8.2
TV
Acting
Brian Kerwin
- Born
- (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 80 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
8.2
Movie
The Help
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
6.5
Movie
27 Dresses
7.9
TV
Desperate Housewives
7.6
TV
Elementary
6.3
Movie
Jack
7.9
TV
Monk
8.0
TV
Tales from the Crypt
7.7
TV
Frasier
7.3
TV
Law & Order
8.3
TV
The West Wing
7.5
TV
Medium
7.2
TV
Nip/Tuck
7.8
TV
The Knick
7.5
TV
Murder, She Wrote
6.8
TV
Roseanne
7.9
TV
Boston Legal
Acting credits 80
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Addiction: A 60's Love Story Film | Irv Bornstein |
| 2014 | The Knick TV | Corky (1 ep) |
| 2014 | You Must Be Joking Film | Sandy |
| 2012 | Elementary TV | Charles Cooper (1 ep) |
| 2012 | The Client List TV | Garrett Landry (3 ep) |
| 2011 | The Help Film | Robert Phelan |
| 2008 | 27 Dresses Film | Hal Nichols |
| 2006 | Big Love TV | Eddie (4 ep) |
| 2006 | The Exonerated Film | Cop #2 |
| 2005 | Close to Home TV | Lee Towers (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy TV | Holden McKee (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Medium TV | Nathan Bradley (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives TV | Harvey Bigsby (2 ep) |
| 2004 | Boston Legal TV | Jack Fleming (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Film | Nathan Lloyd |
| 2004 | Debating Robert Lee Film | Gary Mann |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck TV | Eugene Alderman (4 ep) |
| 2002 | Without a Trace TV | Randall Parker (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Monk TV | Ben Glazer (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine TV | Leslie Campbell (2 ep) |
| 2000 | Common Ground Film | Chuck Dawson |
| 1999 | The West Wing TV | Ben Dryer (3 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Evan Ramsey, Stanley Billings, Roger Murray (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Beggars and Choosers TV | Rob Malone (42 ep) |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Film | |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer TV | (2 ep) |
| 1998 | Giving Up the Ghost Film | Kevin |
| 1998 | Mr. Jealousy Film | Stephen |
| 1997 | Flash Film | David Strong |
| 1997 | The Myth of Fingerprints Film | Elliot |
| 1997 | Volcano: Fire on the Mountain Film | Buck Adams |
| 1996 | Unlikely Angel Film | Ben Bartilson |
| 1996 | Dear Diary Film | Tom |
| 1996 | Critical Choices Film | Rev. Bobby Ray Flood |
| 1996 | Jack Film | Brian Powell |
| 1996 | Getting Away with Murder Film | Marty Lambert |
| 1996 | Sins of Silence Film | Joey Finn |
| 1995 | It Came from Outer Space II Film | Jack Putnam |
| 1995 | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Film | Matt Hollinger |
| 1995 | Abandoned and Deceived Film | Doug |
| 1993 | Frasier TV | Bob (2 ep) |
| 1993 | Angel Falls TV | Eli Harrison (6 ep) |
| 1992 | Love Field Film | Ray Hallett |
| 1992 | Spies, Inc. Film | Jim |
| 1992 | Hard Promises Film | Walt |
| 1992 | Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Film | Jack Adkins |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth TV | Robert Mays (2 ep) |
| 1990 | Law & Order TV | Ted Weldon (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Challenger Film | Captain Michael J. Smith |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt TV | Donald (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy Film | Ed Reese |
| 1988 | Roseanne TV | (4 ep) |
| 1988 | Bluegrass TV | Dancy Cutler (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson Film | Hal Graham |
| 1986 | King Kong Lives Film | Hank Mitchell |
| 1986 | King Kong! The Living Legend Film | Self |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance Film | Bobby Jack Moriarty |
| 1984 | Wet Gold Film | Ben Keating, the Diver |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Andy Townsend (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven TV | (1 ep) |