
Actor
Kent Broadhurst
Born February 4, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, USADied May 20, 202619 films
Kent Broadhurst (February 4, 1940 — May 20, 2026) was an American actor, playwright, screenwriter and painter.
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He has appeared in a number of off-Broadway and regional theater productions. Broadhurst has also acted in films, including The Verdict, Silkwood, and Silver Bullet, and in television productions including Babylon 5, Law & Order, War and Remembrance, and Kane and Abel.
His credits as a playwright include They're Coming To Make It Brighter, Lemons, The Eye of the Beholder, and The Habitual Acceptance of the Near Enough, all first produced at the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. He wrote the screenplay for the 2001 television film Wild Iris.
Broadhurst was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1962, and lived in New York until his death in May 2026.
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First watchLéon: The Professional19948.3as 1st PolicemanLéon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling…View filmEssential films
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19 films as actor- 2021The Gay Agenda 13
- 2005Rambam - The Story of MaimonidesJewish Goldsmith / Asher / Servant
- 1996A Couch in New YorkTim
- 1995Alkali, IowaRoger ('Blondie')
- 1994Léon: The Professional1st Policeman
- 1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in WacoCole
- 1993The Dark HalfMike Donaldson
- 1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the DrawSailor Johnson
- 1991Solomon Northup's OdysseyBass
- 1991Touch and DieDavis
- 1990A Shock to the SystemExecutive #1
- 1988Stars & BarsBen Sereno
- 1985Silver BulletHerb Kincaid
- 1983SilkwoodCarl
- 1983I Want to LiveDistrict Attorney
- 1983LovesickGay Patient
- 1982The VerdictJoseph Alito
- 1980BrubakerWhitley
- 1980The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg





