Brian Kerwin
Biography: 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Kerwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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27 Dresses
2008-01-10
27 Dresses
Overview: Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-10
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Jack
1996-08-09
Jack
Overview: Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-09
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Torch Song Trilogy
1988-12-14
Torch Song Trilogy
Overview: Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-14
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King Kong Lives
1986-12-16
King Kong Lives
Overview: After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-16
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Getting Away with Murder
1996-04-12
Getting Away with Murder
Overview: When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-12
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Murphy's Romance
1985-12-25
Murphy's Romance
Overview: Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but things turn complicated when her ex-husband shows up.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995-11-03
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Overview: Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
Genres: Drama Adventure Family Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-03
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Love Field
1992-12-11
Love Field
Overview: Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours after she sees him arrive in Dallas. Despite her husband Ray's prohibition, she decides to attend the funeral in Washington, D.C. Forced to travel by bus, she befriends Jonell, the young black daughter of Paul Couter. Sensing something wrong, her good intentioned interference leads the mixed race threesome on an increasingly difficult journey to Washington with both the police and Ray looking for them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-11
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Wet Gold
1984-10-28
Wet Gold
Overview: Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson), who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that went down with millions in gold. Although Laura's boyfriend (Barnes), keeps telling her that Sampson's stories are all false, Sampson makes her believe that they are indeed true. Laura takes Sampson to a library, where she finds an old newspaper article which matches up with the events described to her by him. After becoming a true believer, Laura convinces Barnes, Sampson and a dive shop owner, Keating, to search for the treasure. Together they set off from Key West in the Baker's boat, which Barnes is supposed to be looking after. Keating shows a liking for Laura, and because of this, Barnes begins to feel uncomfortable towards him. After spending some time in the water, their dreams become reality, but the discovery of gold begins to show a change in their personalities...
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-28
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Miss All-American Beauty
1982-12-27
Miss All-American Beauty
Overview: After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teenage girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-27
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Switched at Birth
1991-04-28
Switched at Birth
Overview: This is the story of the two babies who were switched at birth. A few years later when one of the girls gets sick and tests revealed that she was not the daughter of the couple who raised her. Eventually she dies. And the couple most especially the mother, search for their real daughter. Eventually they suspect that it's a widower who has their child. Now while they try to find out if she is their daughter, the widower is advised by his attorney not to be so hasty to cooperate, cause if she is their daughter, he might lose her, and she is all he has.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-28
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Hard Promises
1992-01-31
Hard Promises
Overview: A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. He comes home to confront her, trying to convince her not to get married, aided by the daughter, who loves him despite his wandering ways. The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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Unlikely Angel
1996-12-17
Unlikely Angel
Overview: A country singer dies prematurely, but cannot enter heaven until she performs a good deed back on earth.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-17
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A Real American Hero
1978-12-09
A Real American Hero
Overview: When two boys are killed and two girls are blinded for life in a tragic accident, Buford Pusser, the town sheriff, is determined to get revenge. Though he must bend the law, Pusser is resolved to get the bootleg booze and dope king of the county who provided the poisoned moonshine that caused the accident. Based on the real-life folk hero whose career inspired the Walking Tall movies.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-09
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Abandoned and Deceived
1995-03-20
Abandoned and Deceived
Overview: The film is the story of woman who is denied the pensions for her children by her ex-husband. Therefore she has to fight for her rights by appealing the courts of justice and the bureaucracy of the state.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-20
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Flash
1997-12-21
Flash
Overview: A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the money to buy the horse, but he's forced to sell when the family falls upon hard times.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-21
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Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
2004-09-26
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Overview: A middle-aged woman has what she believes is a great life. She's been married for 25 years, she is the book editor at a newspaper where her husband is the editor and they have a great family. That all comes to a screeching halt one day when her husband announces that he is leaving her for a younger woman. Not only that, but the younger woman is her assistant. Not only that, but he's taking the newspaper in "a new direction" and won't need her anymore. It's then that she finds out who her friends and the people who love her really are, and she gets a surprise when she runs into a man from her past.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-26
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It Came from Outer Space II
1995-12-31
It Came from Outer Space II
Overview: Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-31
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Addiction: A 60's Love Story
2015-05-14
Addiction: A 60's Love Story
Overview: Family man Max Bornstein was a full-time dope fiend working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry in 1968’s New York City. While running books and films to delivery points and mob headquarters around the east coast, Max had the Feds on his tail. But even in the wake of a federal investigation, his truest worry was his wife and two young children, a family kept in the dark about his dealings and the walls of it caving in around him. As he battles his consuming addiction, dissolving family unit and the growing suspicion about his drug use amongst his associates, Max watches helplessly as his well-crafted reality falls to pieces, leaving him searching for the spaces in between.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-14
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King Kong! The Living Legend
1986-06-01
King Kong! The Living Legend
Overview: Documentary special to promote the release of King Kong Lives, the grand opening of the King Kong attraction at Universal theme park, as well as a look back at the history of King Kong in the movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-01
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Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
1997-02-23
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
Overview: Angel Falls is a mountain ski resort where a nearby volcano is about to erupt. Volcanic scientist Peter Slater must convince his boss and the local population of the danger and begin the town evacuation before it’s too late.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-23
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Spies, Inc.
