Brian Kerwin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 25, 1949 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 80
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Holden McKee
The Help
2011Movie
Robert Phelan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Evan Ramsey, Stanley Billings, Roger Murray
27 Dresses
2008Movie
Hal Nichols
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Harvey Bigsby
Elementary
2012TV
Charles Cooper
Filmography
Addiction: A 60's Love Story
2015Movie
Irv Bornstein
The Knick
2014TV
Corky
You Must Be Joking
2014Movie
Sandy
Elementary
2012TV
Charles Cooper
The Client List
2012TV
Garrett Landry
The Help
2011Movie
Robert Phelan
27 Dresses
2008Movie
Hal Nichols
Big Love
2006TV
Eddie
The Exonerated
2006Movie
Cop #2
Close to Home
2005TV
Lee Towers
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Holden McKee
Medium
2005TV
Nathan Bradley
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Harvey Bigsby
Boston Legal
2004TV
Jack Fleming
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004Movie
Nathan Lloyd
Debating Robert Lee
2004Movie
Gary Mann
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Eugene Alderman
Without a Trace
2002TV
Randall Parker
Monk
2002TV
Ben Glazer
Strong Medicine
2000TV
Leslie Campbell
Common Ground
2000Movie
Chuck Dawson
The West Wing
1999TV
Ben Dryer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Evan Ramsey, Stanley Billings, Roger Murray
Beggars and Choosers
1999TV
Rob Malone
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999Movie
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999TV
Giving Up the Ghost
1998Movie
Kevin
Mr. Jealousy
1998Movie
Stephen
Flash
1997Movie
David Strong
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997Movie
Elliot
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
1997Movie
Buck Adams
Unlikely Angel
1996Movie
Ben Bartilson
Dear Diary
1996Movie
Tom
Critical Choices
1996Movie
Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
Jack
1996Movie
Brian Powell
Getting Away with Murder
1996Movie
Marty Lambert
Sins of Silence
1996Movie
Joey Finn
It Came from Outer Space II
1995Movie
Jack Putnam
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995Movie
Matt Hollinger
Abandoned and Deceived
1995Movie
Doug
Frasier
1993TV
Bob
Angel Falls
1993TV
Eli Harrison
Love Field
1992Movie
Ray Hallett
Spies, Inc.
1992Movie
Jim
Hard Promises
1992Movie
Walt
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992Movie
Jack Adkins
Switched at Birth
1991TV
Robert Mays
Law & Order
1990TV
Ted Weldon
Challenger
1990Movie
Captain Michael J. Smith
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Donald
Torch Song Trilogy
1988Movie
Ed Reese
Roseanne
1988TV
Bluegrass
1988TV
Dancy Cutler
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987Movie
Hal Graham
King Kong Lives
1986Movie
Hank Mitchell
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986Movie
Self
Murphy's Romance
1985Movie
Bobby Jack Moriarty
Wet Gold
1984Movie
Ben Keating, the Diver
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Andy Townsend
Highway to Heaven
1984TV
Nickel Mountain
1984Movie
George
The Hitchhiker
1983TV
Doctor Winters
Intimate Agony
1983Movie
Nick Todd
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982Movie
Miss All-American Beauty
1982Movie
Michael Carrington
The Blue and the Gray
1982TV
Malachy Hale
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Terence O'Casey
Simon & Simon
1981TV
Getting Wasted
1980Movie
Brad
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979TV
Birdie Hawkins
The Paradise Connection
1979Movie
Bruce Douglas
The Chisholms
1979TV
Gideon Chisholm
B. J. and the Bear
1979TV
Hometown U.S.A.
1979Movie
T. J. Swackhammer
A Real American Hero
1978Movie
Til Johnson
The Love Boat
1977TV
Ted Lawrence, Hank Austin
Logan's Run
1977TV
Patrick
Battle of the Network Stars
1976TV
Great Performances
1971TV
Hal Graham
One Life to Live
1968TV
Charlie Banks