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D.W. Moffett

D.W. Moffett

Actor · Born October 26, 1954 · Highland Park, Illinois, USA

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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.

Acted in 88

2020s

  1. 2025
  2. 2023
  3. 2022

    Monarch

    Tripp DeWitt · 1 episode

  4. 2021

    Crime Story

    Congressman Billings

  5. 2020

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Operating Instructions

    Brandon Zisk

  3. 2008
  4. 2007

    Life Is Wild

    Danny Clarke · 13 episodes

  5. Hidden Palms

    Bob Hardy · 8 episodes

  6. 2006
  7. Special Ed

    Sonny

  8. The Book of Daniel

    Worth Webster · 1 episode

  9. Tennis Anyone?

    Courtney Conte

  10. 2005
  11. Riding the Bus with My Sister

    Rick

  12. 2004
  13. 2003

    Skin

    TV

  14. An Unexpected Love

    Jack Mayer

  15. 2002
  16. Watching Ellie

    Billy · 1 episode

  17. 2001
  18. Kill Me Later

    Mathew Richmond

  19. 2000

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. A Song from the Heart

    Gregory Pavan

  3. 1998
  4. 1997
  5. Chicago Sons

    Mike Kulchak · 13 episodes

  6. 1996

    The Secret She Carried

    Mitch Hayward

  7. Joe's Wedding

    Joe McCarthy

  8. The Little Death

    Paul Hannon

  9. 1995
  10. 1994

    Star Struck

    Colton

  11. A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

    Smitty

  12. The Counterfeit Contessa

    Dawson Everett

  13. 1993

    Sad Inheritance

    Gabriel

  14. 1992
  15. Miss Beatty's Children

    Alan Chandler

  16. 1991
  17. 1990

    Fine Things

    Bernie Fine

1950s

  1. 1951

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Rick · 1 episode

No release date

  1. There There

    Movie

  2. Take Two

    Steve Magarahan

Directed 3

2010s

  1. 2018

    Holiday Hostage

    Director

  2. 2011