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While on vacation to earth in 2271 Simon Burke was possessed by a demonic entity named Asmodeus. As soon as Officer Burke returned to Babylon 5 this became apparent and Burke was taken into custody by station security and placed in a holding cell. When Father Cassidy and Colonel Lochley interviewed Burke in his holding cell where he revealed that Burke's consciousness had been suppressed and the entity which had possessed Burke was named Asmodeus. Asmodeus claims to have been placed here by god to restore faith across the universe. In Fact Asmodeus had been banished to earth and his only way to escape was to possess a body, and be exorcised in deep space. This is why Asmodeus made no attempt to conceal himself after arriving on Babylon 5. After Lochley and Cassidy realise this they confront Burke and then decide to send Burke back to Earth where Asmodeus will exorcised and hopefully Burke can resume his normal life. [1]
Simon Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor. Burke began his acting career as a 13 year-old in the Australian film, The Devil's Playground for which he was awarded Best Actor at the 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards . He has since starred in numerous film, television and theatre productions in Australia and the UK. He recently[when?] starred as Captain Georg von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein's production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium alongside Connie Fisher, Summer Strallen, Margaret Preece, Fiona Sinnott and Paul Grunert.[1]
Synopsis: When a bank robbery leads to the death of a police officer, Wyn (Simon Burke) and Slate (Martin Sacks) Jackson take witness Blanche McBride (Sigrid Thornton) hostage and attempt to evade capture. However, when the brothers begin to become enamored of their victim, their getaway becomes much more Read More
Synopsis: Fresh out of medical school, Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) has landed a job at an Australian urban venereal and sexual disease clinic. While he understands the medical stuff he learned in school pretty well, he is stuffy and a bit of a prude. Most of all, he hasn't yet adjusted to the idea that Read More