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Brian Kerwin

Acting

Born October 25, 1949 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as Brain Kerwin · Брайан Кервин

Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1988

Filmography46 titles

The West Wing

1999as Ben Dryer

The Help

2011as Robert Phelan

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Holden McKee

Monk

2002as Ben Glazer

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Donald

The Knick

2014as Corky

Boston Legal

2004as Jack Fleming

Desperate Housewives

2004as Harvey Bigsby

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Evan Ramsey

Frasier

1993as Bob

Elementary

2012as Charles Cooper

Medium

2005as Nathan Bradley

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Andy Townsend

Strong Medicine

2000as Leslie Campbell

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987as Hal Graham

Highway to Heaven

1984

Without a Trace

2002as Randall Parker

Law & Order

1990as Ted Weldon

Torch Song Trilogy

1988as Ed Reese

Nip/Tuck

2003as Eugene Alderman

Abandoned and Deceived

1995as Doug

Big Love

2006as Eddie

Roseanne

1988

Logan's Run

1977as Patrick

Simon & Simon

1981

The Client List

2011as Garrett Landry

27 Dresses

2008as Hal Nichols

Challenger

1990as Captain Michael J. Smith

Jack

1996as Brian Powell

The Love Boat

1977as Hank Austin

Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

1997as Buck Adams

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

1995as Matt Hollinger

Murphy's Romance

1985as Bobby Jack Moriarty

Unlikely Angel

1996as Ben Bartilson

Love Field

1992as Ray Hallett

Great Performances

1971as Hal Graham

Close to Home

2005as Lee Towers

Mr. Jealousy

1998as Stephen

Are You Joking?

2014as Sandy

Hard Promises

1992as Walt

St. Elsewhere

1982as Terence O'Casey

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

2004as Nathan Lloyd

King Kong Lives

1986as Hank Mitchell

Intimate Agony

1983as Nick Todd

Addiction: A 60's Love Story

2015as Irv Bornstein

Miss All-American Beauty

1982as Michael Carrington