Actor Phillip Burke got his first role in 2005, when he played a cop on Hotties. He followed this up with more significant portrayals, such as those in Law & Order and the video Zombie Town. In 2007, he was seen on Day Zero and Gratuitous Violence. He was also seen as Joey Moroni in Ibid, before he worked on shorts like Doghouse, Mike and Lucy, and And the World Goes Round. Later, he appeared in Bad Apples and the series Mercy. He was next cast as series regular on AMC’s Hell on Wheels.