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Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin

Acting1949Chicago, 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.

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Acting History

2021
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Roger Murray / Stanley Billings / Evan Ramsey1 eps
2014
Dangerous Liaisons
as Senator Fontaine
The Knick
TVas Corky1 eps
2012
Elementary
TVas Charles Cooper1 eps
The Client List
TVas Garrett Landry3 eps
2011
The Help
as Robert Phelan
2008
27 Dresses
as Hal Nichols
2007
Big Love
TVas Eddie4 eps
2006
Without a Trace
TVas Randall Parker1 eps
Close to Home
TVas Lee Towers1 eps
Monk
TVas Ben Glazer1 eps
Desperate Housewives
TVas Harvey Bigsby2 eps
2005
Medium
TVas Nathan Bradley1 eps
Nip/Tuck
TVas Eugene Alderman4 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Holden McKee1 eps
2004
The West Wing
TVas Ben Dryer3 eps
Boston Legal
TVas Jack Fleming1 eps
2002
Law & Order
TVas Ted Weldon1 eps
Strong Medicine
TVas Leslie Campbell2 eps
2001
Frasier
TVas Bob2 eps
2000
Common Ground
as Chuck Dawson
1998
Mr. Jealousy
as Stephen
1997
1996
Sins of Silence
as Joey Finn
Getting Away with Murder
as Marty Lambert
Unlikely Angel
as Ben Bartilson
Jack
as Brian Powell
1990
Challenger
as Captain Michael J. Smith
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Donald1 eps
1989
The Hitchhiker
TVas Doctor Winters1 eps
1988
1986
King Kong Lives
as Hank Mitchell
St. Elsewhere
TVas Terence O'Casey2 eps
1985
Murphy's Romance
as Bobby Jack Moriarty
1984
Wet Gold
as Ben Keating, the Diver
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Andy Townsend1 eps
1982
Miss All-American Beauty
as Michael Carrington
1981
The Love Boat
TVas Hank Austin / Ted Lawrence2 eps
1979
The Paradise Connection
as Bruce Douglas
Hometown U.S.A.
as T. J. Swackhammer
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
TVas Deputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins37 eps
1978
A Real American Hero
as Til Johnson
1977
Logan's Run
TVas Patrick1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/25/1949(76 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA