
Actor
Brian Kerwin
Born October 25, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA41 films
Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949) is an American actor.
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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.
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41 films as actor- 2015Addiction: A 60's Love StoryIrv Bornstein
- 2014You Must Be JokingSandy
- 2011The HelpRobert Phelan
- 200827 DressesHal Nichols
- 2006The ExoneratedCop #2
- 2004Revenge of the Middle-Aged WomanNathan Lloyd
- 2004Debating Robert LeeGary Mann
- 2000Common GroundChuck Dawson
- 1999The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
- 1998Giving Up the GhostKevin
- 1998Mr. JealousyStephen
- 1997FlashDavid Strong
- 1997The Myth of FingerprintsElliot
- 1997Volcano: Fire on the MountainBuck Adams
- 1996Unlikely AngelBen Bartilson
- 1996Dear DiaryTom
- 1996Critical ChoicesRev. Bobby Ray Flood
- 1996JackBrian Powell
- 1996Getting Away with MurderMarty Lambert
- 1996Sins of SilenceJoey Finn
- 1995It Came from Outer Space IIJack Putnam
- 1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear MountainMatt Hollinger
- 1995Abandoned and DeceivedDoug
- 1992Love FieldRay Hallett
- 1992Spies, Inc.Jim
- 1992Hard PromisesWalt
- 1992Against Her Will: An Incident in BaltimoreJack Adkins
- 1990ChallengerCaptain Michael J. Smith
- 1988Torch Song TrilogyEd Reese
- 1987Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica JacksonHal Graham
- 1986King Kong LivesHank Mitchell
- 1985Murphy's RomanceBobby Jack Moriarty
- 1984Wet GoldBen Keating, the Diver
- 1984Nickel MountainGeorge
- 1983Intimate AgonyNick Todd
- 1982The Tragedy of King Lear
- 1982Miss All-American BeautyMichael Carrington
- 1980Getting WastedBrad
- 1979The Paradise ConnectionBruce Douglas
- 1979Hometown U.S.A.T. J. Swackhammer
- 1978A Real American HeroTil Johnson






