D. W. Moffett
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Moffett in Afghanistan, October 13, 2009
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Born | Donald Warren Moffett October 26, 1954 Highland Park, Illinois |
Donald Warren "D. W." Moffett (born October 26, 1954) is an American actor known for the recurring role of Joe McCoy on the NBC series Friday Night Lights, as Dean Winston on NBC/The WB series For Your Love, as John Kennish on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth and as Elliott in the TVLand sitcom Happily Divorced.
Early life
Moffett was born in Highland Park, Illinois, and raised in nearby Wilmette. He took the stage name of "D.W." to avoid confusion with British actor Donald Moffat. The Moffetts are able to trace their ancestry to Jean de Mophet. de Mophet was a Norman knight who invaded England with William the Conqueror in 1066 CE. Mophet was anglicized to Moffat and later Moffett. The town of Moffat, Scotland, in the borderlands of Scotland and England is the Moffetts’ ancestral home.[citation needed]
In the years 1969-1974, Moffett attended a private secondary school in Germany (Schule Schloss Neubeuern). After attending Stanford University, where he majored in political science, he found himself back in Chicago working as an investment banker. He was lured by a friend to the St. Nicholas Theater Company on a whim, where he began studying with William H. Macy. Shortly thereafter, he started his own theater company, called Remains Theater.
Career
After a long and successful career on stage in Chicago, he went with John Malkovich to perform in Balm In Gilead in New York City. He then starred opposite Brad Davis in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, for which he won critical acclaim. He played opposite Matt Dillon in Boys of Winter, and was most recently seen on stage at the Old Vic theater in London, playing opposite Kevin Spacey in The Philadelphia Story.
Moffett has had a long and successful career in film as well. He was most memorable in Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Steven Soderbergh's Traffic.[1] He also appeared in the 2003 movie Thirteen.[2]
On television, he starred in NBC's made-for-television film adaptation of Danielle Steel's novel Fine Things (1990) alongside Tracy Pollan. From 1998 to 2002, he was a main cast member on the NBC (later WB) sitcom For Your Love. He played Bob Hardy in the series Hidden Palms for the CW Network and starred in the 2007 CW series Life Is Wild as Dr. Danny Clarke. He then co-starred in the NBC drama Friday Night Lights. Since 2011, Moffett has been cast in the series Happily Divorced as Elliot, an on/off love interest of the main character played by Fran Drescher. He also plays as John Kennish: Bay's and Toby's father and Daphne's biological father, in the ABC Family series Switched at Birth. He was also in the "Naked Brother's Band" playing as the elementary school principal.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Black Widow | Michael | |
1987 | The Misfit Brigade | Capt. Von Barring | |
1989 | Lisa | Richard | |
1990 | Pacific Heights | Bill | |
1992 | Miss Beatty's Children | Alan Chandler | |
1993 | Falling Down | Det. Lydecker | |
1995 | Rough Magic | Cliff Wyatt | |
1996 | The Little Death | Paul Hannon | |
1996 | Stealing Beauty | Richard | |
1996 | Joe's Wedding | Joe McCarthy | |
1999 | Molly | Mark Cottrell | |
2000 | Traffic | Jeff Sheridan | |
2001 | Kill Me Later | Mathew Richmond | |
2003 | Thirteen | Travis Freeland | |
2004 | Twisted | Ray Porter | |
2005 | Special Ed | Sonny | |
2005 | Tennis, Anyone...? | Courtney Conte | |
2008 | Visioneers | Jeffers | |
2008 | bgFATLdy | Jack Wagner | |
2009 | The Smell of Success | Agent Chestnut | |
2010 | Skateland | Steakhouse Manager | |
2011 | The Sitter | Dr. Pedulla | |
2011 | Picture Paris | Randy Larson | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | An Early Frost | Peter Hilton | TV movie |
1986 | The Equalizer | Mitchell | Episode: "No Conscience" |
1986 | As the World Turns | Dr. Peter Chapin | TV series |
1986 | Miami Vice | Thomas Waldman | Episode: "Forgive Us Our Debts" |
1987-1988 | The Oldest Rookie | Det. Tony Jonas | 8 episodes |
1988 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set | Cliff Harriston | TV movie |
1989 | Dream Breakers | Mark O'Connor | TV movie |
1989 | American Playhouse | James Rodker | Episode: "Ask Me Again" |
