Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949)^[1] is an American actor who has starred in feature films, Broadway shows, and television series and movies.

Kerwin was born inChicago and raised inFlossmoor, 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 inVenice, California, on February 11, 2016, at age 55 after a three-year battle with brain cancer.^[2]

After graduating fromUSC Film School in 1972, Kerwin moved to New York to work in theater. won theTheatre World Award in 1988 for theoff-Broadway playEmily. His Broadway credits include the 1997 revival ofThe Little Foxes and theElaine May comedyAfter the Night and the Music in 2005. The same year, he starred inEdward Albee'sThe Goat or Who Is Sylvia? at theMark Taper Forum.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, he played Nick in a revival of Albee'sWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Doolittle Theatre (now theRicardo Montalbán Theatre) in Los Angeles. The production, directed by the playwright, starredGlenda Jackson andJohn Lithgow, withCynthia Nixon as Kerwin's character's wife, Honey.^[3] The production was not well received.^[4] He played oppositeKathy Baker in theSouth Coast Repertory production ofThe Man from Nebraska in 2006. His most recent stage appearance was in the original Broadway production ofAugust: Osage County.^{[citation needed]}

Kerwin's feature films includeMurphy's Romance,Hard Promises,27 Dresses (asKatherine 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, andDebating Robert Lee. Kerwin has enjoyed an extensive career in television, beginning with the daytime serialThe Young and the Restless in 1976.

His credits on TV include a regular role on the Showtime seriesBeggars and Choosers, recurring roles onThe Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo,The Chisholms (four episodes),Roseanne (as Gary Hall),The West Wing,Nip/Tuck andBig Love and guest appearances inThe 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, andDesperate Housewives. From 2007 to 2012, he appeared on the soap operaOne Life to Live.^[5]

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