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Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin

Born: 1949-10-25 • 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.

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Filmography
Addiction: A 60's Love Story poster
Addiction: A 60's Love Story
2015 • Irv Bornstein
You Must Be Joking poster
You Must Be Joking
2014 • Sandy
No Image
Dangerous Liaisons
2014 • Senator Fontaine
The Help poster
The Help
2011 • Robert Phelan
27 Dresses poster
27 Dresses
2008 • Hal Nichols
The Exonerated poster
The Exonerated
2006 • Cop #2
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman poster
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004 • Nathan Lloyd
Debating Robert Lee poster
Debating Robert Lee
2004 • Gary Mann
Common Ground poster
Common Ground
2000 • Chuck Dawson
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer poster
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Giving Up the Ghost poster
Giving Up the Ghost
1998 • Kevin
Mr. Jealousy poster
Mr. Jealousy
1998 • Stephen
Flash poster
Flash
1997 • David Strong
The Myth of Fingerprints poster
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997 • Elliot
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain poster
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
1997 • Buck Adams
Unlikely Angel poster
Unlikely Angel
1996 • Ben Bartilson
Dear Diary poster
Dear Diary
1996 • Tom
Critical Choices poster
Critical Choices
1996 • Rev. Bobby Ray Flood
Jack poster
Jack
1996 • Brian Powell
Getting Away with Murder poster
Getting Away with Murder
1996 • Marty Lambert
Sins of Silence poster
Sins of Silence
1996 • Joey Finn
It Came from Outer Space II poster
It Came from Outer Space II
1995 • Jack Putnam
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain poster
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995 • Matt Hollinger
Abandoned and Deceived poster
Abandoned and Deceived
1995 • Doug
Love Field poster
Love Field
1992 • Ray Hallett
Spies, Inc. poster
Spies, Inc.
1992 • Jim
Hard Promises poster
Hard Promises
1992 • Walt
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore poster
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992 • Jack Adkins
Challenger poster
Challenger
1990 • Captain Michael J. Smith
Torch Song Trilogy poster
Torch Song Trilogy
1988 • Ed Reese
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson poster
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987 • Hal Graham
King Kong Lives poster
King Kong Lives
1986 • Hank Mitchell
No Image
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986 • Self
Murphy's Romance poster
Murphy's Romance
1985 • Bobby Jack Moriarty
Wet Gold poster
Wet Gold
1984 • Ben Keating, the Diver
Nickel Mountain poster
Nickel Mountain
1984 • George
Intimate Agony poster
Intimate Agony
1983 • Nick Todd
The Tragedy of King Lear poster
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
Miss All-American Beauty poster
Miss All-American Beauty
1982 • Michael Carrington
Getting Wasted poster
Getting Wasted
1980 • Brad
The Paradise Connection poster
The Paradise Connection
1979 • Bruce Douglas
Hometown U.S.A. poster
Hometown U.S.A.
1979 • T. J. Swackhammer
A Real American Hero poster
A Real American Hero
1978 • Til Johnson