A tall, extremely handsome, dark-haired actor-singer, Burke Moses has enjoyed success in the disparate worlds of daytime TV and the musical theater. His booming baritone voice has been put to terrific use in roles as varied as Sky Masterson in the Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls" and as Lancelot in a tour of "Camelot". Although born in Manhattan, Moses was raised in the Midwest in suburbs of Chicago and St Louis. He attended several colleges (including Boston University and Carnegie-Mellon) before landing in his native NYC in the mid-80s. In 1986, he landed his first major soap role as the third actor to play Curtis Alden on ABC's "Loving". Moses joined "As the World Turns" (CBS) in 1989 as businessman Sean Baxter but when his stage prospects increased, he opted to leave the show.In 1991 alone, Moses had a key role in the Public Theater staging of "The Way of the World" and flexed his vocal abilities in a Williamstown Theatre Festival staging of "1776" and the New York State Theater production of "The Most Happy Fella". Moses returned to daytime providing comic relief as the dumb bodyguard of a gangster on "One Life to Live". In many ways, that character -- named Bulge -- was a warm-up for Moses' breakthrough stage part as the egotistical villain Gaston in the stage adaptation of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" (1993-94).
Moses headed to L.A. and found employment via numerous guest appearances on episodics (including a recurring role on CBS' "John Grisham's The Client"). He made his film debut portraying the host of a tabloid TV talk show in the festival-screened "The Hotel Manor Inn" (1996). Returning to NYC, he was featured in the Encores! concert staging of "Du Barry Was a Lady" before heading to London to recreate Gaston in the British premiere of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast". Moses was back at Encores! in the title role of the 1997 production of "Li'l Abner" before returning to guest shots. As the new millennium dawned, the performer remained busy, co-starring with Alicia Witt in the L.A.-produced musical "The Gift" and later as the titular G-Man in the the Cleveland Playhouse's premiere of "Eliot Ness in Cleveland". Moses rounded out the year assuming the leading role of Fred Graham (replacing Brian Stokes Mitchell) in the award-winning revival of "Kiss Me, Kate".
Profession(s):
Actor, singer, waiter
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Theatre World Award "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" 1994
2000 Co-starred with Alicia Witt in the L.A. stage musical "The Gift"
2000 Appeared in title role in the Cleveland Playhouse musical "Elliot Ness in Cleveland"
2000 Succeeded Brian Stokes Mitchell as Fred Graham in the award-winning revival of "Kiss Me, Kate"
1998 Cast in title role of the Encores! concert staging of "Li'l Abner"
1998 Played Lancelot to Robert Goulet's King Arthur in tour of "Camelot"
1997 Reprised role of Gaston for the London opening of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast"
1996 Co-starred in the independent film "The Hotel Manor Inn", playing the host of a tabloid TV talk show
1996 Was featured in the Encores! concert staging of "Du Barry Was a Lady"
1993 Played Sky Masterson in the award-winning revival of "Guys and Dolls"
1991 Had featured role in "The Way of the World", produced Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
1991 Appeared at Williamstown Theatre Festival in "1776"
1991 Played Joe in the New York State Theatre revival of Frank Loesser's "The Most Happy Fella"
1986 - 1987 Portrayed Curtis Alden on the ABC soap "Loving"
1981 While attending Boston University, auditioned for the lead in the feature "Endless Love"
Raised in Evanston, Illinois and Baldwin, Missouri
Cast as businessman Sean Baxter in the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns"
Portrayed the semi-comedic role of a dumb bodyguard Bulge on the ABC daytime serial "One Life to Live"
Breakthrough stage role as Gaston in the live-action version of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast"
Had recurring role on the CBS TV show "John Grisham's The Client"
