Acting
D.W. Moffett
EN cinema · 48 credits
Born
26 October 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Also known as Donald Warren Moffett
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.
Known for
Filmography
Take Two
as Steve Magarahan
Alarum
as Ronald Burbridge
One Battle After Another
as Bill Desmond
May December
as Tom Atherton
Crime Story
as Congressman Billings
The Glorias
as Stan
Against the Clock
as Douglas
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Teacher
Picture Paris
as Randy Larson
The Sitter
as Dr. Pedulla
The Smell of Success
as Agent Chestnut
Operating Instructions
as Brandon Zisk
Visioneers
as Jeffers
Black Crescent Moon
as Jack Wagner
Special Ed
as Sonny
Tennis Anyone?
as Courtney Conte
Twisted
as Ray Porter
An Unexpected Love
as Jack Mayer
Thirteen
as Travis
Kill Me Later
as Mathew Richmond
Traffic
as Jeff Sheridan
Molly
as Mark Cottrell
A Song from the Heart
as Gregory Pavan
Perfect Prey
as Detective Jimmy Cerullo
Stealing Beauty
as Richard
The Little Death
as Paul Hannon
Joe's Wedding
as Joe McCarthy
The Secret She Carried
as Mitch Hayward
Rough Magic
as Cliff Wyatt
The Counterfeit Contessa
as Dawson Everett
Star Struck
as Colton
Falling Down
as Detective Lydecker
Sad Inheritance
as Gabriel
In the Deep Woods
as Frank McCarry
Miss Beatty's Children
as Alan Chandler
Lisa
as Richard
Fine Things
as Bernie Fine
Pacific Heights
as Bill
Dream Breakers
as Mark O'Connor
The Misfit Brigade
as Capt. Von Barring
Black Widow
as Michael
An Early Frost
as Peter Hilton