Brian Kerwin
Brian Kerwin
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
85
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-10-25 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Acting

2015

Addiction: A 60's Love Story as Irv Bornstein

2014

The Knick as Corky

2014

Dangerous Liaisons as Senator Fontaine

2014

You Must Be Joking as Sandy

2012

Elementary as Charles Cooper

2012

The Client List as Garrett Landry

2011

The Help as Robert Phelan

2008

27 Dresses as Hal Nichols

2006

Big Love as Eddie

2006

The Exonerated as Cop #2

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Holden McKee

2005

Medium as Nathan Bradley

2005

Close to Home as Lee Towers

2004

Desperate Housewives as Harvey Bigsby

2004

Boston Legal as Jack Fleming

2004

Debating Robert Lee as Gary Mann

2003

Nip/Tuck as Eugene Alderman

2002

Monk as Ben Glazer

2002

Without a Trace as Randall Parker

2000

Strong Medicine as Leslie Campbell

2000

Common Ground as Chuck Dawson

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Stanley Billings

1999

The West Wing as Ben Dryer

1999

Beggars and Choosers as Rob Malone

1999

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Not available

1999

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Not available

1998

Giving Up the Ghost as Kevin

1998

Mr. Jealousy as Stephen

1997

Flash as David Strong

1996

Jack as Brian Powell

1996

Getting Away with Murder as Marty Lambert

1996

Critical Choices as Rev. Bobby Ray Flood

1996

Sins of Silence as Joey Finn

1996

Unlikely Angel as Ben Bartilson

1996

Dear Diary as Tom

1995

It Came from Outer Space II as Jack Putnam

1993

Frasier as Bob

1993

Angel Falls as Eli Harrison

1992

Hard Promises as Walt

1992

Spies, Inc. as Jim

1992

Love Field as Ray Hallett

1991

Switched at Birth as Robert Mays

1990

Law & Order as Ted Weldon

1990

Challenger as Captain Michael J. Smith

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Donald

1988

Roseanne as Not available

1988

Torch Song Trilogy as Ed Reese

1986

King Kong Lives as Hank Mitchell

1985

Murphy's Romance as Bobby Jack Moriarty

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Andy Townsend

1984

Highway to Heaven as Not available

1984

Nickel Mountain as George

1984

Wet Gold as Ben Keating, the Diver

1983

The Hitchhiker as Doctor Winters

1983

Intimate Agony as Nick Todd

1982

St. Elsewhere as Not available

1982

The Blue and the Gray as Malachy Hale

1982

Miss All-American Beauty as Michael Carrington

1982

The Tragedy of King Lear as Not available

1981

Simon & Simon as Not available

1980

Power as Jack Vanda

1980

Getting Wasted as Brad

1979

B. J. and the Bear as Not available

1979

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Deputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins

1979

The Chisholms as Gideon Chisholm

1979

Hometown U.S.A. as T. J. Swackhammer

1979

The Paradise Connection as Bruce Douglas

1978

A Real American Hero as Til Johnson

1977

The Love Boat as Not available

1977

The Love Boat as Ted Lawrence

1977

The Love Boat as Hank Austin

1977

Logan's Run as Patrick

1976

Battle of the Network Stars as Not available

1971

Great Performances as Hal Graham

1968

One Life to Live as Charlie Banks