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Brian Kerwin

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Brian Kerwin

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 25, 1949 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kerwin won the Theatre World Award in 1988 for the off-Broadway play Emily. His Broadway theatre credits include the 1997 revival of The Little Foxes and the Elaine May comedy After the Night and the Music in 2005. That same year he starred in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who is Sylvia? at the Mark Taper Forum and played Nick in a highly praised revival of Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Glenda Jackson and John Lithgow. He also played opposite Kathy Baker in the South Coast Repertory production of The Man from Nebraska in 2006. His most recent stage appearance was in the Broadway production August: Osage County. Kerwin's feature films include Murphy's Romance, Hard Promises, 27 Dresses (as Katherine Heigl's character's father), Torch Song Trilogy, Love Field, Jack, King Kong Lives, The Myth of Fingerprints, and Debating Robert Lee. Kerwin has enjoyed an extensive career in television, beginning with the daytime serial The Young and the Restless in 1976. In addition to many television movies, his credits include a regular role on the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers, recurring roles on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, The Chisholms (four 1979 episodes as Gideon Chisholm), Roseanne, The West Wing, Nip/Tuck and Big Love and guest appearances in The Love Boat, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, St. Elsewhere, Frasier, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Boston Legal, Medium, Without a Trace, and Desperate Housewives. In 2007, he joined the cast of the soap opera One Life to Live. Brian was also in a television movie with Michelle Pfeiffer called Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson. He played her married lover. His name was spelled Brain Kerwin in the credits. Kerwin has been married to Jeanne Marie Troy since September 2, 1990. They have three children, Finn, Matilda, and Brennan. The family lives in New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Kerwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2015Addiction: A 60's Love StoryIrv Bornstein
2014You Must Be JokingSandy
2014Dangerous LiaisonsSenator Fontaine
2014The KnickCorky
2012ElementaryCharles Cooper
2012The Client ListGarrett Landry
2011The HelpRobert Phelan
200827 DressesHal Nichols
2006The ExoneratedCop #2
2006Big LoveEddie
2005MediumNathan Bradley
2005Grey's AnatomyHolden McKee
2005Close to HomeLee Towers
2004Revenge of the Middle-Aged WomanNathan Lloyd
2004Debating Robert LeeGary Mann
2004Desperate HousewivesHarvey Bigsby
2004Boston LegalJack Fleming
2003Nip/TuckEugene Alderman
2002MonkBen Glazer
2002Without a TraceRandall Parker
2000Common GroundChuck Dawson
2000Strong MedicineLeslie Campbell
1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999Beggars and ChoosersRob Malone
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitEvan Ramsey
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStanley Billings
1999The West WingBen Dryer
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRoger Murray
1999The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1998Giving Up the GhostKevin
1998Mr. JealousyStephen
1997FlashDavid Strong
1997Volcano: Fire on the MountainBuck Adams
1997The Myth of FingerprintsElliot
1996JackBrian Powell
1996Getting Away with MurderMarty Lambert
1996Unlikely AngelBen Bartilson
1996Critical ChoicesRev. Bobby Ray Flood
1996Sins of SilenceJoey Finn
1996Dear DiaryTom
1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear MountainMatt Hollinger
1995Abandoned and DeceivedDoug
1995It Came from Outer Space IIJack Putnam
1993Angel FallsEli Harrison
1993FrasierBob
1992Love FieldRay Hallett
1992Hard PromisesWalt
1992Spies, Inc.Jim
1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJack Adkins
1991Switched at BirthRobert Mays
1990ChallengerCaptain Michael J. Smith
1990Law & OrderTed Weldon
1989Tales from the CryptDonald
1988Torch Song TrilogyEd Reese
1988Roseanne
1988BluegrassDancy Cutler
1987Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica JacksonHal Graham
1986King Kong LivesHank Mitchell
1986King Kong! The Living LegendSelf
1985Murphy's RomanceBobby Jack Moriarty
1984Wet GoldBen Keating, the Diver
1984Nickel MountainGeorge
1984Highway to Heaven
1984Murder, She WroteAndy Townsend
1983Intimate AgonyNick Todd
1983The HitchhikerDoctor Winters
1982Miss All-American BeautyMichael Carrington
1982The Tragedy of King Lear
1982St. ElsewhereTerence O'Casey
1982The Blue and the GrayMalachy Hale
1981Simon & Simon
1980Getting WastedBrad
1979Hometown U.S.A.T. J. Swackhammer
1979The Paradise ConnectionBruce Douglas
1979B. J. and the Bear
1979The Misadventures of Sheriff LoboDeputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins
1979The ChisholmsGideon Chisholm
1978A Real American HeroTil Johnson
1977The Love Boat
1977Logan's RunPatrick
1977The Love BoatTed Lawrence
1977The Love BoatHank Austin
1976Battle of the Network Stars
1971Great PerformancesHal Graham
1968One Life to LiveCharlie Banks