Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
biography
Best recalled as the sleazy member of the One-Two-One Club on the NBC series "Dear John" (1988-92), the good-looking, blond Burns has often played obnoxious, overbearing, antagonizing and sarcastic characters in TV series and, less frequently, in TV-movies and features.Burns was a theatrical late bloomer, as he "experienced life" for two years after high school before going to college and it took some time in college before he was drawn to acting. After earning his degree, he moved to New York where he began appearing in Off-Broadway productions, including a version of "Don Juan" for the New