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.

Is the actor who plays strike an amputee?

Viewers have been left stunned by BBC mystery series Strike, particularly how they shot Cormoran Strike amputated leg scenes so seamlessly. Actor Tom Burke does not have an amputated leg in real life so how they did pull it off?

Does strike really have one leg?

If you've watched the show, you'll know that Cormoran Strike, the show's title character played by Tom Burke, has an amputated leg. ... We also had a double, who was a very close double for Tom's legs, who only had one leg but exactly the same injury.