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Ken Olin

Highest Rated: 71% White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)

Lowest Rated: 5% 'Til There Was You (1997)

Birthday: Jul 30, 1954

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

A dark, handsome, sensitive leading actor of television who, after off-Broadway and TV experience, gained some attention amid stiff competition for his recurring role on two seasons of NBC's "Hill Street Blues." Olin was subsequently saddled with an archetypal soap opera role on CBS' "Falcon Crest" (to which, to his credit, he brought a certain low-keyed conviction): a priest who has a torrid affair with one of his parishioners. It was not until his fourth TV series, the acclaimed ABC drama "thirtysomething," that Olin really found a role that properly showcased his casual sincerity and charm, yuppie Michael Steadman, an advertising executive who introspectively worried about whether he was a good husband, a good father, a good friend, and a good Jew, sometimes simultaneously.

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Highest rated movies

71% 47% White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
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30% 35% Queens Logic
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28% 46% Ghost Story
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5% 35% 'Til There Was You
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The Game of Love
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Police Story: Cop Killers
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66% Doing Time on Maple Drive
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Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston
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Phenomenon II
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Tonight's the Night
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Phenomenon II Director - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Evolution's Child James Mydell (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Y2K Nick Cromwell (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 40% The Advocate's Devil Abe Ringel (Character) - 1997
5% 35% 'Til There Was You Gregory (Character) $3.5M 1997
No Score Yet 85% In Pursuit of Honor Director - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nothing but the Truth Dr. Peter Clayman (Character) - 1995
71% 47% White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf Director $8.7M 1994
No Score Yet 66% Doing Time on Maple Drive Director - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Broken Cord Director - 1992
30% 35% Queens Logic Ray (Character) $301.6K 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston Charles Stuart (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 21% A Stoning in Fulham County Jim Sandler (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story: Cop Killers Officer Manny Mandell (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Game of Love Henry Fox (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tonight's the Night Henry Fox (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet There Must Be a Pony Jay Savage (Character) - 1986
28% 46% Ghost Story Young James (Character) - 1981

TV

Credit
89% 65% Tracker Executive Producer,
Director
2024
94% 81% This Is Us Director,
Executive Producer
2017-2022
74% 75% Grand Hotel Director 2019
97% 89% The Good Place Director 2018
82% 64% Zoo Robert Oz (Guest Star) 2015-2017
No Score Yet 76% The Arrangement Director 2017
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
79% 84% Brothers & Sisters David Caplan (Guest Star),
Director,
Executive Producer
2006-2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009-2010
60% 100% Eli Stone Director 2008
86% 89% Alias David McNeil (Guest Star),
Director,
Executive Producer
2001-2006
62% No Score Yet Breaking News Executive Producer 2002
81% 95% The West Wing Director 2000
No Score Yet 71% Felicity Director 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Director 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. Doctors Dr. Roger Cattan (Character),
Director
1998-1999
83% No Score Yet EZ Streets Det. Cameron Quinn (Character),
Director
1996-1997
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Michael Steadman (Character) 1987-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Falcon Crest Father Christopher (Character) 1981-1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Perry Revere (Guest Star) 1986
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Harry Garibaldi (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1984-1985