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

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

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2007Exorcising 'Cruising' — Self (archive footage)
• 2007The History of 'Cruising' — Self (archive footage)
• 1993Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss' — Self