Brian Kerwin
Born: 1949-10-25 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Addiction: A 60's Love Story as Irv Bornstein
2014
- Dangerous Liaisons as Senator Fontaine
- The Knick as Corky
- You Must Be Joking as Sandy
2012
- Elementary as Charles Cooper
- The Client List as Garrett Landry
2011
- The Help as Robert Phelan
2008
- 27 Dresses as Hal Nichols
2006
- Big Love as Eddie
- The Exonerated as Cop #2
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Holden McKee
- Medium as Nathan Bradley
- Close to Home as Lee Towers
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Harvey Bigsby
- Boston Legal as Jack Fleming
- Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman as Nathan Lloyd
- Debating Robert Lee as Gary Mann
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Eugene Alderman
2002
- Monk as Ben Glazer
- Without a Trace as Randall Parker
2000
- Strong Medicine as Leslie Campbell
- Common Ground as Chuck Dawson
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Evan Ramsey
- The West Wing as Ben Dryer
- Beggars and Choosers as Rob Malone
- The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
- The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1998
- Mr. Jealousy as Stephen
- Giving Up the Ghost as Kevin
1997
- Flash as David Strong
- Volcano: Fire on the Mountain as Buck Adams
- The Myth of Fingerprints as Elliot
1996
- Jack as Brian Powell
- Unlikely Angel as Ben Bartilson
- Getting Away with Murder as Marty Lambert
- Sins of Silence as Joey Finn
- Critical Choices as Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
- Dear Diary as Tom
1995
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain as Matt Hollinger
- Abandoned and Deceived as Doug
- It Came from Outer Space II as Jack Putnam
1993
- Frasier as Bob
- Angel Falls as Eli Harrison
1992
- Hard Promises as Walt
- Spies, Inc. as Jim
- Love Field as Ray Hallett
- Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore as Jack Adkins
1991
- Switched at Birth as Robert Mays
1990
- Law & Order as Ted Weldon
- Challenger as Captain Michael J. Smith
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Donald
1988
- Torch Song Trilogy as Ed Reese
- Roseanne
1987
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as Hal Graham
1986
- King Kong Lives as Hank Mitchell
- King Kong! The Living Legend as Self
1985
- Murphy's Romance as Bobby Jack Moriarty
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Andy Townsend
- Highway to Heaven
- Nickel Mountain as George
- Wet Gold as Ben Keating, the Diver
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Doctor Winters
- Intimate Agony as Nick Todd
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Terence O'Casey
- Miss All-American Beauty as Michael Carrington
- The Blue and the Gray as Malachy Hale
- The Tragedy of King Lear
1981
1980
- Power as Jack Vanda
- Getting Wasted as Brad
1979
- Hometown U.S.A. as T. J. Swackhammer
- B. J. and the Bear
- The Paradise Connection as Bruce Douglas
- The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Deputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins
- The Chisholms as Gideon Chisholm
1978
- A Real American Hero as Til Johnson
1977
- The Love Boat
- Logan's Run as Patrick
1971
- Great Performances as Hal Graham
1968
- One Life to Live as Charlie Banks