Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949) is an American actor who has starred in feature films, Broadway shows, and 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 After graduating from USC Film School in 1972, Kerwin moved to New York to work in theater. 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.Sullivan, Dan "Stage Review: A Lower-Key George and Martha", Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1989. The production was not well received.Bottoms, Stephen J. Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 66–68. 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 B.J. and the Bear and 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 +YearTitleRoleNotes1979Hometown U.S.A.T. J. Swackhammer1980Getting WastedBrad Carson1982The Tragedy of King LearKing of France1984Nickel MountainGeorge1985Murphy's RomanceBobby Jack Moriarity1986King Kong LivesHank Mitchell1988Torch Song TrilogyEd Reese1991Hard PromisesWalt1992Love FieldRay HallettSpies Inc.Jim1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear MountainMatt Hollinger1996Getting Away with MurderMarty LambertJackBrian Powell1997The Myth of FingerprintsElliotMr. JealousyStephen2004Debating Robert LeeGary Mann200827 DressesHal2011The HelpRobert Phelan2014Are You Joking?Sandy2015Addiction: A 60's Love StoryIrv Bornstein

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1977Logan's RunPatrickEpisode: "The Innocent"1978The BustersAlbie McRaeTelevision filmDavid Cassidy: Man UndercoverErnieEpisode: "Running the Hill"A Real American HeroTil JohnsonTelevision film1979The ChisholmsGideon Chisholm4 episodesThe Paradise ConnectionBruce DouglasTelevision filmB. J. and the BearDeputy Birdie Hawkins3 episodes1979–1981The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo38 episodes1980PowerJack VandaTelevision filmCHiPsBrian KerwinEpisode: "The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party"1980–1981The Love BoatTed Lawrence / Hank Austin3 episodes1982The Blue and the GrayMalachy HaleMiss All-American BeautyMichael CarringtonTelevision film1983Seven Brides for Seven BrothersMikeEpisode: "Winner"Intimate AgonyNick ToddTelevision film1984Antony and CleopatraErosSimon & SimonTaylor Martin / Slack ReynoldsEpisode: "The Dark Side of the Street"Wet GoldBen Keating, the DiverTelevision filmHighway to HeavenBarry RuddEpisode: "Hotel of Dreams"Murder, She WroteAndy TownsendEpisode: "Death Casts a Spell"1986St. ElsewhereTerence O'Casey2 episodes1987Great PerformancesHal GrahamEpisode: "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson"1988BluegrassDancy CutlerTelevision film1989The HitchhikerDoctor WintersEpisode: "Shadow Puppets"1990ChallengerMichael J. SmithTelevision filmTales from the CryptDonaldEpisode: "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today"RoseanneGary Hall4 episodes1991Switched at BirthRobert MaysMiniseries1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJack AdkinsTelevision film1993Angel FallsEli Harrison5 episode1995Abandoned and DeceivedDougTelevision film1996It Came from Outer Space IIJack PutnamSins of SilenceJoey FinnCritical ChoicesFloodUnlikely AngelBen Bartilson1997Volcano: Fire on the MountainBuck AdamsThe Wonderful World of DisneyDavid StrongEpisode: "Flash"1998Dead Man's GunTeddy Boyd / Joe WheelerEpisode: "The Resurrection of Joe Wheeler"Giving Up the GhostKevinTelevision filmKiller AppLarry Dawkens1999The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerSaul Lapidus1999–2001Beggars and ChoosersRob Malone42 episodes2000Common GroundChuck DawsonTelevision film2001A Girl ThingGary TuckerFrasierRob2 episodes2001–2021Law & Order: Special Victims UnitVarious roles3 episodes2002Law & OrderTed WeldonEpisode: "Missing"2002–2003Strong MedicineLes Campbell / Leslie Campbell2 episodes2004The West WingBen Dryer3 episodesRevenge of the Middle-Aged WomanNathan LloydTelevision filmBoston LegalJack FlemingEpisode: "Truth Be Told"2005The ExoneratedCop #2Television filmMediumNathan BradleyEpisode: "Too Close to Call"Grey's AnatomyHolden McKeeEpisode: "Thanks for the Memories"Nip/TuckEugene Alderman4 episodes2006Close to HomeLee TowersEpisode: "The Good Doctor"Without a TraceRandall ParkerEpisode: "Stolen"Desperate HousewivesHarvey Bigsby2 episodesMonkBen GlazerEpisode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad"2007Big LoveEddie4 episodes2007–2011One Life to LiveCharlie Banks308 episodes2011A Gifted ManJim MarksEpisode: "In Case of All Hell Breaking Loose"2012The Client ListGarrett Landry3 episodesElementaryCharles CooperEpisode: "Flight Risk"2013Blue BloodsPete SeabrookEpisode: "No Regrets"2014Dangerous LiaisonsSenator FontaineTelevision film2014–2015The KnickCorky Vanderbilt4 episodes2015HindsightLincoln5 episodes2019Madam SecretaryDeputy Secretary Steven BaileyEpisode: "The Great Experiment"

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