Brian Kerwin

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.

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CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

5.5
Medium

Medium

7.464
One Life to Live

One Life to Live

7.429
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.225
B. J. and the Bear

B. J. and the Bear

5.5
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

7.915
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3
Monk

Monk

7.941
Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon

6.7
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

7.949
Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

7.385
Roseanne

Roseanne

6.8
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

7.2
Without a Trace

Without a Trace

7.2
Close to Home

Close to Home

5.9
Big Love

Big Love

6.9
Boston Legal

Boston Legal

7.9
Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars

7.2
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

5.1
The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker

6.1
Beggars and Choosers

Beggars and Choosers

3.3
Grizzly Adams

Grizzly Adams

7
Angel Falls

Angel Falls

8
The Chisholms

The Chisholms

6.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
Logan's Run

Logan's Run

6.5
Elementary

Elementary

7.598
The West Wing

The West Wing

8.258
The Knick

The Knick

7.897
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
Frasier

Frasier

7.674
The Client List

The Client List

6.659
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.4
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

4.7
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3
The Blue and the Gray

The Blue and the Gray

6.9
Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

7.1
Great Performances

Great Performances

5.3
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

Movies

27 Dresses

27 Dresses

6.4
Jack

Jack

6.3
King Kong Lives

King Kong Lives

5.1
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

7.362
Getting Away with Murder

Getting Away with Murder

4.632
Murphy's Romance

Murphy's Romance

6.101
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

6.2
Love Field

Love Field

5.9
Wet Gold

Wet Gold

4.5
Miss All-American Beauty

Miss All-American Beauty

1.5
Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth

6
Hard Promises

Hard Promises

5.4
Unlikely Angel

Unlikely Angel

5.938
A Real American Hero

A Real American Hero

3
Abandoned and Deceived

Abandoned and Deceived

6.6
Flash

Flash

8.3
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

5
It Came from Outer Space II

It Came from Outer Space II

3.125
Addiction: A 60's Love Story

Addiction: A 60's Love Story

4.8
King Kong! The Living Legend

King Kong! The Living Legend

0
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

6.4
Spies, Inc.

Spies, Inc.

4.3
Critical Choices

Critical Choices

6
Power

Power

2
Getting Wasted

Getting Wasted

4.667
Debating Robert Lee

Debating Robert Lee

6.3
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

6.8
Common Ground

Common Ground

4.9
You Must Be Joking

You Must Be Joking

5.3
The Help

The Help

8.206
Sins of Silence

Sins of Silence

6
Challenger

Challenger

6.2
Nickel Mountain

Nickel Mountain

3.3
Hometown U.S.A.

Hometown U.S.A.

1
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

5.75
Giving Up the Ghost

Giving Up the Ghost

6
The Paradise Connection

The Paradise Connection

0
The Myth of Fingerprints

The Myth of Fingerprints

4.906
Dear Diary

Dear Diary

6.455
The Exonerated

The Exonerated

7.25
Intimate Agony

Intimate Agony

4.3
Mr. Jealousy

Mr. Jealousy

5.9
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

4.75
The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

8
Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

0