D.W. Moffett
2.5Acting

D.W. Moffett

Oct 26, 1954 - Highland Park, Illinois, USA

Donald Warren "D.W." Moffett (born October 26, 1954) is an American film, stage, and television actor. Moffett began his career in stage productions in Chicago before starring in the original New York City production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart in 1985. He subsequently starred in a Broadway production of The Boys of Winter the same year. He made his feature film debut in Bob Rafelson's thriller Black Widow (1987) before portraying a serial killer in the thriller Lisa (1990).

Moffett had a supporting role in Bernardo Bertolucci's drama Stealing Beauty (1996), and went on to star in the network series For Your Love (1998–2002). Other film credits from this time include Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000), which earned Moffett a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and the coming-of-age drama Thirteen (2003).

Beginning in 2008, Moffett had a recurring role on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights, appearing in two seasons. From 2011 to 2017, he starred as John Kennish on the ABC Family series Switched at Birth.

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Cast

Media
Movie2008VisioneersJeffers
Movie1987The Misfit BrigadeCapt. Von Barring
Movie1996Stealing BeautyRichard
Movie1999MollyMark Cottrell
Movie2005Riding the Bus with My SisterRick
Movie1995Rough MagicCliff Wyatt
Movie1987Black WidowMichael
Movie1985An Early FrostPeter Hilton
Movie2011The SitterDr. Pedulla
Movie1990LisaRichard
Movie1992In the Deep WoodsFrank McCarry
Movie2003An Unexpected LoveJack Mayer
Movie2012Picture ParisRandy Larson
Movie1990Fine ThingsBernie Fine
Movie2023May DecemberTom Atherton
Movie1998Perfect PreyDetective Jimmy Cerullo
Movie1996The Little DeathPaul Hannon
Movie1993Falling DownDetective Lydecker
Movie2004TwistedRay Porter
Movie2019Against the ClockDouglas
Movie2006Special EdSonny
Movie1994The Counterfeit ContessaDawson Everett
Movie2008Black Crescent MoonJack Wagner
Movie1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith StorySmitty
Movie1996Joe's WeddingJoe McCarthy
MovieN/AThere There
Movie2025AlarumRonald Burbridge
Movie1999A Song from the HeartGregory Pavan
Movie1993Sad InheritanceGabriel
Movie2003ThirteenTravis
Movie2018The Year of Spectacular MenTeacher
Movie1990LifeStories: Steve BurdickSteve Burdick
Movie1994Star StruckColton
Movie1990Pacific HeightsBill
Movie1992Miss Beatty's ChildrenAlan Chandler
Movie2001Kill Me LaterMathew Richmond
Movie1996The Secret She CarriedMitch Hayward
Movie2020The GloriasStan
Movie2009Operating InstructionsBrandon Zisk
Movie2000TrafficJeff Sheridan
Movie1989Dream BreakersMark O'Connor
Movie2021Crime StoryCongressman Billings
Movie2011The Smell of SuccessAgent Chestnut
Movie2025One Battle After Another
Movie2006Tennis Anyone?Courtney Conte
TV Show2007Life Is WildDanny Clarke13
TV Show2005Grey's AnatomyAllan1
TV Show2005Numb3rsBob Tombrello1
TV Show2006Brothers and SistersMichael Pellington1
TV Show2005Ghost WhispererDale1
TV Show1984Miami Vice1
TV Show1998For Your LoveDean Winston87
TV Show2003Cold CaseTodd Whitley1
TV Show1989Tales from the CryptLogan Andrews1
TV Show2001Crossing JordanEddy Winslow4
TV Show2003Nip/TuckKevin Hotchkiss2
TV Show2002Without a TraceAlan Hodges1
TV Show2006The Book of DanielWorth Webster1
TV Show2006Friday Night LightsJoe McCoy20
TV Show1985The EqualizerMitchell1
TV Show2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentGrant Harrington1
TV Show2005Close to HomeJoseph Wright2
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameRick1
TV Show2007Hidden PalmsBob Hardy8
TV Show2009Lie to MeDr. Jeffrey Buchanan1
TV Show2003Skin8
TV Show1991Palace GuardTommy Logan9
TV Show1997Chicago Sons13
TV Show1995The Outer LimitsJames Heatherton1
TV Show1987The Oldest RookieDet. Tony Jonas14
TV Show2010Hot in ClevelandChester2
TV Show2011Switched at BirthJohn Kennish103
TV Show1997Union SquareTom1
TV Show2011Happily Divorced11
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPaul Olsen1
TV Show2015Chicago MedCornelius Rhodes13
TV Show2015BoschJack Killoran3
TV Show2022Welcome to FlatchDoug1
TV Show2002CSI: MiamiJames Welmont1
TV Show2011Happily DivorcedElliot1
TV Show2014How to Get Away with MurderJeff Walsh4
TV Show2005Commander in ChiefMike Stanton1
TV Show1997Fired UpJames Collins1
TV Show1995The Naked TruthDylan Michael Michaels1
TV Show2022MonarchTripp DeWitt1
TV Show2005The CloserJeffrey Walters1
TV Show2008In Plain SightJulian Conrad1

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Movie2018Holiday HostageDirectorDirecting
TV Show1998For Your LoveDirectorDirecting
TV Show2011Switched at BirthDirectorDirecting