Template:Cast&CrewBox Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns is one of the producers of RWBY, as well as the co-founder and chief creative officer of Rooster Teeth Productions.
He is the voice of Taiyang Xiao Long in RWBY. He has also made an appearance as a Vale Police detective in "The Stray" alongside fellow detective voice Joel Heyman.
He is best known for his work on Rooster Teeth's famous Machinima series Red vs. Blue, for which he wrote the story; he also provided voice work for the character Church among several others. He remains intimately involved in many Rooster Teeth productions, hosting the internet game show The Gauntlet and the reality series Immersion, as well as starring in the feature film Lazer Team.
He also regularly appears on the Rooster Teeth Podcast. He appeared, animated in the style of a RTAA, in the Animated RT Recap, alongside an RTAA version of Gus Sorola and various characters from Red vs. Blue and RWBY.
He is currently engaged to Rooster Teeth employee Ashley Jenkins, with whom he appears on the CBS reality television show The Amazing Race season 28.