D.W. Moffett

Birthday: 1954-10-26
Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
There There
2025-08-06 The Battle of Baktan Cross Bill Desmond
2025-01-16 Alarum Ronald Burbridge
2023-11-16 May December Tom Atherton
2021-08-13 Crime Story Congressman Billings
2020-12-18 The Glorias Stan
2019-01-11 Against the Clock Douglas
2018-06-15 The Year of Spectacular Men Teacher
2014-07-01 Story of the Gun: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 10)
2012-12-17 Picture Paris Randy Larson
2011-12-09 The Sitter Dr. Pedulla
2009-01-01 Operating Instructions Brandon Zisk
2008-06-15 Black Crescent Moon Jack Wagner
2008-06-12 Visioneers Jeffers
2006-01-20 Special Ed Sonny
2005-05-01 Riding the Bus with My Sister Rick
2004-02-27 Twisted Ray Porter
2003-08-20 Thirteen Travis Freeland
2003-03-24 An Unexpected Love Jack Mayer
2001-09-14 Kill Me Later Mathew Richmond
2000-12-27 Traffic Jeff Sheridan
1999-10-22 Molly Mark Cottrell
1999-09-26 A Song from the Heart Gregory Pavan
1998-07-10 Perfect Prey Detective Jimmy Cerullo
1996-10-27 The Secret She Carried Mitch Hayward
1996-10-01 Joe's Wedding Joe McCarthy
1996-03-29 Stealing Beauty Richard
1996-03-26 The Little Death Paul Hannon
1995-09-07 Rough Magic Cliff Wyatt
1994-10-30 Star Struck Colton
1994-04-17 A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story Smitty
1994-04-04 The Counterfeit Contessa Dawson Everett
1993-03-14 Sad Inheritance Gabriel
1993-02-26 Falling Down Detective Lydecker
1992-10-26 In the Deep Woods Frank McCarry
1992-01-01 Miss Beatty's Children Alan Chandler
1990-12-18 LifeStories: Steve Burdick Steve Burdick
1990-10-15 Fine Things Bernie Fine
1990-09-28 Pacific Heights Bill
1990-04-20 Lisa Richard
1989-09-02 Dream Breakers Mark O'Connor
1987-07-02 The Misfit Brigade Capt. Von Barring
1987-02-06 Black Widow Michael
1985-05-01 An Early Frost Peter Hilton