Edward Burns

Quick Facts

Full Name	Edward Burns
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1968(1968-01-29)
Age	56
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Aquarius

Edward Burns Biography

Edward Burns is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on January 29, 1968 in New York City, New York State, United States. He played PFC Richard Reiben in Saving Private Ryan. He gained additional fame for directing She’s the One and Sidewalks of New York.

He met Robert Redford on the set of E.T. and convinced him to help distribute his independent film, The Brothers McMullen, which became an indie darling in 1995.

Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York, the son of Molly (née McKenna), a federal agency manager, and Edward J. Burns, a public relations spokesman and police officer. He was raised a Roman Catholic. Burns is the second of three children (with siblings Mary and Brian) in a family of Irish, and a small amount of Swedish, descent. He was raised in Valley Stream, New York, on Long Island. 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.

Burns got his start in the film industry right after college as a production assistant on the Oliver Stone film, The Doors. While working as a gofer at Entertainment Tonight, he financed, produced, directed and starred in his first film The Brothers McMullen in his spare time, which was largely shot in his hometown of Valley Stream. Once he completed the film, 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 starred 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.

He dated actress Heather Graham from 1998 to 2000. He married Christy Turlington in 2003 and he has two kids named Finn and Grace Burns.

Edward Burns Net Worth

Edward Burns is one of the richest Movie Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Edward Burns 's net worth $40 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an English Literature major in college before switching his focus to film.

His first showbiz job was as a gopher on Entertainment Tonight.

Edward Fitzgerald Burns (born January 29, 1968) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director best known for appearing in several films including Saving Private Ryan (1998), 15 Minutes (2001), Life or Something Like It (2002), Confidence (2003), A Sound of Thunder (2005), The Holiday (2006), The Groomsmen (2006), One Missed Call (2008), 27 Dresses (2008), Man on a Ledge (2012), Friends with Kids (2012), and Alex Cross (2012). Burns directed movies such as The Brothers McMullen (1995), She’s the One (1996), Sidewalks of New York (2001), Purple Violets (2007), and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012). He also starred as Bugsy Siegel in the TNT crime drama series Mob City and as Terry Muldoon in TNT’s Public Morals.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Edward Burns Dating?

According to our records, Edward Burns married to Christy Turlington. As of December 1, 2023, Edward Burns’s is not dating anyone.

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With the modest success of Purple Violets, Burns was considering taking a studio directing assignment to make money. After reading a few scripts and taking a few meetings, he chose to remain a writer/director. He then wrote Nice Guy Johnny and shot it quickly, on the RED One camera, for a reported $25,000 with a small crew. Nice Guy Johnny premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.

Facts & Trivia

Edward Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Edward Burns celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.

In 2012, Burns set up a screenwriting contest with the web startup Scripped for a crowdsourced screenplay which he intended to help get produced.

What ever happened to Ed Burns?

Over the years, Burns continued to act but also flex his Renaissance man talents working on over a dozen films as the writer, director, producer and star. His latest project is the new Epix series Bridge and Tunnel , which follows a group of Long Island college grads chasing their dreams in the ’80s.

Who Edward Burns father?

Edward J. Burns

How did Edward Burns Meet Christy Turlington?

In 2000, 32-year-old actor Ed Burns met 31-year-old supermodel Christy Turlington at a party in the Hamptons. By the end of the year, the twosome were engaged. After a brief split in 2002, the couple reunited and tied the knot in 2003 when Turlington was 25 weeks pregnant with the couple’s first daughter, Grace.

Was Ed Burns a cop?

Biography. Burns served in the infantry during the Vietnam War. He then served in the Baltimore Police Department for twenty years.

Is Ed Byrnes still alive?

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