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Brian Kerwin is a Actor and Producer American born on 25 october 1949 at Chicago (USA)

Brian Kerwin

Brian Kerwin
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 october 1949 (74 years) at Chicago (USA)

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. In 1989 he had 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, also featured Glenda Jackson and John Lithgow, with Cynthia Nixon as his character's wife, Honey. The production was not well received. 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.

He is a 1967 alumnus of Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill.

Best films

Jack (1996)
(Actor)

Usually with

Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach
(1 films)
Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz
(2 films)
Tate Taylor
Tate Taylor
(1 films)
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Filmography of Brian Kerwin (32 films)

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Actor

The Help
The Help (2011)
, 2h26
Directed by Tate Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Feminist films, Politique, Films about racism, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone
Roles Robert Phelan
Rating81% 4.050774.050774.050774.050774.05077
In 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) is a black maid spending her life raising white children after the death of her only son from an industrial accident. She works for the Leefolt family, principally taking care of the children of Elizabeth Leefolt, a young woman gripped with postpartum depression who refuses to acknowledge her daughter except when disciplining her. Aibileen's best friend is Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer), an outspoken black maid who has long worked for Hilly Holbrook's (Bryce Dallas Howard) mother, Mrs. Walters (Sissy Spacek), to the point that they are very comfortable with each other. Minny's stormy temper is tolerated due to respect for her great cooking skills. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan (Emma Stone) is an independent thinking young white woman returning to the family plantation after graduating from the University of Mississippi to find that her beloved childhood maid, Constantine (Cicely Tyson), has quit while she was away. She is perplexed as she believes Constantine would not have left without writing her, and she eventually learns that Constantine was fired by Skeeter's mother Charlotte (Allison Janney).
27 Dresses
27 Dresses (2008)
, 1h48
Directed by Anne Fletcher
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films, Films about marriage
Actors Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Edward Burns, Judy Greer, Maulik Pancholy
Roles Hal Nichols
Rating61% 3.0525753.0525753.0525753.0525753.052575
Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl) has been a bridesmaid for twenty-seven weddings. One night when she is attending two weddings almost simultaneously, she meets Kevin Doyle (James Marsden), who helps her home but disgusts her with his cynical views of marriage. He finds her day planner which she'd forgotten in the cab they shared. Meanwhile, Jane's sister Tess (Malin Åkerman) falls in love with Jane's boss George (Edward Burns) at first sight. Tess pretends to like the same things that George does so that she can get him to like her. Despite loving George herself, Jane does not reveal the truth and her sister's courtship progresses rapidly. Soon the new couple announces that they intend to marry in only three weeks and Jane becomes the wedding planner.
The Exonerated, 1h35
Directed by Bob Balaban
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Susan Sarandon, Aidan Quinn, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo, Bobby Cannavale
Roles Cop #2
Rating65% 3.2941353.2941353.2941353.2941353.294135
L'histoire de six personnes accusées de crimes à tord et enfermées. Quelques années plus tard, elles sont acquitées.
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Christine Lahti, Brian Kerwin, Bryan Brown, Abby Brammell, Caroline Aaron, Maggie Lawson
Roles Nathan Lloyd
Rating60% 3.046743.046743.046743.046743.04674
Rose, a middle-aged woman who is married Nathan Lloyd loses her job and her husband to her assistant Mindy. Her life gets broken, then she runs into Australian businessman, Hal Thorne, an old love.
Common Ground, 1h45
Directed by Donna Deitch
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Beau Bridges, Margot Kidder, Mimi Rogers, Steven Weber
Roles Chuck Dawson
Rating72% 3.6292053.6292053.6292053.6292053.629205
