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Strike's Cormoran Strike star Tom Burke has incredibly famous parents and godparents

Actor Tom Burke might be solving investigations as character Cormoran Strike in a TV adaptation of a JK Rowling novel - but it appears his family in real life are pretty famous too

While fans may know Tom Burke as the actor who stars in a TV adaptation of JK Rowling novel series, Strike, it turns out his family heritage includes a few famous faces too. In fact, the star - who plays character Cormoran Strike in the hit BBC show- was born in London in June 1981 to actor parents David Burke and Anna Calder-Marshall. As Tom began to appear in more and more TV shows, including Casanova, All About George and Agatha Christie’s Poirot, he broke through in roles in series like Utopia, Heading Out, War And Peace and The Musketeers.

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