Darren E. Burrows

Acting

Darren E. Burrows

Born 1966-09-12 · Winfield, Kansas, USA

Darren E. Burrows (born September 12, 1966) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Ed Chigliak in the television series Northern Exposure. He also appeared in Cry-Baby, Amistad, Sunset Strip, Forty Shades of Blue, The X-Files, and in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Acting credits

Casualties of War poster
7.2

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

Casualties of War

1989

Cry-Baby poster
6.5

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

Cry-Baby

1990

Class of 1999 poster
6.0

The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!

Class of 1999

1990

The Hi-Lo Country poster
6.0

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

976-EVIL poster
5.3

A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number he gains demonic powers, which he uses to seek vengeance against those who bullied him.

976-EVIL

1988

Love Is Strange poster
6.3

After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

Love Is Strange

2014

The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster
5.4

A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

Sunset Strip poster
4.8

A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at Whisky a Go-Go; he lives in a canyon and plays impromptu duets with a mysterious guitarist he doesn't see. Tammy is a costume designer, open to quick sex with the various rockers she works with and loved from afar by Michael, a photographer recovering from a case of the clap. His good friend is Felix, a morose, alcoholic songwriter. On hand for comic relief is Marty Shapiro, a fast-talking record producer. Getting ready for the gig at the club, Zach's performance, and the early-morning aftermath comprise the film.

Sunset Strip

2000

NoNAMES poster
NR

About a tight group of friends living in a small, forgotten, Wisconsin town. The story revolves around Kevin and his fight to find a new life for himself after 30 years of going nowhere.

NoNAMES

2010

Amistad poster
7.0

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

Amistad

1997

Lady in the Box poster
7.7

An unsuspecting bartender believes he has been set up for the murder of his own girlfriend, in this film-noirish, Hitchcockian suspense thriller.

Lady in the Box

2001

The Monster Hunter poster
5.0

Residents of an East Texas town react strangely when a serial killer invades their small town world.

The Monster Hunter

1999

Forty Shades of Blue poster
4.5

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

Forty Shades of Blue

2005

Never Get Outta The Boat poster
6.8

The story of young men whose recovery from drug abuse hangs on their self-management of a gritty L.A. rehab center.

Never Get Outta The Boat

2002

Return to Cicely poster
8.0

Actor Darren Burrows returns to Roslyn, Washington State, where the cult television show Northern Exposure was filmed.

Return to Cicely

2013

It Came from... Baltimore!! poster
7.6

Documentary about the making of John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby.

It Came from... Baltimore!!

2005

No artwork available
NR

A man murders his elderly neighbour and is haunted by his relentless heartbeat.

The Tell-tale Heart

2011

New Chilling Tales: The Anthology poster
2.0

A quarter of classic horror stories presented by actor Martin Jarvis.

New Chilling Tales: The Anthology

2018

Magpie Funeral poster
NR

Sy meets Nancy and her young daughter, Lisa, while birdwatching. A spark is kindled between them, but things go sideways when Sy is in an accident.

Magpie Funeral

2023

Behind the camera