Chris Burke
Chris Burke
Christopher Joseph "Chris" Burkeis an American actor and folk singer who has Down syndrome. He has become best known for his character Charles "Corky" Thacher on the television series Life Goes On...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth26 August 1965
CityPoint Lockout, NY
CountryUnited States of America
actors
I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.
want
I want to be a professional.
differences making-a-difference
I could make a difference.
rain voice singing
I was like Gene Kelly, it was called singing in the rain. No seriously, I wasn't really born with a singing voice, but my friends Joe and John taught me how to sing.
role-models people trying
I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.
disability ability
Its not our disabilities, its our abilities that count.
way normal different
Having Down syndrome is like being born normal. I am just like you and you are just like me. We are all born in different ways, that is the way I can describe it. I have a normal life.
definitely excited fans game home pleased
We?re definitely pleased to take one game here and take the momentum, ... We?re excited to get home to our fans and that place will be rocking.
couple few great hardly hero innings quite roy seven
Well, I was hardly the hero tonight. Roy was great - seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.
couple few great hardly hero innings quite roy seven
Well, I was hardly the hero tonight. Roy was great -- seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.
couple few great hardly hero innings quite roy seven
Well, I was hardly the hero tonight, ... Roy was great - seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.
couple few great hardly hero innings quite roy seven
Well, I was hardly the hero tonight, ... Roy was great -- seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.
We just didn't come up with the big hits. In the end if you do that, you're going to lose.
ahead ball base bunt changed decided extra few figured goes good hit honest innings laying maybe mind normally obviously pitch swing thinking threw worked
We had obviously not done anything for a few innings and I was actually going up there and thinking about laying down a bunt on the first pitch. Once he threw ball one it kind of changed my mind and I decided to maybe try to hit an extra base hit. I figured being ahead in the count, maybe I was going to get a fastball. Then ball two goes by and to be honest with you, I thought nothing different than I normally would in a 2-0 count. (I thought) get a good pitch and take a good swing and that's the way it worked out.