Brian Kerwin
Born
October 25, 1949 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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Known For
Addiction: A 60's Love Story
Irv Bornstein
2015
The Knick
Corky · (1 episode)
2014
You Must Be Joking
Sandy
2014
Dangerous Liaisons
Senator Fontaine
2014
Elementary
Charles Cooper · (1 episode)
2012
The Client List
Garrett Landry · (3 episodes)
2012
The Help
Robert Phelan
2011
27 Dresses
Hal Nichols
2008
Big Love
Eddie · (4 episodes)
2006
The Exonerated
Cop #2
2006
Close to Home
(1 episode)
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Holden McKee · (1 episode)
2005
Medium
Nathan Bradley · (1 episode)
2005
Desperate Housewives
Harvey Bigsby · (2 episodes)
2004
Boston Legal
Jack Fleming · (1 episode)
2004
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Nathan Lloyd
2004
Debating Robert Lee
Gary Mann
2004
Nip/Tuck
Eugene Alderman · (4 episodes)
2003
Without a Trace
Randall Parker · (1 episode)
2002
Monk
Ben Glazer · (1 episode)
2002
Strong Medicine
Leslie Campbell · (2 episodes)
2000
Common Ground
Chuck Dawson
2000
The West Wing
Ben Dryer · (3 episodes)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Evan Ramsey · (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Stanley Billings · (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roger Murray · (1 episode)
1999
Beggars and Choosers
Rob Malone · (42 episodes)
1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
(2 episodes)
1999
Giving Up the Ghost
Kevin
1998
Mr. Jealousy
Stephen
1998
Flash
David Strong
1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
Elliot
1997
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
Buck Adams
1997
Unlikely Angel
Ben Bartilson
1996
Dear Diary
Tom
1996
Critical Choices
Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
1996
Jack
Brian Powell
1996
Getting Away with Murder
Marty Lambert
1996
Sins of Silence
Joey Finn
1996
It Came from Outer Space II
Jack Putnam
1995
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Matt Hollinger
1995
Abandoned and Deceived
Doug
1995
Frasier
Bob · (2 episodes)
1993
Angel Falls
Eli Harrison · (6 episodes)
1993
Love Field
Ray Hallett
1992
Spies, Inc.
Jim
1992
Hard Promises
Walt
1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Jack Adkins
1992
Switched at Birth
Robert Mays
1991
Law & Order
Ted Weldon · (1 episode)
1990
Challenger
Captain Michael J. Smith
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Donald · (1 episode)
1989
Torch Song Trilogy
Ed Reese
1988
Roseanne
(4 episodes)
1988
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Hal Graham
1987
King Kong Lives
Hank Mitchell
1986
King Kong! The Living Legend
Self
1986
Murphy's Romance
Bobby Jack Moriarty
1985
Wet Gold
Ben Keating, the Diver
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Andy Townsend · (1 episode)
1984
Highway to Heaven
(1 episode)
1984
Nickel Mountain
George
1984
The Hitchhiker
Doctor Winters · (1 episode)
1983
Intimate Agony
Nick Todd
1983
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
Miss All-American Beauty
Michael Carrington
1982
The Blue and the Gray
Malachy Hale · (3 episodes)
1982
St. Elsewhere
(2 episodes)
1982
Simon & Simon
(1 episode)
1981
Power
Jack Vanda
1980
Getting Wasted
Brad
1980
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Deputy Birdwell "Birdie" Hawkins · (37 episodes)
1979
The Paradise Connection
Bruce Douglas
1979
The Chisholms
Gideon Chisholm · (4 episodes)
1979
B. J. and the Bear
(1 episode)
1979
Hometown U.S.A.
T. J. Swackhammer
1979
A Real American Hero
Til Johnson
1978
The Love Boat
(1 episode)
1977
The Love Boat
Ted Lawrence · (1 episode)
1977
The Love Boat
Hank Austin · (1 episode)
1977
Logan's Run
(1 episode)
1977
Battle of the Network Stars
(2 episodes)
1976
Great Performances
Hal Graham · (1 episode)
1971
One Life to Live
Charlie Banks · (3549 episodes)
1968