Brian Kerwin
{{Short description|American actor (born 1949)}}
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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1976–present
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Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6zv5YiyHtYC|title=Screen World 1996|page=278|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|date=March 2000|isbn=9781557832528|via=Google Books}} 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.{{cite web |date=February 11, 2016 |title=Jeanne Marie Kerwin |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/jeanne-kerwin-obituary?id=16331565 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=Legacy.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}
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.{{cn|date=January 2017}}
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 [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-06-ca-799-story.html "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.{{cn|date=May 2016}}
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 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtQqAQAAIAAJ|title=The Hollywood Reporter: Volumes 404-405|page=10|date=2008|author=The Hollywood Reporter|via=Google Books}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1979
|T. J. Swackhammer | |
| 1980
|Getting Wasted |Brad Carson | |
| 1982
|The Tragedy of King Lear |King of France | |
| 1984
|George | |
| 1985
|Bobby Jack Moriarity | |
| 1986
|Hank Mitchell | |
| 1988
|Ed Reese | |
| 1991
|Walt | |
| 1992
|Ray Hallett | |
| 1992
|Spies Inc. |Jim | |
| 1995
|Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain |Matt Hollinger | |
| 1996
|Marty Lambert | |
| 1996
|Jack |Brian Powell | |
| 1997
|Elliot | |
| 1997
|Stephen | |
| 2004
|Debating Robert Lee |Gary Mann | |
| 2008
|Hal | |
| 2011
|Robert Phelan | |
| 2014
|Are You Joking? |Sandy | |
| 2015
|Addiction: A 60's Love Story |Irv Bornstein | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1977
|Patrick |Episode: "The Innocent" |
| 1978
|The Busters |Albie McRae |Television film |
| 1978
|David Cassidy: Man Undercover |Ernie |Episode: "Running the Hill" |
| 1978
|Til Johnson |Television film |
| 1979
|Gideon Chisholm |4 episodes |
| 1979
|The Paradise Connection |Bruce Douglas |Television film |
| 1979
| rowspan="2" |Deputy Birdie Hawkins |3 episodes |
| 1979–1981
|The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo |38 episodes |
| 1980
|Power |Jack Vanda |Television film |
| 1980
|Brian Kerwin |Episode: "The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party" |
| 1980–1981
|Ted Lawrence / Hank Austin | rowspan="2" |3 episodes |
| 1982
|Malachy Hale |
| 1982
|Michael Carrington |Television film |
| 1983
|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |Mike |Episode: "Winner" |
| 1983
|Intimate Agony |Nick Todd | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1984
|Antony and Cleopatra |Eros |
| 1984
|Taylor Martin / Slack Reynolds |Episode: "The Dark Side of the Street" |
| 1984
|Ben Keating, the Diver |Television film |
| 1984
|Barry Rudd |Episode: "Hotel of Dreams" |
| 1984
|Andy Townsend |Episode: "Death Casts a Spell" |
| 1986
|Terence O'Casey |2 episodes |
| 1987
|Hal Graham |Episode: "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson" |
| 1988
|Bluegrass |Dancy Cutler |Television film |
| 1989
|Doctor Winters |Episode: "Shadow Puppets" |
| 1990
|Television film |
| 1990
|Donald |Episode: "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today" |
| 1990
|Gary Hall |4 episodes |
| 1991
|Robert Mays |Miniseries |
| 1992
|Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore |Jack Adkins |Television film |
| 1993
|Eli Harrison |5 episode |
| 1995
|Doug | rowspan="6" |Television film |
| 1996
|It Came from Outer Space II |Jack Putnam |
| 1996
|Joey Finn |
| 1996
|Critical Choices |Flood |
| 1996
|Ben Bartilson |
| 1997
|Volcano: Fire on the Mountain |Buck Adams |
| 1997
|The Wonderful World of Disney |David Strong |Episode: "Flash" |
| 1998
|Teddy Boyd / Joe Wheeler |Episode: "The Resurrection of Joe Wheeler" |
| 1998
|Giving Up the Ghost |Kevin | rowspan="3" |Television film |
| 1998
|Killer App |Larry Dawkens |
| 1999
|The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer |Saul Lapidus |
| 1999–2001
|Rob Malone |42 episodes |
| 2000
|Chuck Dawson | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2001
|Gary Tucker |
| 2001
|Rob |2 episodes |
| 2001–2021
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Various roles |3 episodes |
| 2002
|Ted Weldon |Episode: "Missing" |
| 2002–2003
|Les Campbell / Leslie Campbell |2 episodes |
| 2004
|Ben Dryer |3 episodes |
| 2004
|Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman |Nathan Lloyd |Television film |
| 2004
|Jack Fleming |Episode: "Truth Be Told" |
| 2005
|Cop #2 |Television film |
| 2005
|Nathan Bradley |Episode: "Too Close to Call" |
| 2005
|Holden McKee |Episode: "Thanks for the Memories" |
| 2005
|Eugene Alderman |4 episodes |
| 2006
|Lee Towers |Episode: "The Good Doctor" |
| 2006
|Randall Parker |Episode: "Stolen" |
| 2006
|Harvey Bigsby |2 episodes |
| 2006
|Monk |Ben Glazer |Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad" |
| 2007
|Eddie |4 episodes |
| 2007–2011
|308 episodes |
| 2011
|Jim Marks |Episode: "In Case of All Hell Breaking Loose" |
| 2012
|Garrett Landry |3 episodes |
| 2012
|Charles Cooper |Episode: "Flight Risk" |
| 2013
|Pete Seabrook |Episode: "No Regrets" |
| 2014
|Dangerous Liaisons |Senator Fontaine |Television film |
| 2014–2015
|Corky Vanderbilt |4 episodes |
| 2015
|Lincoln |5 episodes |
| 2019
|Deputy Secretary Steven Bailey |Episode: "The Great Experiment" |
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni