. Tyler Perry
Recurring
Eastsiders | Netflix | Dir. Kit Williamson
Recurring
CSI: New York | CBS | Dir. Jeff Thomas
Recurring
90210 | CW | Dir. Mike Listo
Recurring
Close to Home | CBS | Dir. Kevin Dowling
Recurring
The Young and the Restless | CBS | Dir. Owen Renfroe
Recurring
Days of Our Lives | NBC | Dir. Albert Alarr
Recurring
Countdown | Amazon | Dir. Jonathan Brown
Guest Star
Quantum Leap | NBC | Dir. David McWhirter
Guest Star
SWAT | CBS |
Guest Star
American Horror Stories | Fox | Dir. Loni Peristere
Guest Star
Magnum P.I. | CBS | Dir. Eagle Egilsson
Guest Star
Hawaii Five-O | CBS | Dir. Karen Gaviola
Guest Star
Sorry for Your Loss | Facebook | Dir. Rose Troche
Guest Star
The Mick | FOX | Dir. Kat Coiro
Guest Star
Real Husbands of Hollywood | BET | Dir. Christopher Robinson
Guest Star
NCIS | CBS | Dir. Tom Wright
Guest Star
Criminal Minds (2 episodes) | CBS | Dir. Guy NormanBee
Guest Star
The Exes | TVLand | Dir. Jeff Melman
Guest Star
Vanished | FOX | Dir. Bobby Roth
Guest Star
Dark Blue | Warner | Dir. Karen Gaviola
Guest Star
The Defenders | CBS | Dir. Jamie Babbit
Guest Star
Law and Order | NBC | Dir. Jace Alexander
Guest Star
You | Netflix | Dir. Silver Tree
Co-Star
Parenthood | ABC | Dir. Michael Weaver
Co-Star
West Wing | NBC | Dir. Laura Innes
Co-Star
Film
(Partial List)
All There Is | Okun Productions | Dir. Kit Williamson
Supporting
The 11th Green | Antarctic Pictures | Dir. Christopher Munch
Lead
Suburbicon | Black Bear Pictures | Dir. George Clooney
Supporting
Bloodline | Divide/Conquer | Dir. Henry Jacobsen
Supporting
Lucky | Epic Pictures | Dir. Natasha Kermani
Supporting
Tiger Hunter | Tiger Hunter Productions | Dir. Lena Khan
Supporting
Los Angeles | Donkey Monkey | Dir. Mitch Temple
Supporting
Happiness | Dir. Mike Ugada
Supporting
The Choir Director | Tri Destined Studios
Supporting
Kepler X-47 | Dir. Erin Li
Supporting
As It Is | Dir. Ka'ramuu Kush
Supporting
The Urn | Used Productions
Supporting
Stalked by My Mother | Lifetime Television | Dir.
Supporting
Black August | 276 Productions | Dir. George Clooney
Supporting
Brother to Brother | Wolfe Films | Dir.
Supporting
Theater
Broadway / NY
Judgement at Nuremberg | National Actors Theater
M.P.
Joe Fearless | NY Performance Works
Ray
Princess Turandot | Blue Light Theater Co.
Imperial Guard
Midsummer Night's Dream | Lincoln Center Lab
Oberon
Theater
Regional
(Partial List)
Citizen | The Fountain Theater | Los Angeles, CA
Citizen #3
Neighbors | The Matrix Theater | Los Angeles, CA
Zip Coon
Antony and Cleopatra | Guthrie Theater | Minneapolis, MN
Ceasar
Miss Julie | San Jose Rep | San Jose, CA
Jean
Les Blancs | Oregon Shakespear Festival | Ashland, OR
Eric
Raisin in the Sun | Oregon Shakespear Festival | Ashland, OR
George Murchinson
As You Like It | Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena, CA
Orlando
Richard III | Shakespear Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA
Tyrrel/Rivers
Twelfth Night | San Francisco Shakespear | San Francisco, CA
Sebastian
End of the Day | Magic Theater | San Francisco, CA
Toffler
Glass Menagerie | Lorraine Hansbury Theater | San Francisco, CA
Gentleman Caller
The Tempest | ACT | San Francisco, CA
Sebastain
Mother Courage | Shotgun Players | Berkely, CA
Eilif/Ensemble
I Ain't Yo' Uncle | San Francisco Mime Troupe | San Francisco, CA
George Harris
Amination
Charlotte's Web | HBO |
George
Eva The Owlett | Apple |
Mr Swoopington
Training & Workshops
American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco - MFA
Scene Study
Tom Noonan, New York
Adam Lazarre White, Los Angeles
Leith Burke was born to Jamaican immigrant parents in New York City. His mother, Marcia, managed reservations for the late, great Eastern Air Lines which gave him a lifelong love of travel. His father, Leith Sr., was an accountant for United Artists in Manhattan. The perks of that job; Broadway shows, premieres, and paraphernalia, gave Leith a love and wonder for the world of entertainment.
After graduating from St. Joseph’s HS in Metuchen N.J., (doing a few plays, spending a year as an exchange student in Linköping, Sweden) he went to Kent State University in Ohio to study Aerospace Flight. A few Ohio winters convinced him to transfer to sunny California where he reignited his love of theater and never looked back. Completing his Advertising studies at San Jose State University, all the while doing theater on campus and in the community, he then moved to San Francisco where he graduated with an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater and worked professionally in the Bay Area for almost a decade, including a stint as a waiter at legendary chef Jeremiah Tower’s Stars Cafe.
From the Bay to LA…LA to New York…Broadway, Off Broadway,Regional Theater: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Guthrie, ACT, San Jose Rep……Study with “character” acting legend Tom Noonan…Back to LA where he currently resides with his family, working steadily in all mediums. Leith is an adjunct professor of Acting at Los Angeles Community College. His brother Azeem is an author, playwright and recording artist; sister Kelly a Minneapolis based painter.