Brian Kerwin

Birthday:
10/25/1949
Place of birth:
Chicago, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Kerwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Addiction: A 60's Love Story (2015)
as Irv Bornstein
You Must Be Joking (2014)
as Sandy
The Help (2011)
as Robert Phelan
27 Dresses (2008)
as Hal Nichols
The Exonerated (2006)
as Cop #2
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (2004)
as Nathan Lloyd
Debating Robert Lee (2004)
as Gary Mann
Common Ground (2000)
as Chuck Dawson
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
Giving Up the Ghost (1998)
as Kevin
Mr. Jealousy (1998)
as Stephen
Flash (1997)
as David Strong
The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
as Elliot
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997)
as Buck Adams
Unlikely Angel (1996)
as Ben Bartilson
Dear Diary (1996)
as Tom
Critical Choices (1996)
as Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
Jack (1996)
as Brian Powell
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
as Marty Lambert
Sins of Silence (1996)
as Joey Finn
It Came from Outer Space II (1995)
as Jack Putnam
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
as Matt Hollinger
Abandoned and Deceived (1995)
as Doug
Love Field (1992)
as Ray Hallett
Spies, Inc. (1992)
as Jim
Hard Promises (1992)
as Walt
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
as Jack Adkins
Challenger (1990)
as Captain Michael J. Smith
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
as Ed Reese
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)
as Hal Graham
King Kong Lives (1986)
as Hank Mitchell
King Kong! The Living Legend (1986)
as Self
Murphy's Romance (1985)
as Bobby Jack Moriarty
Wet Gold (1984)
as Ben Keating, the Diver
Nickel Mountain (1984)
as George
Intimate Agony (1983)
as Nick Todd
The Tragedy of King Lear (1982)
Miss All-American Beauty (1982)
as Michael Carrington
Getting Wasted (1980)
as Brad
The Paradise Connection (1979)
as Bruce Douglas
Hometown U.S.A. (1979)
as T. J. Swackhammer
A Real American Hero (1978)
as Til Johnson

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