High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert John Burke (born
September 12, 1960) is an American actor. Currently, Burke is with the
cast of Denis Leary's Rescue Me and plays Bart Bass on The CW's Gossip
Girl. Recently, he was working on the TV series Kidnapped for NBC and
was a featured character on ABC's series Six Degrees. Burke has also had
recurring roles on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit (where he has the recurring role of NYPD Internal Affairs
lieutenant Ed Tucker, a frequent nemesis for the SVU detective squad),
and appeared on The Sopranos in 2004. He was also on Sex and the City in
seasons 4 and 5 playing Miranda's hookup. Also, in 2004 Burke played the
role of Mr. Neck in the independent film Speak.
