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D.W. Moffett

Born 1954-10-26

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

One Battle After Another 2025 · 8.2 May December 2023 · 7.2 Traffic 2000 · 7.5 Falling Down 1993 · 7.6 The Sitter 2011 · 5.6 Stealing Beauty 1996 · 6.5 Switched at Birth 2011 · 7.7 Twisted 2004 · 5.3 Black Widow 1987 · 6.4 Alarum 2025 · 3.2 Visioneers 2008 · 5.9 Hidden Palms 2007 · 6.7 Molly 1999 · 5.7 Kill Me Later 2001 · 6.1 Lisa 1990 · 5.9 The Misfit Brigade 1987 · 5.7 The Smell of Success 2011 · 5.2 Headlock 2019 · 2.5 Life Is Wild 2007 · 6.6