1989 | Midnight Caller | Robin Brigade / The Iceman | Episode: "Evil Is Live Spelled Backward: Parts 1 & 2" |
1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Logan Andrews | Episode: "'Til Death" |
1990 | Fine Things | Bernie Fine | TV movie |
1990 | Lifestories | Steve Burdick | Episode: "Steve Burdick" |
1991 | Palace Guard | Tommy Logan | 8 episodes |
1992 | In the Deep Woods | Frank McCarry | TV movie |
1993 | Lies and Lullabies | Gabriel | TV movie |
1994 | The Counterfeit Contessa | Dawson Everett | TV movie |
1994 | A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Smith Story | Smitty | TV movie |
1994 | Star Struck | Colton | TV movie |
1995 | The Outer Limits | James Heatherton | Episode: "Second Soul" |
1995 | The Naked Truth | Dylan Michael Michaels | Episode: "Comet Nails Star and Vice Versa!" |
1996 | The Secret She Carried | Mitch Hayward | TV movie |
1997 | Fired Up | James Collins | Episode: "A Concurrent Affair" |
1997 | Chicago Sons | Mike Kulchak | 13 episodes |
1998 | Union Square | Tom | Episode: "What Are Friends For?" |
1998 | Perfect Prey | Det. Jimmy Cerullo | TV movie |
1998-2002 | For Your Love | Dean Winston | 84 episodes |
1999 | A Song from the Heart | Gregory Pavan | TV movie |
2001-2002 | Crossing Jordan | Det. Eddy Winslow | 4 episodes |
2003 | CSI: Miami | Dr. James Welmont | Episode: "Bunk" |
2003 | An Unexpected Love | Jack Mayer | TV movie |
2003 | Watching Ellie | Billy | Episode: "Date" |
2003 | Cold Case | Todd Whitley | Episode: "Look Again" |
2003 | Without a Trace | Alan Hodges | Episode: "Coming Home" |
2003-2004 | Skin | Skip Ziti | 6 episodes |
2004 | The Deerings | Jack Denny | TV movie |
2004 | Nip/Tuck | Kevin Hotchkiss | Episode: "Trudy Nye" Episode: "Sean McNamara" |
2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Rick | TV movie |
2005 | Wild Card | Miles Jacobs | Episode: "Multiple Personality Fatality" |
2005 | Commander in Chief | Mike Stanton | Episode: "The Mom Who Came to Dinner" |
2006 | The Book of Daniel | Worth Webster | 4 episodes |
2006 | Close to Home | Joseph Wright | Episode: "Dead or Alive" Episode: "Still a Small Town" |
2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Grant Harrington | Episode: "Privilege" |
2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Michael Pellington | Episode: "Valentine's Day Massacre" |
2007 | Numb3rs | Bob Tombrello | Episode: "Pandora's Box" |
2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Dale | Episode: "Delia's First Ghost" |
2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Allan | Episode: "The Other Side of This Life: Part 1" |
2007 | Hidden Palms | Bob Hardy | 8 episodes |
2007-2008 | Life Is Wild | Danny Clark | 13 episodes |
2008-2010 | Friday Night Lights | Joe McCoy | 20 episodes |
2009 | Operating Instructions | Brandon Zisk | TV pilot |
2009 | Lie to Me | Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan | Episode: "The Best Policy" |
2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Paul Olsen | Episode: "Shattered" |
2010-2014 | Hot in Cleveland | Chester | 2 Episodes: "Birth Dates" & "Stayin' Alive" |
2010 | The Closer | Jeffrey Walters | Episode: "Help Wanted" |
2010 | Covert Affairs | Sen. Jarvis | Episode: "Houses of the Holy" |
2011 | In Plain Sight | Julian Conrad | Episode: "Second Crime Around" |
2011-2012 | Happily Divorced | Elliot | 11 episodes |
2011–present | Switched at Birth | John Kennish | Main role |
2013 | Criminal Minds | James Blake | 1 episode |
2015 | Chicago Med | Cornelius Rhodes |
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||||
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1984 | The Real Thing | Billy | Replacement | ||||
1985 | The Normal Heart | Felix Turner | 1985 | The Boys of Winter | Bonney | ||
1989 | Speed-the-Plow | ||||||
2001-2002 | Contact | Michael Wiley | Replacement | ||||
2005 | The Philadelphia Story | Mike Connor | |||||
2009 | Genesis Angels: The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation |
References
- ↑ SAG Awards official site[dead link], last accessed February 20, 2008
- ↑ imdb-Thirteen
External links
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- D. W. Moffett at the Internet Movie Database
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- D.W. Moffett cast bio on The CW[dead link]
- D.W. Moffett's biography on filmbug
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