Born 1954 (age 71) · Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Appears in 90 titles

Donald Warren "D.W." Moffett (born October 26, 1954) is an American film, stage, and television actor. Moffett began his career in stage productions in Chicago before starring in the original New York City production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart in 1985. He subsequently starred in a Broadway production of The Boys of Winter the same year. He made his feature film debut in Bob Rafelson's thriller Black Widow (1987) before portraying a serial killer in the thriller Lisa (1990). Moffett had a supporting role in Bernardo Bertolucci's drama Stealing Beauty (1996), and went on to star in the network series For Your Love (1998–2002). Other film credits from this time include Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000), which earned Moffett a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and the coming-of-age drama Thirteen (2003). Beginning in 2008, Moffett had a recurring role on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights, appearing in two seasons. From 2011 to 2017, he starred as John Kennish on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth.

Filmography

Falling Down
7.4
Falling Down
1993
as Detective Lydecker
One Battle After Another
7.4
One Battle After Another
2025
as Bill Desmond
Traffic
7.1
Traffic
2000
as Jeff Sheridan
Thirteen
6.7
Thirteen
2003
as Travis
May December
6.6
May December
2023
as Tom Atherton
The Sitter
5.6
The Sitter
2011
as Dr. Pedulla
Stealing Beauty
6.7
Stealing Beauty
1996
as Richard
Twisted
5.6
Twisted
2004
as Ray Porter
Pacific Heights
6.3
Pacific Heights
1990
as Bill
Alarum
5.6
Alarum
2025
as Ronald Burbridge
Black Widow
6.2
Black Widow
1987
as Michael
Visioneers
5.6
Visioneers
2008
as Jeffers
Molly
4.1
Molly
1999
as Mark Cottrell
The Glorias
6.4
The Glorias
2020
as Stan
The Misfit Brigade
5.8
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as Capt. Von Barring
Lisa
5.6
Lisa
1990
as Richard
The Year of Spectacular Men
5.6
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
as Teacher
An Early Frost
5.8
An Early Frost
1985
as Peter Hilton
Rough Magic
5.6
Rough Magic
1995
as Cliff Wyatt
Crime Story
3.8
Crime Story
2021
as Congressman Billings