Tam Dean Burn

Acting

Tam Dean Burn

Place of birth

Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Outlander poster
8.2

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Outlander

2014

The Borgias poster
7.6

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

The Borgias

2011

Shadow and Bone poster
7.7

In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, a young soldier uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive.

Shadow and Bone

2021

Professor T poster
7.3

Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.

Professor T

2021

Pie in the Sky poster
8.3

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.

Pie in the Sky

1994

Hamish Macbeth poster
7.7

Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.

Hamish Macbeth

1995

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Saint Anthony poster
NR

A darkly comic portrait of a troubled young man on the day of his mother’s funeral.

Saint Anthony

2026

Twenty Twenty poster
7.0

A brutal night shift forces a doctor to choose between medical protocol and her humanity.

Twenty Twenty

2025

Row poster
6.3

When the sole survivor of an attempted North Atlantic crossing washes ashore, she must piece her memories together and face the terror of what happened far out at sea.

Row

2025

venusvirus poster
NR

Cupid may have lived with the divine gift of ecstatic love, but it is also what’s killing him; turning his body into solid gold as he breathes his last and tries to make peace with the world from a lonely, stifling bed.

venusvirus

2020

Riot on Redchurch Street - The Director's Cut poster
NR

A rock and roll love triangle that ignites Anglo-Muslim racial tension in East London. Now there's a riot on Redchurch Street that can only end in blood-fire and redemption.

Riot on Redchurch Street - The Director's Cut

2025

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde poster
5.0

Concerned by his good friend Dr Henry Jekyll's recent behaviour, Gabriel Utterson is driven to uncover the identity of the mysterious and dangerous Mr. Hyde, to whom Jekyll is enthralled.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

2022

Miraculous poster
3.0

A riotous, irreverent and wickedly funny 50 minute film: created online, under lockdown. When a young Ayrshire band miraculously hits the big time with the smash hit record of 1984, international stardom beckons. That’s despite having a delusional teenage manager propelled by a dark, malign voice in his head. Can Max Mojo’s band of talented social misfits repeat the success and pay back the mounting debts accrued from an increasingly agitated cartel of local gangsters? Or will they have to kidnap Boy George and hope for the best? Written by critically acclaimed Scottish Author David F Ross, Miraculous is based on his internationally successful novel “The Rise and Fall of the Miraculous Vespas” which tells the timeless story of the quest for pop immortality.

Miraculous

2020

Trifle poster
NR

Drama centring on a grieving pharmacist and a trifle-loving methadone patient.

Trifle

2020

2010s · 12 titles

Perfect Sense poster
6.9

In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.

Perfect Sense

2011

Outlaw King poster
6.8

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

Outlaw King

2018

War Horse poster
7.3

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.

War Horse

2011

Only You poster
6.6

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

Only You

2019

Shell poster
6.3

Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.

Shell

2013

Duck Daze poster
NR

Johnina seeks revenge on her childhood abuser and the community that enabled him, with the help of a duck.

Duck Daze

2019

No artwork available
NR

A son is caring for his dying mother, when a mysterious figure arrives one day calling out her name.

Death in a Nut

2012

Best Before Death poster
7.5

Bill Drummond, once the most notorious man in pop music, now travels around the world baking cakes, building beds and shining shoes as part of a twelve year World Tour which is his final art project. This film follows him as he does his work in India and the United States.

Best Before Death

2019

Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream poster
6.0

Documentary on the independent Edinburgh record label Fast Product and Postcard Records and associated bands like Fire Engines, Scars and Josef K

Big Gold Dream: Scottish Post-Punk and Infiltrating the Mainstream

2015

Moon Dogs poster
4.9

Two teenage step brothers head off on a road trip across Scotland, with their relationship challenged by Caitlin, the free spirited and enigmatic girl who comes between them.

Moon Dogs

2016

O, Hunter Heart poster
10.0

Inspired by the poetry of Edwin Morgan where natural and domestic worlds collide and the hidden animal instincts of humans rise to the surface, this poetic visual narrative features voices from interviews recorded around the UK, woven into an evocative soundtrack. Stop motion puppets and live action footage combine to tell a dark love story.

O, Hunter Heart

2018

No artwork available
4.0

Comedy drama about a group of city dwellers who arrive on the island of Skerra to view the local lighthouse, little knowing that all who set foot in it are cursed.

West Skerra Light

2016

2000s · 4 titles

1990s · 8 titles

Miss Julie poster
5.8

A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.

Miss Julie

1999

The Acid House poster
6.2

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

The Acid House

1998

The Leading Man poster
5.0

A successful playwright's plan to leave his wife for his mistress – who is also one of the stars of his new play – is complicated by the arrival of a charismatic Hollywood star.

The Leading Man

1996

The Grass Arena poster
8.5

The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he has to defend himself. Growing into adulthood he takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing career over, John takes to the Grass Arena (the park) where he lives with other alcoholics. Prison time introduces him to a new and unexpected path.

The Grass Arena

1991

Coriolanus poster
3.0

"Set in the context of 1930s Fascism, Steven Berkoff’s reimagining of William Shakespeare’s final tragedy brings power to the masses as they turn against their ambitious leader, Coriolanus. This highly physical and meticulously choreographed production was captured live at the Globe in Tokyo."

Coriolanus

1997

Gadgetman poster
8.3

When an inventor's son learns that his father has been kidnapped, he searches for a clever contraption that can save his dad’s life.

Gadgetman

1996

No artwork available
6.5

Fantastic film about a graphic designer.

3

1995

Brotherly Love poster
NR

Two brothers travel from Edinburgh to the Scottish Highlands in an attempt to force one of them to kick his drug habit.

Brotherly Love

1994

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

Outlander poster
8.2

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Outlander

2014

The Borgias poster
7.6

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

The Borgias

2011

Shadow and Bone poster
7.7

In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, a young soldier uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive.

Shadow and Bone

2021

Professor T poster
7.3

Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.

Professor T

2021

Pie in the Sky poster
8.3

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.

Pie in the Sky

1994

Hamish Macbeth poster
7.7

Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.

Hamish Macbeth

1995

Annika poster
7.0

The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.

Annika

2021

Crime poster
6.5

Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.

Crime

2021

Psychos poster
7.2

Focuses on manic-depressive psychiatrist Daniel Nash, and the Glasgow mental hospital where he works.

Psychos

1999

Life Force poster
8.3

Two psychic children, two parentless siblings, and their environmentalist guardian try to rescue the globally warmed world of 2025, protect vulnerable lives, and stay ahead of an oppressive government in a dramatic sci-fi thriller.

Life Force

2000

Comics poster
3.3

Down-and-out American comedian Johnny Lazar tries to regain his status as an international superstar by embarking on a tour of working men's clubs and universities in England. But on his first night, Johnny is witness to a gangland murder and finds himself having to go on the lam as he becomes the target of hitmen out to eliminate any chance of them being identified.

Comics

1993

Behind the camera