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D.W. Moffett

Born 1954-10-26
📍 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.

Filmography 86

One Battle After Another
as Bill Desmond
2025
Alarum
as Ronald Burbridge
2025
May December
as Tom Atherton
2023
Monarch
as Tripp DeWitt
2022
Welcome to Flatch
as Doug
2022
Crime Story
as Congressman Billings
2021
The Glorias
as Stan
2020
Against the Clock
as Douglas
2019
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Teacher
2018
Chicago Med
as Cornelius Rhodes
2015
Bosch
as Jack Killoran
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
as Jeff Walsh
2014
Picture Paris
as Randy Larson
2012
The Sitter
as Dr. Pedulla
2011
The Smell of Success
as Agent Chestnut
2011
Happily Divorced
2011
Happily Divorced
as Elliot
2011
Switched at Birth
as John Kennish
2011
Hot in Cleveland
as Chester
2010
Lie to Me
as Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan
2009
Operating Instructions
as Brandon Zisk
2009
Black Crescent Moon
as Jack Wagner
2008
Visioneers
as Jeffers
2008
In Plain Sight
as Julian Conrad
2008
Life Is Wild
as Danny Clarke
2007
Hidden Palms
as Bob Hardy
2007
Friday Night Lights
as Joe McCoy
2006
Brothers and Sisters
as Michael Pellington
2006
Special Ed
as Sonny
2006
The Book of Daniel
as Worth Webster
2006
Tennis Anyone?
as Courtney Conte
2006
Commander in Chief
as Mike Stanton
2005
Ghost Whisperer
as Dale
2005
Close to Home
as Joseph Wright
2005
The Closer
as Jeffrey Walters
2005
Riding the Bus with My Sister
as Rick
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Allan
2005
Numb3rs
as Bob Tombrello
2005
Twisted
as Ray Porter
2004
Skin
2003
Cold Case
as Todd Whitley
2003
Thirteen
as Travis
2003
Nip/Tuck
as Kevin Hotchkiss
2003
An Unexpected Love
as Jack Mayer
2003
Without a Trace
as Alan Hodges
2002
CSI: Miami
as James Welmont
2002
Watching Ellie
as Billy
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Grant Harrington
2001
Crossing Jordan
as Eddy Winslow
2001
Kill Me Later
as Mathew Richmond
2001
Traffic
as Jeff Sheridan
2000
Molly
as Mark Cottrell
1999
A Song from the Heart
as Gregory Pavan
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Paul Olsen
1999
Perfect Prey
as Detective Jimmy Cerullo
1998
For Your Love
as Dean Winston
1998
Union Square
as Tom
1997
Fired Up
as James Collins
1997
Chicago Sons
as Mike Kulchak
1997
The Secret She Carried
as Mitch Hayward
1996
Stealing Beauty
as Richard
1996
The Little Death
as Paul Hannon
1996
The Naked Truth
as Dylan Michael Michaels
1995
Rough Magic
as Cliff Wyatt
1995
The Outer Limits
as James Heatherton
1995
Star Struck
as Colton
1994
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
as Smitty
1994
The Counterfeit Contessa
as Dawson Everett
1994
Sad Inheritance
as Gabriel
1993
Falling Down
as Detective Lydecker
1993
In the Deep Woods
as Frank McCarry
1992
Miss Beatty's Children
as Alan Chandler
1992
Palace Guard
as Tommy Logan
1991
Fine Things
as Bernie Fine
1990
Pacific Heights
as Bill
1990
Lisa
as Richard
1990
Dream Breakers
as Mark O'Connor
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Logan Andrews
1989
The Oldest Rookie
as Tony Jonas
1987
The Misfit Brigade
as Capt. Von Barring
1987
Black Widow
as Michael
1987
The Equalizer
as Mitchell
1985
An Early Frost
as Peter Hilton
1985
Miami Vice
as Thomas Waldman
1984
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rick
1951
Take Two
as Steve Magarahan