In the 1950s Dorothy Nelson (Brittany Murphy) joins the United States Navy where she meets the Friends of Dorothy, a code name for a group of gay and lesbian sailors. Nelson meets Billy (Jason Priestley), who takes her to an interracial nightclub that tolerates gay people. However, the NCIS raids the nightclub, and Nelson is among those servicemembers who receive a Section 8 discharge for "sexual perversion." Returning to Homer, she tries to restart her life as a public school teacher, but her Section 8 discharge prevents her from getting a job. When her homosexuality becomes public knowledge, her mother expels her from the house, forcing her to seek shelter at a family friend's grocery store. However, the townspeople disapprove of this arrangement, and Nelson becomes homeless. An independent-minded woman named Janet (Helen Shaver) at the local diner defends her against the verbal harassment and advises Nelson to go to the bohemian Greenwich Village, the only place where she might be free to be herself.
Mr. Jealousy, 1h43
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Peter Bogdanovich
Roles Stephen
Rating62% 3.1464353.1464353.1464353.1464353.146435
Aspiring writer Lester Grimm (Stoltz) starts going out with Ramona Ray (Sciorra) after being introduced by Lester's friend Vince (Carlos Jacott) and Vince's fiancee Lucretia (Marianne Jean-Baptiste). They immediately hit it off, but Ramona mentions on their first date that one of her ex-boyfriends is famous writer Dashiell Frank (Chris Eigeman). Lester becomes slightly jealous.
The Myth of Fingerprints, 1h33
Directed by Bart Freundlich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Julianne Moore, James LeGros, Roy Scheider, Hope Davis, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle
Roles Elliot
Rating59% 2.9956652.9956652.9956652.9956652.995665
When a dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving at their New England home, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Flash
Flash (1997)
, 1h30
Directed by Simon Wincer
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Brian Kerwin, Lucas Black, Shawn Toovey, Ellen Burstyn, Dan Biggers, Ed Corbin
Roles David Strong
Rating70% 3.5444553.5444553.5444553.5444553.544455
Connor Strong, un adolescent de quatorze ans, s'occupe habituellement d'un cheval dénommé Flash. Passionné par le monde de l'équitation, Connor aimerait bien posséder le poulain. Mais sa famille ne dispose pas des fonds nécessaires pour l'acheter. Au moment où le jeune garçon espère voir son rêve se réaliser, il découvre qu'un acheteur s'est empressé d'acquérir l'animal…
Jack
Jack (1996)
, 1h53
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Vieillesse
Actors Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Brian Kerwin
Roles Brian Powell
Rating58% 2.9046152.9046152.9046152.9046152.904615
The movie begins with Karen Powell (Diane Lane) going into labor during a costume party and being rushed to the hospital by her husband Brian (Brian Kerwin) and their friends. Although the delivery is successful, the baby is premature, born after only ten weeks of pregnancy, and is diagnosed with an exaggerated form of Werner syndrome (an aging disease) as stated by Dr. Benfante (Allan Rich) and Dr. Lin (Keone Young). According to them, as this very rare autosomal recessive disorder progresses, Jack Powell will age at a rate four times as fast as normal children due to his internal clock that seems to be developing faster.
Getting Away with Murder, 1h32
Directed by Harvey Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Bonnie Hunt, Brian Kerwin, Jerry Adler
Roles Marty Lambert
Rating47% 2.3579652.3579652.3579652.3579652.357965
Jack Lambert's (Dan Aykroyd) neighbor Max Mueller (Jack Lemnon) is revealed on the TV news to be the escaped Nazi war criminal Karl Luger who was sentenced to death by the courts. Under the constant duress of the news media's allegations, Mueller plans to flee to South America.
Unlikely Angel
Directed by Michael Switzer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dolly Parton, Roddy McDowall, Allison Mack, Maria del Mar, Eli Marienthal, Brian Kerwin
Roles Ben Bartilson
Rating62% 3.1496453.1496453.1496453.1496453.149645
Parton stars as a somewhat-selfish country singer, Ruby Diamond, whose untimely death while driving at night results in her gaining an audience with St. Peter (Roddy McDowall). He offers her a rather unusual arrangement: she will return to Earth on a mission to reunite the suburban Bartilson family (a family that's been torn apart ever since the mother died). If she succeeds by midnight on Christmas Eve, then she will be granted her wings as an angel. If not, she will receive a fate much worse.