Leo Burmester
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1622 |
| Birthday | 1944-02-01 |
| Place of Birth | Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| Also Known As |
1997
The Devil's Advocate
7.469/6733
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that...
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The Devil's Advocate
1989
The Abyss
7.346/3403
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself o...
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The Abyss
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
7.211/1181
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -...
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The Last Temptation of Christ
1992
Article 99
6.172/64
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...
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Article 99
2007
The History of 'Cruising'
7.7/3
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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The History of 'Cruising'
2007
Exorcising 'Cruising'
6.5/2
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
1993
A Perfect World
7.49/1829
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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A Perfect World
1987
Broadcast News
6.766/461
A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the...
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Broadcast News
1996
Lone Star
7.028/410
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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Lone Star
1992
Innocent Blood
6.2/248
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than s...
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Innocent Blood
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
6/8
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a ma...
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Monday Night Mayhem
1992
Passion Fish
6.919/62
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nur...
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Passion Fish
1995
Truman
7.694/18
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision...
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Truman
1995
The Neon Bible
6.1/27
During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.
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The Neon Bible
1984
The House of God
3.2/5
Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
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The House of God
1999
Speed of Life
4.05/10
Drew must care for his father, a former professor who can now barely communicate due to Alzheimer. Depressed and struggling to make ends meet, an old...
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Speed of Life
2005
America Brown
6/5
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
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America Brown
1980
Cruising
6.6/622
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltra...
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Cruising
1997
Old Man
6.5/11
A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives th...
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Old Man
1999
Dumbarton Bridge
7/2
The hypnotic, watery landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area's salt ponds set the magical tone of the film. This festival favorite, critically acclai...
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Dumbarton Bridge
1988
Big Business
6.369/298
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local...
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Big Business
2003
Red Betsy
9/1
A close-knit Midwestern farm family deals with loss, change, and social progress during the 1940's.
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Red Betsy
1982
Rattlesnake in a Cooler
8/1
A one act play about a young doctor who ditches his safe middle-class existence to become a cowboy out West. His cowboy fantasy eventually breaks down...
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Rattlesnake in a Cooler
1998
The Secret of Mulan
6.143/7
The story of Mulan told in the world of insects.
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The Secret of Mulan
1996
Mistrial
5.304/23
When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, t...
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Mistrial
1998
River Red
7.5/2
Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, D...
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River Red
1995
The Great Elephant Escape
6/7
Two young boys help an elephant escape from an African animal orphanage when he is bought by a wealthy American. The trio dodge poachers, the police a...
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The Great Elephant Escape
2002
City by the Sea
5.785/383
Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but...
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City by the Sea
1998
Eye of the Storm
6.667/3
When a sudden storm traps a college student from California in the Miller's farmhouse basement, in the dead geographic center of America, with Irma, h...
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Eye of the Storm
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8.25/4
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
1999
Getting to Know You
7.571/7
A chance encounter alters a teenage girl's perception of herself and her outlook on life.
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Getting to Know You
2002
Gangs of New York
7.316/7171
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's...
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Gangs of New York
1986
Sweet Liberty
5.357/42
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival...
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Sweet Liberty
1983
Daniel
6.657/35
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New...
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Daniel
1986
Odd Jobs
4.444/9
Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.
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Odd Jobs
1997
Switchback
6.018/256
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murde...
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Switchback
1997
...First Do No Harm
6.882/38
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under c...
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...First Do No Harm
1999
Limbo
6.574/74
Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support hims...
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Limbo
1990
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
0/0
A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1993
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
8.091/11
Documentary about the challenging making of the sci-fi film "The Abyss" , with commentary by various actors and crew, outtakes and behind-the-scenes f...
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Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
1982
Precious Blood
8.5/2
A one act play where a woman and a man share their life stories, till they inter stitch and conflict with each other.
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Precious Blood
2013
Aftermath
5.115/13
A dark comedy about one man's overreaction! Roma's (Anthony Michael Hall) perfect life unravels when his foreman goes missing and he chooses to fire t...
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