Leo Burmester

Known for: Acting

Born: 1944-02-01 – 2007-06-28 (aged 63)

From: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Leo Burmester (February 1, 1944 - June 28, 2007) was an American actor. Burmester worked for director John Sayles several times, including in Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996), and also for directors such as John Schlesinger and Sidney Lumet, and as the Apostle Nathaniel in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

Filmography (60)

MOVIE★ 5.1
Aftermath
2013
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 7.7
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
America Brown
2005
as Bo Williams
MOVIE★ 8.3
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Monsieur Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")
MOVIE★ 9.0
Red Betsy
2003
as Emmet Rounds
MOVIE★ 7.3
Gangs of New York
2002
as Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
City by the Sea
2002
as Lieutenant Katt
MOVIE★ 6.0
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Carl Lindemann
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lorne Cutler
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Bud Gabler
MOVIE★ 6.6
Limbo
1999
as Harmon King
MOVIE★ 4.0
Speed of Life
1999
as Dad
MOVIE★ 7.6
Getting to Know You
1999
as Lamar Pike, Sr.
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dumbarton Bridge
1999
as Jack
MOVIE★ 7.5
River Red
1998
as Judge Perkins
TV★ 8.5
Trinity
1998
TV
You're the One
1998
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Secret of Mulan
1998
MOVIE★ 6.7
Eye of the Storm
1998
as Dallas
MOVIE★ 6.0
Switchback
1997
as Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as Florida Prosecutor
MOVIE★ 6.9
...First Do No Harm
1997
as Bob Purdue
MOVIE★ 6.4
Old Man
1997
as Plump Convict
MOVIE★ 5.3
Mistrial
1996
as Commissioner Russell Crane
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lone Star
1996
as Cody
MOVIE★ 7.7
Truman
1995
as Frank Vassar
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Neon Bible
1995
as Bobbie Lee Taylor
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Great Elephant Escape
1995
as Ethridge
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Dalton Robertson
MOVIE★ 7.5
A Perfect World
1993
as Tom Adler
MOVIE★ 8.2
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
1993
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Woodrow Jonathan Wilton
TV★ 7.0
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Henderson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Passion Fish
1992
as Reeves
MOVIE★ 6.2
Innocent Blood
1992
as Flinton
TV★ 6.5
Arresting Behavior
1992
as Officer Bill Ruskin
MOVIE★ 6.2
Article 99
1992
as Shooter Polaski
TV★ 7.0
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1991
as Corby Judd
MOVIE
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Osric
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Lester Hastings
TV★ 6.3
True Blue
1989
as Officer Red Tollin
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Abyss
1989
as Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
TV★ 6.0
Baywatch
1989
as Max Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.4
Big Business
1988
as Bum
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Nathaniel, Apostle
MOVIE★ 6.8
Broadcast News
1987
as Jane's Dad
TV★ 6.8
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986
as Eban Krutch
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sweet Liberty
1986
as Hank
MOVIE★ 4.4
Odd Jobs
1986
as Wylie D. Daiken
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Jim Harding
MOVIE★ 3.2
The House of God
1984
as Dr. Gath
TV★ 7.9
Chiefs
1983
as Emmett Spence
MOVIE★ 6.7
Daniel
1983
as FBI #1
TV★ 5.9
Rage of Angels
1983
as Jim
MOVIE★ 8.5
Precious Blood
1982
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rattlesnake in a Cooler
1982
as The Doctor / Prisoner
TV★ 7.5
Nurse
1981
as Wally
TV★ 6.0
Flo
1980
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cruising
1980
as Water Sport