Born 1949 (age 76) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Appears in 80 titles

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

The Help
8.2
The Help
2011
as Robert Phelan
27 Dresses
6.5
27 Dresses
2008
as Hal Nichols
Jack
6.3
Jack
1996
as Brian Powell
King Kong Lives
5.2
King Kong Lives
1986
as Hank Mitchell
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
6.2
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995
as Matt Hollinger
Torch Song Trilogy
7.3
Torch Song Trilogy
1988
as Ed Reese
Love Field
6.1
Love Field
1992
as Ray Hallett
Murphy's Romance
6.1
Murphy's Romance
1985
as Bobby Jack Moriarty
Mr. Jealousy
5.9
Mr. Jealousy
1998
as Stephen
The Myth of Fingerprints
5.1
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997
as Elliot
Common Ground
5.0
Common Ground
2000
as Chuck Dawson
Getting Away with Murder
4.8
Getting Away with Murder
1996
as Marty Lambert
Unlikely Angel
6.1
Unlikely Angel
1996
as Ben Bartilson
Flash
8.2
Flash
1997
as David Strong
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
6.2
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
1997
as Buck Adams
Hard Promises
5.8
Hard Promises
1992
as Walt
Dear Diary
6.5
Dear Diary
1996
as Tom
It Came from Outer Space II
3.9
It Came from Outer Space II
1995
as Jack Putnam
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
5.5
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004
as Nathan Lloyd