Brian Kerwin | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 76% Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

Lowest Rated: 0% Getting Away With Murder (1996)

Birthday: Oct 25, 1949

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Starting out in the CBS daytime drama "The Young and the Restless" as well as froth such as "B.J. & The Bear" and its "Lobo" spin-offs, Brian Kerwin developed into a leading man of numerous TV miniseries and a fine supporting actor to many of Hollywood's leading ladies. In fact, one might say Kerwin is one of the 'kings of the miniseries'. His first was the "The Chisholms" (CBS, 1979), a Western, and since then he has appeared in "Power" (NBC, 1980), loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, the Civil War drama "The Blue and the Gray" (CBS, 1982), Simon Wincer's "Bluegrass" (CBS, 1988), about the elite horse-breeding society, and "Switched at Birth" (NBC, 1991), as one of the fathers whose children were mistakenly swapped in a hospital nursery. He has also graced numerous TV-movies, notably opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in the PBS' drama "Natica Jackson" (1987), "Challenger" (NBC, 1990) as Mike Smith, pilot of the doomed space shuttle and as a prosecutor who clashes with a rape crisis counselor in "Sins of Silence" (CBS, 1996). Kerwin had a recurring role as a fiance of Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) on "Roseanne" (ABC, 1990) and headlined the short-lived CBS drama "Angel Falls" (1993) as the earnest town sheriff.

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Highest rated movies

76% 91% Torch Song Trilogy Watchlist 73% 76% Murphy's Romance Watchlist 71% 60% Mr. Jealousy Watchlist 64% 56% The Myth of Fingerprints Watchlist 50% 53% Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Watchlist 40% 57% 27 Dresses Watchlist 40% 59% Hard Promises Watchlist 40% 55% Love Field Watchlist 17% 49% Jack Watchlist 8% 17% King Kong Lives Watchlist

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Brian Kerwin TORCH SONG TRILOGY, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Brian Kerwin, 1988. ©New Line Cinema MURPHY'S ROMANCE, Brian Kerwin, Sally Field, 1985. ©Columbia Pictures MURPHY'S ROMANCE, from left: Corey Haim, Brian Kerwin, (c) 1985 Columbia Pictures MURPHY'S ROMANCE, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth from left: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Dennis Burkley, (c) 1985 Columbia Pictures KING KONG LIVES, first four from left: Frank Maraden, Peter Michael Goetz, Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, 1986. ©DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group MURPHY'S ROMANCE, Brian Kerwin, Sally Field, James Garner, 1985 MURPHY'S ROMANCE, from left: Sally Field, Corey Haim, Brian Kerwin, James Garner, (c) 1985 Columbia Pictures MURPHY'S ROMANCE, from left: Corey Haim, Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, (c) 1985 Columbia Pictures TORCH SONG TRILOGY, Brian Kerwin, Harvey Fierstein, 1988. © NewLine Cinema View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Addiction: A 60's Love Story Irv Bornstein (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 82% You Must Be Joking Sandy (Character) - 2014
40% 57% 27 Dresses Hal (Character) $76.8M 2008
No Score Yet 40% Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Nathan Lloyd (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 33% Debating Robert Lee Gary Mann (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 61% A Girl Thing Gary Tucker (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 73% Common Ground Chuck Dawson (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2000
No Score Yet 46% The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Giving Up the Ghost Kevin (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 38% Volcano: Fire on the Mountain Buck Adams (Character) - 1997
64% 56% The Myth of Fingerprints Elliot (Character) $541.1K 1997
71% 60% Mr. Jealousy Stephen (Character) $287.8K 1997
No Score Yet 81% Flash David Strong (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 17% It Came From Outer Space II Jack Putnam (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 69% Unlikely Angel Ben Bartilson (Character) - 1996
17% 49% Jack Brian Powell (Character) $58.6M 1996
0% 20% Getting Away With Murder Marty Lambert (Character) $127.7K 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Critical Choices Flood (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear Diary Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Abandoned and Deceived Doug (Character) - 1995
50% 53% Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Matt Hollinger (Character) $5.7M 1995
No Score Yet 55% Sins of Silence Joey Finn (Character) - 1995
40% 55% Love Field Ray Hallett (Character) $519.2K 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Jack Adkins (Character) - 1992
40% 59% Hard Promises Walt (Character) $277.7K 1991
No Score Yet 87% Switched at Birth Robert Mays (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 47% Challenger Unknown (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code Name: Chaos Jim (Character) - 1989
76% 91% Torch Song Trilogy Ed Reese (Character) $4.9M 1988
8% 17% King Kong Lives Hank Mitchell (Character) $4.3M 1986
73% 76% Murphy's Romance Bobby Jack Moriarty (Character) $27.3M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wet Gold Ben Keating (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Antony and Cleopatra Eros (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 20% Hal Graham (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intimate Agony Nick Todd (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 14% Miss All-American Beauty Michael Carrington (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 40% Getting Wasted Brad Carson (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Paradise Connection Bruce Douglas (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hometown USA T. J. Swackhammer (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 11% A Real American Hero Til Johnson (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened Unknown (Character) - 1977

TV

Credit
78% 83% Evan Ramsey (Guest Star) 2001 2003 2021
No Score Yet 79% Madam Secretary Deputy Secretary Steven Bailey (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Pete Seabrook (Guest Star) 2013
95% 89% Elementary Charles Cooper (Guest Star) 2012
68% 78% The Client List Garrett Landry (Guest Star) 2012
66% 75% A Gifted Man Jim Marks (Guest Star) 2011
80% 82% Big Love Eddie (Guest Star) 2007
89% 88% Monk Ben Glazer (Guest Star) 2006
72% 89% Desperate Housewives Harvey Bigsby (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
65% No Score Yet Close to Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Eugene Alderman (Guest Star) 2005
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
86% 90% Boston Legal Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 83% Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
95% 95% Frasier Bob (Guest Star) 2001
62% No Score Yet Beggars and Choosers Rob Malone (Character) 1999-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Man's Gun Teddy Boyd/Joe Wheeler (Guest Star) 1998
76% 78% Roseanne Gary Hall (Guest Star) 1990
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Challenger Capt. Michael J. Smith (Character) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bluegrass Dancy Cutler (Character) 1988
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Andy Townsend (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet 64% Highway to Heaven Barry Rudd (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Taylor Martin / Slack Reynolds (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Password 79 Guest 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Deputy Birdwell Hawkins (Character) 1979-1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet B.J. and the Bear Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
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