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Brian Kerwin

Actor, Producer
Born October 25, 1949 (74 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • King Kong Lives
  • Highway to Heaven
  • Mr. Jealousy
  • Unlikely Angel
  • Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
  • Wet Gold
  • Addiction: A 60's Love Story
  • Intimate Agony
Known For
  • 27 Dresses
  • Jack
  • King Kong Lives
  • Murphy's Romance
  • Torch Song Trilogy
  • Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
  • Love Field
  • Common Ground
  • Mr. Jealousy
  • It Came from Outer Space II
  • Hindsight (2015)
  • Getting Away with Murder
  • Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
  • Beggars and Choosers
  • Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
  • Unlikely Angel
  • Hard Promises
  • Getting Wasted
  • Abandoned and Deceived
  • Spies Inc.
  • A Real American Hero
  • The Blue and the Gray
  • The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
  • Wet Gold

Filmography

2015
2015
Hindsight (2015) (TV Series) · as Lincoln
2014
Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Deputy Secretary Steven Bailey
2014
The Knick (TV Series) · as Corky
2014
Are You Joking? · as Sandy
2012
Elementary (TV Series) · as Charles Cooper
2011
The Client List (TV Series) · as Garrett Landry
2011
A Gifted Man (TV Series) · as Jim Marks
2011
The Help · as Robert Phelan
2010
Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Pete Seabrook
2008
27 Dresses · as Hal Nichols
2006
Big Love (TV Series)
2005
Close to Home (TV Series)
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Holden Mckee
2005
The Exonerated · as Cop #2
2005
Medium (TV Series) · as Nathan Bradley
2004
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Harvey Bigsby
2004
Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Jack Fleming
2004
2004
Debating Robert Lee · as Gary Mann
2003
Nip/Tuck (TV Series) · as Eugene Alderman
2002
Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Randall Parker
2002
Monk (TV Series) · as Ben Glazer
2001
A Girl Thing · as Gary Tucker
2000
Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Leslie Campbell
2000
Common Ground · as Chuck Dawson
1999
The West Wing (TV Series) · as Ben Dryer
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Stanley Billings
1999
Beggars and Choosers (TV Series) · as Rob Malone
1999
1998
1997
Flash · as David Strong
1997
1997
Mr. Jealousy · as Stephen
1997
Dead Man's Gun (TV Series) · as Joe Wheeler
1997
1996
It Came from Outer Space II · as Jack Putnam
1996
Unlikely Angel · as Ben Bartilson
1996
Dear Diary · as Tom
1996
Critical Choices · as Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
1996
Jack · as Brian Powell
1996
Getting Away with Murder · as Marty Lambert
1996
Sins of Silence · as Joey Finn
1995
1995
1993
Frasier (TV Series) · as Bob
1993
Angel Falls (TV Series) · as Eli Harrison
1992
Love Field · as Ray Hallett
1992
Spies Inc. · as Jim
1992
1991
Hard Promises · as Walt
1991
Switched at Birth · as Robert Mays
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Ted Weldon
1990
Challenger · as Captain Michael J. Smith
1989
Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Donald
1988
Torch Song Trilogy · as Ed Reese
1988
Roseanne (TV Series)
1988
Bluegrass · as Dancy Cutler
1987
1986
King Kong Lives · as Hank Mitchell
1985
Murphy's Romance · as Bobby Jack Moriarty
1984
Wet Gold · as Ben Keating, The Diver
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Andy Townsend
1984
1984
Nickel Mountain · as George
1983
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Doctor Winters
1983
Intimate Agony · as Nick Todd
1982
Miss All-American Beauty · as Michael Carrington
1982
The Blue and the Gray (TV Series) · as Malachy Hale
1982
St. Elsewhere (TV Series)
1982
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV Series) · as Mike
1981
Simon & Simon (TV Series)
1980
Getting Wasted · as Brad
1979
1979
The Chisholms (TV Series) · as Gideon Chisholm
1979
Hometown U.S.A. · as T. J. Swackhammer
1978
A Real American Hero · as Til Johnson
1978
David Cassidy: Man Undercover (TV Series) · as Ernie
1978
B.J. and the Bear (TV Series)
1977
1977
Logan's Run (TV Series)
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Hank Austin
1977
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Greg Foster #2
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Hal Graham
1968
One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Charlie Banks

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