Burnie Burns
Acting • Born 1973-01-18
Biography
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.
Filmography
54 credits
Secret Santa
Movie • 2013
Clumsy Skiing Goon 1
O Brave New World
Movie • 2011
Self
Rooster Teeth: Best of Rooster Teeth Shorts
Movie • 2013
Lazer Team
Movie • 2016
Hagan
Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
Movie • 2014
Slash
Movie • 2016
Mr. Snow
Reunited
Movie • 2015
Newscaster 1
Red vs. Blue: Restoration
Movie • 2024
Epsilon (voice)
Why Him?
Movie • 2016
Self
Connected
Movie • 2016
Himself
The World's Greatest Head Massage: An ASMR Journey
Movie • 2016
Himself
The Meme Machine
Movie • 2016
Himself
The Tattooist
Movie • 2017
Himself
Unconventional
Movie • 2017
Himself
Lazer Team 2
Movie • 2017
Hagan
Rooster Teeth Shorts - Volumes 4 & 5
Movie • 2015
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures 2
Movie • 2015
Himself
The Best of Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
Movie • 2013
Himself
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume 1
Movie • 2009
Burnie
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three
Movie • 2011
Burnie
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two
Movie • 2010
Burnie
Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth
Movie • 2018
Self
The Next Kill
Movie • 2018
Jim Convasos
The Best Red vs. Blue. Ever. Of All Time
Movie • 2012
Church / Lopez (voice)
Hit
Movie • 2015
Officer Harris
Red Vs Blue Blood Gulch Chronicles I
Movie • 2003
Red vs. Blue
TV • 2003
Pvt. Leonard Church / Lopez the Heavy / Epsilon
Red vs. Blue
TV • 2003
Lopez
Immersion
TV • 2010
Host
The Eleven Little Roosters
TV • 2017
Burnardo Burnadicci
PANICS
TV • 2005
Bravo 1
Ten Little Roosters
TV • 2014
Burnie
iBlade
TV • 2014
Knight
RT Docs
TV • 2015
Himself
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
TV • 2011
Self (Voice)
RT Life
TV • 2011
Self
RT Shorts
TV • 2009
Hagan
RT Shorts
TV • 2009
Self
Burnie Vlog
TV • 2017
Self
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
TV • 2011
Self / Self (voice) / Joel Heyman (voice)
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
TV • 2011
Himself
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
TV • 2011
Self (voice)
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
TV • 2011
Burnie-san (voice)
On the Spot
TV • 2014
Self
RWBY
TV • 2013
Detective #1 (voice)
RWBY
TV • 2013
Taiyang Xiao Long (voice)
Million Dollars, But...
TV • 2015
Self
GORQ's Quest
TV • 2018
RT Docs
TV • 2015
Self
Arizona Circle
TV • 2019
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TV • 2013
Self
Crunch Time
TV • 2016
Enhanced Interrogator
Code Monkeys
TV • 2007
Blue Guard (voice)
RWBY: Fairy Tales
TV • 2021
Taiyang Xiao Long (voice)