Today I had the honor and privilege to chop it up with long time ACTOR ROBERT BURKE. Robert has been an Actor for over 35 years. He is a first generation American, son of IRISH immigrant parents, from County Galway. Robert attended SUNY Purchase for acting and has been in numerous films and TV shows over his timeless career. Films such as Tombstone, Robocop 3, Stephen Kings Thinner and Black Panther Wakanda Forever.  Recurring characters on TV shows such as Rescue Me as Mickey Gavin, Bart Bass on Gossip Girl, and Ed Tucker on the long running series Law and Order SVU.  Just to name a few, the list goes on and on, his acting career has truly stood the test of time with no end in sight. 
    Robert also became a Volunteer Firefighter in OCEAN BEACH LONG ISLAND NY FD, being inspired by the loss of his best friend, the legendary FDNY Captain PATRICK BROWN L3, In the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the WTC. He now has over 24 years serving his community of OCEAN BEACH and has risen to the rank of Captain. Capt. Burke has also given back to the fire and first responder service by being extremely involved in the LEARY FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION, FDNY FOUNDATION, JOE DIBERNARDO FOUNDATION and VETHACK. He has truly gained a passion for the fire service and his humility and work ethic are something every new firefighter should emulate themselves after. Thank you Bobby for your service to the community and entertaining movie and television fans for almost 4 decades and Thank you for chopping it up with me at The Kitchen Table. 
All links to foundations below.
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Chapters:
00:00 intro
02:00 early life
10:50 suny purchase
16:00 Hollywood and 1st film
22:00 safety on set
22:27 Tombstone 
35:00 time in scene, corporate 
42:00 Irish Brogue
45:00 Rescue Me
53:15 Patty Brown
1:09:30 Ocean Beach VFD
1:14:50 First Fire
1:20:00 recent fire
1:23:15 training and calls
1:26:00 water supplies to the island
1:30:10 volley house podcast
1:31:15 recruitment problems
1:39:00 picture time
1:43:00 Leary and debernardo foundations
1:47:47 Final Advice
1:53:00 Kobe’s
1:55:00 More final words
1:59:00 outro
Links:  
https://joeydfoundation.org/
https://learyfirefighters.org/
https://www.fdnyfoundation.org/
https://www.vethack.org/
Ocean Beach FD:
https://villageofoceanbeach.org/ocean-beach-fire-department
VolleyHouse Podcast: 
https://youtube.com/@vollyhousepodcast?
si=qsbAiHQ8HzctpWZB
Follow Robert Burke:
https://www.instagram.com/bobby1960?igsh=MWo2dmNiZzNudjR2MA==