Thomas Burke (Joker Movie)

Detective Burke
Todd Phillips' Joker‎
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Real Name	Thomas Burke
Main Alias	Detective Burke
Affiliation	Gotham City Police Department
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Neutral
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Detective
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Joker (Movie)
Creators	Greg Rucka · Phil Hester · Todd Phillips · Scott Silver
First Appearance	Joker (October 4, 2019)

Thomas Burke was a GCPD detective.

History

Burke and his colleague, Detective Garrity, were asking some questions to Arthur Fleck, their main suspect for the metro murders, but Arthur denies he has anything to do with it. When Burke and Garrity discovered that Arthur was really the culprit, they chased him on the train, but were lost by the protesters.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Firearms
• Law
  • Investigation
  • Criminology

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the film Joker and is an adaptation of Tommy Burke. The original character was created by Greg Rucka and Phil Hester and first appeared in Detective Comics #748.
• Thomas Burke was portrayed by Shea Whigham.

Related

• 1 Appearances of Thomas Burke (Joker Movie)
• 1 Images featuring Thomas Burke (Joker Movie)
• Quotations by or about Thomas Burke (Joker Movie)
• Character Gallery: Thomas Burke (Joker Movie)

Footnotes

GCPD Officer This character is or was an officer of, or held a title in the Gotham City Police Department, in any of its various incarnations. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "GCPD members" and "Police Officers" categories.