1992-09-11
Spies, Inc.
Overview: Spies from different nationalities stationed in a small Asian island work out a plot to create an international incident taking profit from it. Defrauding CIA through fake reports and running a front company using operating funds, they control the island and use the skills acquired in the service of their countries to pursue their personal dreams of wealth and happiness.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-11
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Critical Choices
1996-12-08
Critical Choices
Overview: A Milwaukee Women's Health Clinic becomes the battleground between pro-choice activists and right-to-life demonstrators over and Easter Sunday weekend and involves three different women, each representing different sides of the issue.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-08
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Power
1980-01-14
Power
Overview: Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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Getting Wasted
1980-01-01
Getting Wasted
Overview: An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Debating Robert Lee
2004-09-17
Debating Robert Lee
Overview: A group of jaded high school students sign up for a debate class taught by a tough, combative teacher from the Georgia Military Academy who teaches them that life is debate and DEBATE IS WAR.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-17
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Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987-11-06
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Overview: In the 1930's an aging film producer and his much younger wife live separate lives. Whenever a young starlet catches the husband's eye, he eventually manipulates her onto his casting couch. Natica Jackson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a Hollywood star who is far from innocent, but she finds herself falling in love with a married man who has several children.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Common Ground
2000-01-29
Common Ground
Overview: This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts", a teacher in a 1970's classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally in "Amos and Andy", a father wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present day wedding between his son and another man.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-29
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You Must Be Joking
2014-05-23
You Must Be Joking
Overview: A New Yorker working as a paralegal searches for a new lease on life before a childhood friend inspires her to take up comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-23
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The Help
2011-08-09
The Help
Overview: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-09
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Sins of Silence
1996-02-20
Sins of Silence
Overview: A former nun who has become a rape counselor defies a court order to release her file on a rape victim.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-20
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Challenger
1990-02-25
Challenger
Overview: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-25
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Nickel Mountain
1984-01-01
Nickel Mountain
Overview: Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard splits. Henry takes in Callie, and helps her through the pregnancy. They fall in love and get married. All is going well until Willard is back from the road and wants the baby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Hometown U.S.A.
1979-01-01
Hometown U.S.A.
Overview: High school loser Rodney C. Duckworth (Gary Springer) is known as The Rodent until one unforgettable night when he borrows a cherry-new Chevy convertible and goes cruising for the girl of his dreams. With help of dim greaser Calhoun (David Wilson), hot-rodder T.J. Swackhammer (Brian Kerwin) and some very willing women, Rod goes from zero to hero during a wild ride of near- misses, direct-hits and bra-busting fun.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992-01-19
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Overview: In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-19
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Giving Up the Ghost
1998-09-07
Giving Up the Ghost
Overview: After a woman's husband dies while jogging in the park, the young widow's deep grief helps to awaken his ghost. The ghost urges her to commit suicide to join him in the afterlife. While the young woman is making up her mind about suicide, her husband's ghost helps with a current murder case.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-07
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The Paradise Connection
1979-09-15
The Paradise Connection
Overview: A notorious Chicago lawyer leaves his successful practice and goes to Hawaii to locate his missing son who abandoned a promising law career and has become involved in drug smuggling.
Genres: Crime Adventure Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-15
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The Myth of Fingerprints
1997-09-17
The Myth of Fingerprints
Overview: When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-17
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Dear Diary
1996-12-13
Dear Diary
Overview: A New York magazine art director, a married mother of two who just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-13
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The Exonerated
2006-03-06
The Exonerated
Overview: Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-03-06
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Intimate Agony
1983-03-21
Intimate Agony
Overview: Anthony Geary (General Hospital) stars as a compassionate doctor who must treat an STD outbreak at an upscale vacation resort. Judith Light (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) co-stars as an afflicted resident whose heart is broken by this personal tragedy. A despicable real estate tycoon played by Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is determined to keep the scandal from the press, thus protecting his investment.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-21
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Mr. Jealousy
1998-06-05
Mr. Jealousy
Overview: After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers that her most recent ex is successful novelist Dashiell Frank. Lester begins attending the same group therapy sessions as Dashiell to learn about Ramona's past with him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-05
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The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999-05-09
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Overview: An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-09
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The Tragedy of King Lear
1982-12-31
The Tragedy of King Lear
Overview: Mike Kellin as Lear.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-31
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