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Burnie Burns

Born · January 18, 1973 (52 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, USA

Bio

Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born 1973) is an independent filmmaker living in Texas. His most notable contributions have been in machinima, although he has also worked with live-action. In April 2003, Burns, along with several of his friends, created the Internet machinima series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles. Filmed using the video games Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach. Red vs. Blue was quickly acclaimed for its humor and originality, eventually elevating Burns to the status of an Internet celebrity. Such visibility allowed him to create one of the few successful machinima film-houses in the industry, Rooster Teeth Productions. Burns even attracted the attention of video game giant Electronic Arts, who asked him to create a promotional series using their new game, The Sims 2. The result, The Strangerhood, has received mixed reviews. Burns also premiered P.A.N.I.C.S., a mini-series that utilizes the F.E.A.R. game engine. He has appeared at several film festivals, including Sundance and The Sydney Film Festival. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two sons.

Known for

Why Him?

Why Him?

Lazer Team

Lazer Team

RWBY

RWBY

RWBY

RWBY

Red vs. Blue: Restoration

Epsilon (voice)

2024

Arizona Circle

(1 episode)

2019

GORQ's Quest

(1 episode)

2018

The Next Kill

Jim Convasos

2018

Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth

Self

2018

Lazer Team 2

Hagan

2017

Unconventional

Himself

2017

The Tattooist

Himself

2017

Burnie Vlog

Self · (51 episodes)

2017

The Eleven Little Roosters

Burnardo Burnadicci · (8 episodes)

2017

Why Him?

Self

2016

The Meme Machine

Himself

2016

Crunch Time

Enhanced Interrogator · (2 episodes)

2016

The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey

Himself

2016

Connected

Himself

2016

Slash

Mr. Snow

2016

Lazer Team

Hagan

2016

Hit

Officer Harris

2015

Reunited

Newscaster 1

2015

RT Docs

Himself · (1 episode)

2015

RT Docs

Self · (4 episodes)

2015

Million Dollars, But...

Self · (53 episodes)

2015

Rooster Teeth Shorts - Volumes 4 & 5

2015

The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures 2

Himself

2015

On the Spot

Self · (3 episodes)

2014

Ten Little Roosters

Burnie · (8 episodes)

2014

Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary

2014

iBlade

Knight · (3 episodes)

2014

Secret Santa

Clumsy Skiing Goon 1

2013

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Self · (1 episode)

2013

Rooster Teeth: Best of Rooster Teeth Shorts

2013

RWBY

Detective #1 (voice) · (1 episode)

2013

RWBY

Taiyang Xiao Long (voice) · (8 episodes)

2013

The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

Himself

2013

The Best Red vs. Blue. Ever. Of All Time

Church / Lopez (voice)

2012

Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three

Burnie

2011

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

Self (Voice) · (3 episodes)

2011

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

Self / Self (voice) / Joel Heyman (voice) · (8 episodes)

2011

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

Self (voice) · (184 episodes)

2011

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

Himself · (670 episodes)

2011

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

Burnie-san (voice) · (1 episode)

2011

RT Life

Self · (71 episodes)

2011

O Brave New World

Self

2011

Immersion

Host · (19 episodes)

2010

Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two

Burnie

2010

Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume 1

Burnie

2009

RT Shorts

Hagan · (1 episode)

2009

RT Shorts

Self · (1 episode)

2009

PANICS

Bravo 1 · (4 episodes)

2005

Red vs. Blue

Pvt. Leonard Church / Lopez the Heavy / Epsilon · (351 episodes)

2003

Red vs. Blue

Lopez · (22 episodes)

2003