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Brian Kerwin
Born (1949-10-25) October 25, 1949 (age 74)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1976–present
Spouse(s)
Jeanne Troy
(m. 1990; died 2016)
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Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949) is an American actor who has starred in feature films, on Broadway, and in television series and movies.

Life

Kerwin was born in Chicago and raised in Flossmoor, Illinois. He has three siblings: Anne, Dennis, and Terrence.

Kerwin married Jeanne Marie Troy on September 2, 1990, and they had three children: Finn, Matilda, and Brennan. She died at the family home in Venice, California, on February 11, 2016, at age 55 after a three-year battle with brain cancer.

Career

Kerwin won the Theatre World Award in 1988 for the off-Broadway play Emily. His Broadway credits include the 1997 revival of The Little Foxes and the Elaine May comedy After the Night and the Music in 2005. The same year, he starred in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? at the Mark Taper Forum.

In 1989, he played Nick in a revival of Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Doolittle Theatre (now the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre) in Los Angeles. The production, directed by the playwright, starred Glenda Jackson and John Lithgow, with Cynthia Nixon as Kerwin's character's wife, Honey. The production was not well received. He 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 original Broadway production of 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, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain, 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.

His credits on TV include a regular role on the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers, recurring roles on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, The Chisholms (four episodes), Roseanne (as Gary Hall), 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, Blue Bloods, Boston Legal, Medium, Without a Trace, and Desperate Housewives. From 2007 to 2012, he appeared on the soap opera One Life to Live.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Hometown U.S.A. T. J. Swackhammer
1980 Getting Wasted Brad Carson
1982 The Tragedy of King Lear King of France
1984 Nickel Mountain George
1985 Murphy's Romance Bobby Jack Moriarity
1986 King Kong Lives Hank Mitchell
1988 Torch Song Trilogy Ed Reese
1991 Hard Promises Walt
1992 Love Field Ray Hallett
1992 Spies Inc. Jim
1995 Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Matt Hollinger
1996 Getting Away with Murder Marty Lambert
1996 Jack Brian Powell
1997 The Myth of Fingerprints Elliot
1997 Mr. Jealousy Stephen
2004 Debating Robert Lee Gary Mann
2008 27 Dresses Hal
2011 The Help Robert Phelan
2014 Are You Joking? Sandy
2015 Addiction: A 60's Love Story Irv Bornstein

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Logan's Run Patrick Episode: "The Innocent"
1978 The Busters Albie McRae Television film
1978 David Cassidy: Man Undercover Ernie Episode: "Running the Hill"
1978 A Real American Hero Til Johnson Television film
1979 The Chisholms Gideon Chisholm 4 episodes
1979 The Paradise Connection Bruce Douglas Television film
1979 B. J. and the Bear Deputy Birdie Hawkins 3 episodes
1979–1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo 38 episodes
1980 Power Jack Vanda Television film
1980 CHiPs Brian Kerwin Episode: "The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party"
1980–1981 The Love Boat Ted Lawrence / Hank Austin 3 episodes
1982 The Blue and the Gray Malachy Hale
1982 Miss All-American Beauty Michael Carrington Television film
1983 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Mike Episode: "Winner"
1983 Intimate Agony Nick Todd Television film
1984 Antony and Cleopatra Eros
1984 Simon & Simon Taylor Martin / Slack Reynolds Episode: "The Dark Side of the Street"
1984 Wet Gold Ben Keating, the Diver Television film
1984 Highway to Heaven Barry Rudd Episode: "Hotel of Dreams"
1984 Murder, She Wrote Andy Townsend Episode: "Death Casts a Spell"
1986 St. Elsewhere Terence O'Casey 2 episodes
1987 Great Performances Hal Graham Episode: "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson"
1988 Bluegrass Dancy Cutler Television film
1989 The Hitchhiker Doctor Winters Episode: "Shadow Puppets"
1990 Challenger Michael J. Smith Television film
1990 Tales from the Crypt Donald Episode: "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today"
1990 Roseanne Gary Hall 4 episodes
1991 Switched at Birth Robert Mays Miniseries
1992 Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Jack Adkins Television film
1993 Angel Falls Eli Harrison 5 episode
1995 Abandoned and Deceived Doug Television film
1996 It Came from Outer Space II Jack Putnam
1996 Sins of Silence Joey Finn
1996 Critical Choices Flood
1996 Unlikely Angel Ben Bartilson
1997 Volcano: Fire on the Mountain Buck Adams
1997 The Wonderful World of Disney David Strong Episode: "Flash"
1998 Dead Man's Gun Teddy Boyd / Joe Wheeler Episode: "The Resurrection of Joe Wheeler"
1998 Giving Up the Ghost Kevin Television film
1998 Killer App Larry Dawkens
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Saul Lapidus
1999–2001 Beggars and Choosers Rob Malone 42 episodes
2000 Common Ground Chuck Dawson Television film
2001 A Girl Thing Gary Tucker
2001 Frasier Rob 2 episodes
2001–2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Various roles 3 episodes
2002 Law & Order Ted Weldon Episode: "Missing"
2002–2003 Strong Medicine Les Campbell / Leslie Campbell 2 episodes
2004 The West Wing Ben Dryer 3 episodes
2004 Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Nathan Lloyd Television film
2004 Boston Legal Jack Fleming Episode: "Truth Be Told"
2005 The Exonerated Cop #2 Television film
2005 Medium Nathan Bradley Episode: "Too Close to Call"
2005 Grey's Anatomy Holden McKee Episode: "Thanks for the Memories"
2005 Nip/Tuck Eugene Alderman 4 episodes
2006 Close to Home Lee Towers Episode: "The Good Doctor"
2006 Without a Trace Randall Parker Episode: "Stolen"
2006 Desperate Housewives Harvey Bigsby 2 episodes
2006 Monk Ben Glazer Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad"
2007 Big Love Eddie 4 episodes
2007–2011 One Life to Live Charlie Banks 308 episodes
2011 A Gifted Man Jim Marks Episode: "In Case of All Hell Breaking Loose"
2012 The Client List Garrett Landry 3 episodes
2012 Elementary Charles Cooper Episode: "Flight Risk"
2013 Blue Bloods Pete Seabrook Episode: "No Regrets"
2014 Dangerous Liaisons Senator Fontaine Television film
2014–2015 The Knick Corky Vanderbilt 4 episodes
2015 Hindsight Lincoln 5 episodes
2019 Madam Secretary Deputy Secretary Steven Bailey Episode: "The Great Experiment"

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