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Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin

Birthday: 1949-10-25 | 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Kerwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
You Must Be Joking

as    Sandy

2008
27 Dresses

as    Hal Nichols

2004
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

as    Nathan Lloyd

1997
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

as    Buck Adams

1997
Flash

as    David Strong

1997
The Myth of Fingerprints

as    Elliot

1996
Unlikely Angel

as    Ben Bartilson

1996
Jack

as    Brian Powell

1996
Getting Away with Murder

as    Marty Lambert

1995
It Came from Outer Space II

as    Jack Putnam

1995
1993
Angel Falls

as    Eli Harrison

1992
Love Field

as    Ray Hallett

1988
Torch Song Trilogy

as    Ed Reese

1986
King Kong Lives

as    Hank Mitchell

1985
Murphy's Romance

as    Bobby Jack Moriarty

1984
Wet Gold

as    Ben Keating, the Diver

1983
Intimate Agony

as    Nick Todd

1980
Getting Wasted

as    Brad

1978
A Real American Hero

as    Til Johnson