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D.W. Moffett

Acting Born Oct 26, 1954 Highland Park, Illinois, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Paul Olsen

Grey's Anatomy

as Allan

CSI: Miami

as James Welmont

Without a Trace

as Alan Hodges

Chicago Med

as Cornelius Rhodes

Ghost Whisperer

as Dale

The Closer

as Jeffrey Walters

Bosch

as Jack Killoran
Film

Jaws

as Bob Tombrello

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Paul Olsen
  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Allan
  • CSI: Miami (2002) as James Welmont
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Grant Harrington
  • Without a Trace (2002) as Alan Hodges
  • Crossing Jordan (2001) as Eddy Winslow
  • Chicago Med (2015) as Cornelius Rhodes
  • Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Dale
  • The Closer (2005) as Jeffrey Walters
  • Bosch (2015) as Jack Killoran
  • Cold Case (2003) as Todd Whitley
  • Miami Vice (1984) as Thomas Waldman
  • How to Get Away with Murder (2014) as Jeff Walsh
  • Lie to Me (2009) as Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan
  • Numb3rs (2005) as Bob Tombrello
  • Switched at Birth (2011) as John Kennish
  • Close to Home (2005) as Joseph Wright
  • Hot in Cleveland (2010) as Chester
  • Nip/Tuck (2003) as Kevin Hotchkiss
  • Brothers and Sisters (2006) as Michael Pellington
  • The Equalizer (1985) as Mitchell
  • Friday Night Lights (2006) as Joe McCoy
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Logan Andrews
  • The Outer Limits (1995) as James Heatherton