D.W. Moffett
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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D.W. Moffett
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alarum | Unknown (Character) | - | 2025 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murmur | Det. Rivers (Character) | - | 2022 |
21% |
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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% |
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The Sitter | Dr. Pedulla (Character) | $30.5M | 2011 |
47% |
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Skateland | Jimmy Houston (Character) | $11.1K | 2010 |
67% |
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Visioneers | Jeffers (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Black Crescent Moon | Jack Wagner (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Special Ed | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Riding the Bus With My Sister | Rick (Character) | - | 2005 |
2% |
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Twisted | Ray Porter (Character) | $25.2M | 2004 |
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An Unexpected Love | Jack Mayer (Character) | - | 2003 |
81% |
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Thirteen | Travis Freeland (Character) | $4.6M | 2003 |
26% |
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Kill Me Later | Boss (Character) | - | 2001 |
93% |
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Traffic | Jeff Sheridan (Character) | $124.1M | 2000 |
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A Song From the Heart | Gregory Pavan (Character) | - | 1999 |
14% |
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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 |
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The Little Death |
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50% |
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Stealing Beauty | Richard (Character) | $4.6M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret She Carried | Mitch Hayward (Character) | - | 1996 |
25% |
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Rough Magic | Cliff Wyatt (Character) | $221.7K | 1995 |
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Star Struck | Colton (Character) | - | 1994 |
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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 |
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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% |
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Lisa | Richard (Character) | $4.1M | 1990 |
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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% |
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Black Widow | Michael (Character) | $22.7M | 1987 |
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An Early Frost | Peter Hilton (Character) | - | 1985 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Your Love |
Dean Winston (Character), Director |
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 |