That's right, despite his character being an amputee thanks to an IED explosion in Afghanistan, Tom Burke is not an amputee.

Does Cormoran strike have a hair lip?

Tom Burke is a 36-year-old rising star of stage and screen currently starring in a TV adaptation of a JK Rowling novel series, Strike. ... Tom was born with a cleft lip and was diagnosed with dyslexia during childhood.

What does Cormoran strike look like?

Cormoran Strike – the private eye at the centre of JK Rowling's novel series – is a hulking man, well over 6 feet tall, with wispy hair described as resembling "pubes". ... "They talk about his hair being wiry like pubes and that wasn't something that we thought would communicate well on-screen!