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D.W. Moffett

Highest Rated: 93% Traffic (2000)

Lowest Rated: 2% Twisted (2004)

Birthday: Oct 26, 1954

Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois, USA

For D W Moffett, acting was not the road he chose after college, but one he pursued after he tired of the agribusiness and hotel banking work he was involved with in Chicago. The lanky, dark-haired, appealing player began to take evening acting classes taught at David Mamet's St. Nicholas Theatre. Within six months, he had quit the business world, joined the St. Nicholas Theatre, and soon after became a founding member of the Remains Theatre Company. Moffett acted in and directed productions with the Remains Theatre until 1983 when fellow Chicago actor-director John Malkovich cast him in a revival of Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," which eventually transferred off-Broadway in NYC. He then made his Broadway debut replacing Peter Gallagher in a small role in Tom Stoppard's award-winning "The Real Thing" (1984) The following year, Moffett landed the featured role of Felix, a gay reporter for THE NEW YORK TIMES who succumbs to complications from AIDS in Larry Kramer's searing landmark drama "The Normal Heart." That season, he also in the Broadway production of "The Boys of Winter" alongside Matt Dillon, Wesley Snipes and Andrew McCarthy. His subsequent stage work has included "Established Price" (at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, 1989-90) and a return to the Remains Theatre in Chicago in 1993 for David Marshall Grant's "Snakebit." TV and films have kept Moffett busy. He made his small screen debut in the heralded 1985 TV-movie "An Early Frost" (NBC), one of the first productions to focus on AIDS, as Aidan Quinn's lover. In 1987, Moffett had his first series, "The Oldest Rookie" (CBS), as Tony Jonas, the detective partner of Paul Sorvino in the title role. In 1991, Moffett was the lead in the short-lived "Palace Guard" (CBS), playing a master thief who becomes the security chief of a hotel. He has also continued to appear in TV-movies, such as "Danielle Steele's 'Fine Things'" (NBC, 1990) and Counterfeit Contessa" (Fox, 1994), opposite Tea Leoni. In 1998, he began his run as co-star of "For Your Love," a sitcom revolving around three couples who live in the same neighborhood. Moffett made his feature film debut in "The Misfit Brigade" (1986), a kind of switch on "The Dirty Dozen," in which he was among German prisoners conscripted by the Nazis. He followed with a turn opposite Debra Winger in "Black Widow" (1987) and played a seductively murderous stalker in the thriller "Lisa" (1990). He subsequently has supporting parts in "Pacific Heights" (also 1990) and "Falling Down" (1993), before playing a man estranged from his wife who puts the strong moves on Liv Tyler in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty" (1996). In 2000, the actor was briefly seen as an advisor to the newly appointed drug czar (essayed by Michael Douglas) in "Traffic."

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Highest rated movies

93% 85% Traffic
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81% 77% Thirteen
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67% 54% Visioneers
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54% 41% Black Widow
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50% 49% Lisa
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50% 75% Stealing Beauty
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47% 36% Skateland
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26% 70% Kill Me Later
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25% 40% Rough Magic
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22% 39% The Sitter
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alarum Unknown (Character) - 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murmur Det. Rivers (Character) - 2022
21% 20% Crime Story Congressman Billings (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Holiday Hostage Director - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Picture Paris Randy Larson (Character) - 2011
22% 39% The Sitter Dr. Pedulla (Character) $30.5M 2011
47% 36% Skateland Jimmy Houston (Character) $11.1K 2010
67% 54% Visioneers Jeffers (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 50% Black Crescent Moon Jack Wagner (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 20% Special Ed Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 39% Riding the Bus With My Sister Rick (Character) - 2005
2% 31% Twisted Ray Porter (Character) $25.2M 2004
No Score Yet 66% An Unexpected Love Jack Mayer (Character) - 2003
81% 77% Thirteen Travis Freeland (Character) $4.6M 2003
26% 70% Kill Me Later Boss (Character) - 2001
93% 85% Traffic Jeff Sheridan (Character) $124.1M 2000
No Score Yet 69% A Song From the Heart Gregory Pavan (Character) - 1999
14% 52% Molly Mark Cottrell (Character) $17.4K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perfect Prey Detective Jimmy Cerullo (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe's Wedding Joe McCarthy (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 40% The Little Death Paul / Kelly's brother (Character) - 1996
50% 75% Stealing Beauty Richard (Character) $4.6M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret She Carried Mitch Hayward (Character) - 1996
25% 40% Rough Magic Cliff Wyatt (Character) $221.7K 1995
No Score Yet 0% Star Struck Colton (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 70% The Counterfeit Contessa Dawson Everett (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story Smitty (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lies and Lullabies Gabriel (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 27% In the Deep Woods Frank McCarry (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miss Beatty's Children Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Palace Guard Tommy Logan (Character) - 1991
50% 49% Lisa Richard (Character) $4.1M 1990
No Score Yet 46% Fine Things Bernie Fine (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dream Breakers Mark O'Connor (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ask Me Again Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misfit Brigade Capt. Erich von Barring (Character) - 1987
54% 41% Black Widow Michael (Character) $22.7M 1987
No Score Yet 74% An Early Frost Peter Hilton (Character) - 1985

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No Score Yet No Score Yet For Your Love Dean Winston (Character),
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1998-2002 2023
31% 29% Monarch Tripp Dewitt (Guest Star) 2022
No Score Yet 75% Chicago Med Cornelius Rhodes (Guest Star) 2015-2016 2018-2019
88% 85% How to Get Away With Murder Jefferson Walsh (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 82% Switched at Birth John Kennish (Character),
Director
2011-2015 2017
No Score Yet 84% Hot in Cleveland Chester (Guest Star) 2010 2014
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happily Divorced Elliot (Character) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Plain Sight Julian Conrad (Guest Star) 2011
83% 84% The Closer Jeffrey Walters (Guest Star) 2010
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paul Olsen (Guest Star) 2010
97% 93% Friday Night Lights Joe McCoy (Guest Star) 2008-2010
No Score Yet 86% Lie to Me Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan (Guest Star) 2009
47% 86% Life Is Wild Danny Clarke (Character) 2007-2008
42% No Score Yet Hidden Palms Bob Hardy (Character) 2007
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 87% Ghost Whisperer Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Bob Tombrello (Guest Star) 2007
79% 84% Brothers & Sisters Michael Pellington (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 76% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Grant Harrington (Guest Star) 2007
65% No Score Yet Close to Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
54% No Score Yet The Book of Daniel Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
82% No Score Yet Commander in Chief Mike Stanton (Guest Star) 2005
70% No Score Yet Skin Skip Ziti (Character) 2003 2005
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Kevin Hotchkiss (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
32% No Score Yet Watching Ellie Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crossing Jordan Unknown (Guest Star) 2001-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Union Square Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
29% No Score Yet Chicago Sons Mike Kulchak (Character) 1997
17% No Score Yet Fired Up Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
64% No Score Yet The Naked Truth Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits James Heatherton (Character) 1995
50% No Score Yet Palace Guard Tommy Logan (Character) 1991
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1990
71% 89% Miami Vice Thomas Waldman (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Mitchell (Guest Star) 1986