Joe Michael Burke was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He received a scholarship to the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, where he also became a NCAA National Qualifier in Wrestling. Was discovered in Tempe Arizona by a producer from FOX television and put in a TV pilot. He then moved to Los Angeles while keeping a full-time job as an Advertising Art Director. Joe is an award-winning fine  ...  show all 

Joe Michael Burke was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He received a scholarship to the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, where he also became a NCAA National Qualifier in Wrestling. Was discovered in Tempe Arizona by a producer from FOX television and put in a TV pilot. He then moved to Los Angeles while keeping a full-time job as an Advertising Art Director. Joe is an award-winning fine artist with original work in several renown private collections. Musician & guitarist, played in three bands. He has an Australian Shepherd named Gehrig, after Lou Gehrig. Owned a company with his brother Jim in Tempe Arizona, and was Editor in Chief of his College newspaper.
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