Portrait of Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin

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.

Born: October 25, 1949

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2015
2014
The Knick

as Corky

2014
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
2005
Close to Home

as Lee Towers

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Holden McKee

2005
Medium

as Nathan Bradley

2004
Desperate Housewives

as Harvey Bigsby

2004
Boston Legal

as Jack Fleming

2004
2003
Nip/Tuck

as Eugene Alderman

2002
Without a Trace

as Randall Parker

2002
Monk

as Ben Glazer

2000
Strong Medicine

as Leslie Campbell

2000
Common Ground

as Chuck Dawson

1999
The West Wing

as Ben Dryer

1999
1999
1998
Mr. Jealousy

as Stephen

1997
Flash

as David Strong

1996
Unlikely Angel

as Ben Bartilson

1996
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
1993
Frasier

as Bob

1992
Love Field

as Ray Hallett

1992
1992
1991
Switched at Birth

as Robert Mays

1990
Law & Order

as Ted Weldon

1990
Challenger

as Captain Michael J. Smith

1988
1986
King Kong Lives

as Hank Mitchell

1985
Murphy's Romance

as Bobby Jack Moriarty

1984
Wet Gold

as Ben Keating, the Diver

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Andy Townsend

1984
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Doctor Winters

1983
Intimate Agony

as Nick Todd

1982
Miss All-American Beauty

as Michael Carrington

1982
The Blue and the Gray

as Malachy Hale

1980
Power

as Jack Vanda

1980
1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

as Deputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins

1979
The Paradise Connection

as Bruce Douglas

1979
The Chisholms

as Gideon Chisholm

1979
Hometown U.S.A.

as T. J. Swackhammer

1978
A Real American Hero

as Til Johnson

1977
The Love Boat

as Ted Lawrence

1977
The Love Boat

as Hank Austin

1977
Logan's Run

as Patrick

1971
Great Performances

as Hal Graham

1968
One Life to Live

as Charlie Banks