Agent Burke
- Agent Burke is a G.I. Joe-affiliated human from the Rise of the Beasts portion of the Movie continuity family.
Agent Burke is a person full of secrets. If you're looking for a job and if you helped saving the world, he might invite you to show you his collection of tanks.
Fiction
Rise of the Beasts film
- Actor: Michael Kelly
- Voice actor: ? (Japanese dub), Frank Röth (German dub), Marcelo Pissardini (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Christian Strempler (Latin-American Spanish dub)
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Rise of the Beasts follow. |
Not long after the defeat of the Terrorcons in Peru, Noah Diaz attempted a job interview with Burke in what appeared to be a mundane warehouse office. Noah, who was most likely expecting an interview for a common security job, was surprised to hear that Burke knew so many things about him, notably including every detail of Noah's recent encounter with the Transformers. As Noah was about to leave, Burke told him that his help could be useful for future conflicts and gave him his business card, which bore the logo of G.I. Joe on the reverse. To demonstrate good faith, he informed Noah that the organization was ready to cover all the care needed by his little brother Kris Diaz.
Then, he activated a secret door that opened onto a gigantic hangar containing vehicles and soldiers working on them. Rise of the Beasts
Notes
- Burke's name is never spoken onscreen in his brief screentime, only being written on his business card and in the credits.
- The G.I. Joe insignia on the business card is the incarnation which debuted in the 2009 live-action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
- Director Steven Caple Jr. has stated that Burke's identity and role in G.I. Joe were left intentionally generic, and that as of Rise of the Beasts' release, he's still deciding how he wants to further develop the character, noting that Burke might not even be his real name and he could turn out to be a legacy G.I. Joe character.[1]
- Michael Kelly wasn't cast as Burke until after principal photography on Rise of the Beasts was already complete, and was not told that he would be a member of G.I. Joe until he was already on set, for fear of the surprise leaking out.[1]
