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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-02-01 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Leo Burmester

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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).

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Known For

Acting

2007

Exorcising 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)

2005

America Brown as Bo Williams

2004

Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Monsieur Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")

2003

Red Betsy as Emmet Rounds

2002

Monday Night Mayhem as Carl Lindemann
City by the Sea as Lieutenant Katt
Gangs of New York as Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)

2001

1999

Getting to Know You as Lamar Pike, Sr.
Limbo as Harmon King

1998

River Red as Judge Perkins

1997

The Devil's Advocate as Florida Prosecutor
Old Man as Plump Convict
Switchback as Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan
...First Do No Harm as Bob Purdue

1996

Lone Star as Cody
Mistrial as Commissioner Russell Crane

1995

Truman as Frank Vassar
The Neon Bible as Bobbie Lee Taylor

1994

1993

A Perfect World as Tom Adler
Walker, Texas Ranger as Woodrow Jonathan Wilton
Alex Haley's Queen as Henderson

1992

Article 99 as Shooter Polaski
Innocent Blood as Dave Flinton
Passion Fish as Reeves

1991

1990

Law & Order as Lester Hastings
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Le Clair

1989

The Abyss as Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
True Blue as Officer Red Tollin

1988

The Last Temptation of Christ as Nathaniel, Apostle

1987

Broadcast News as Jane's Dad

1986

Odd Jobs as Wylie D. Daiken

1985

The Equalizer as Jim Harding

1984

The House of God as Dr. Gath

1983

Daniel as FBI #1
Chiefs as Emmett Spence

1982

Rattlesnake in a Cooler as The doctor / prisoner

1981

Nurse as Wally

1980

Cruising as Water Sport