Edward Burns

Edward Fitzgerald Burns (born January 29, 1968) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his ultra low-budget independent film, The Brothers McMullen (1995), which became a worldwide hit. Burns has appeared in various films including Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Holiday (2006), Man on a Ledge (2012), Friends with Kids (2012), and Alex Cross (2012). As a director, he has helmed movies such as She's the One (1996), Sidewalks of New York (2001), and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012). On television, Burns starred as Bugsy Siegel in Mob City and as Terry Muldoon in Public Morals. Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York, and raised in Valley Stream, New York.