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Burmester has worked for director John Sayles several times, including " Passion Fish " (1992) and " Lone Star " (1996), and is also for directors such as John Schlesinger , Sidney Lumet , and as the Apostle Nathaniel in Martin Scorsese 's " The Last Temptation Of Christ " (1988). Burmester was born and raised in Louisville, and studied at Western Kentucky University as a biology major before switching to drama. After receiving an MFA from the University Of Denver , he taught college for a year before taking the plunge as a working Actor . Burmester appeared with the Actors Theatre Of Louisville , originating roles in the plays "Getting Our" and " Lone Star ", and eventually recreating them in his Off-Broadway and Broadway debuts, respectively. He made his feature film debut in " House Of God " (1979), but first worked in a big budget project with " Cruising " (1980), and had a featured role as the mortuary director in " Honky Tonk Freeway " (1981). Burmester played one of the FBI agents hounding the faux Rosenberg couple in "Daniel" (1983). He was Holly Hunter 's father in the prologue "youth backstory" sequence in " Broadcast News " (1987), and the bum in front of The Plaza in "Big Business" (1988). Roles started to get larger with James Cameron 's " The Abyss " (1989), as Catfish DeVries, decompression expert. FILMOGRAPHY (partial list)
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