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.
The roles that explain the career.
31 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | You Must Be Joking | Sandy | Film |
| 2011 | The Help | Robert Phelan | Film |
| 2008 | 27 Dresses | Hal Nichols | Film |
| 2004 | Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman | Nathan Lloyd | Film |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Chuck Dawson | Film |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Film | |
| 1999 | Beggars and Choosers | Rob Malone | TV |
| 1998 | Mr. Jealousy | Stephen | Film |
| 1997 | Volcano: Fire on the Mountain | Buck Adams | Film |
| 1997 | The Myth of Fingerprints | Elliot | Film |
| 1997 | Flash | David Strong | Film |
| 1996 | Jack | Brian Powell | Film |
| 1996 | Getting Away with Murder | Marty Lambert | Film |
| 1996 | Dear Diary | Tom | Film |
| 1996 | Unlikely Angel | Ben Bartilson | Film |
| 1995 | Abandoned and Deceived | Doug | Film |
| 1995 | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | Matt Hollinger | Film |
| 1995 | It Came from Outer Space II | Jack Putnam | Film |
| 1992 | Love Field | Ray Hallett | Film |
| 1992 | Hard Promises | Walt | Film |
| 1990 | Challenger | Captain Michael J. Smith | Film |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Ed Reese | Film |
| 1988 | Bluegrass | Dancy Cutler | TV |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | Hal Graham | Film |
| 1986 | King Kong Lives | Hank Mitchell | Film |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance | Bobby Jack Moriarty | Film |
| 1984 | Wet Gold | Ben Keating, the Diver | Film |
| 1983 | Intimate Agony | Nick Todd | Film |
| 1982 | Miss All-American Beauty | Michael Carrington | Film |
| 1979 | Hometown U.S.A. | T. J. Swackhammer | Film |
| 1978 | A Real American Hero | Til Johnson | Film |
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