Burn Hugh Winchester Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an American-born English actor and musician. Burn is best known for his roles as Owen Harper in Torchwood and as William Guppy in Bleak House. Gorman was born in Hollywood, California, where his father worked as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has three older sisters. At the age of seven he moved to London, England.