Brian Kerwin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
Addiction: A 60's Love Story 2015
as Irv Bornstein
You Must Be Joking 2014
as Sandy
The Help 2011
as Robert Phelan
27 Dresses 2008
as Hal Nichols
The Exonerated 2006
as Cop #2
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman 2004
as Nathan Lloyd
Debating Robert Lee 2004
as Gary Mann
Common Ground 2000
as Chuck Dawson
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer 1999
Actor
Giving Up the Ghost 1998
as Kevin
Mr. Jealousy 1998
as Stephen
Flash 1997
as David Strong
The Myth of Fingerprints 1997
as Elliot
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain 1997
as Buck Adams
Unlikely Angel 1996
as Ben Bartilson
Dear Diary 1996
as Tom
Critical Choices 1996
as Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
Jack 1996
as Brian Powell
Getting Away with Murder 1996
as Marty Lambert
Sins of Silence 1996
as Joey Finn
It Came from Outer Space II 1995
as Jack Putnam
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain 1995
as Matt Hollinger
Abandoned and Deceived 1995
as Doug
Love Field 1992
as Ray Hallett
Spies, Inc. 1992
as Jim
Hard Promises 1992
as Walt
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore 1992
as Jack Adkins
Challenger 1990
as Captain Michael J. Smith
Torch Song Trilogy 1988
as Ed Reese
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson 1987
as Hal Graham
King Kong Lives 1986
as Hank Mitchell
- King Kong! The Living Legend
King Kong! The Living Legend 1986
as Self
Murphy's Romance 1985
as Bobby Jack Moriarty
Wet Gold 1984
as Ben Keating, the Diver
Nickel Mountain 1984
as George
Intimate Agony 1983
as Nick Todd
The Tragedy of King Lear 1982
Actor
Miss All-American Beauty 1982
as Michael Carrington
Getting Wasted 1980
as Brad
The Paradise Connection 1979
as Bruce Douglas
Hometown U.S.A. 1979
as T. J. Swackhammer
A Real American Hero 1978
as Til Johnson
Credits from TMDB.