Brian Kerwin

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.

Known For

Birth Location Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born 1949-10-25

Movies

Addiction: A 60's Love Story as Irv Bornstein
2015
2014
The Help as Robert Phelan
2011
27 Dresses as Hal Nichols
2008
The Exonerated as Cop #2
2006
2004
Debating Robert Lee as Gary Mann
2004
Common Ground as Chuck Dawson
2000
1998
Mr. Jealousy as Stephen
1998
Flash as David Strong
1997
1997
1997
Unlikely Angel as Ben Bartilson
1996
Dear Diary as Tom
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
1996
1995
1995
Love Field as Ray Hallett
1992
Spies, Inc. as Jim
1992
Hard Promises as Walt
1992
Switched at Birth as Robert Mays
1991
Challenger as Captain Michael J. Smith
1990
Torch Song Trilogy as Ed Reese
1988
King Kong Lives as Hank Mitchell
1986
Murphy's Romance as Bobby Jack Moriarty
1985
Wet Gold as Ben Keating, the Diver
1984
Nickel Mountain as George
1984
Intimate Agony as Nick Todd
1983
Miss All-American Beauty as Michael Carrington
1982
Power as Jack Vanda
1980
Getting Wasted as Brad
1980
The Paradise Connection as Bruce Douglas
1979
Hometown U.S.A. as T. J. Swackhammer
1979
A Real American Hero as Til Johnson
1978
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