D.W. Moffett
Acting • Born 1954-10-26
Biography
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.
Filmography
90 credits
Visioneers
Movie • 2008
Jeffers
The Misfit Brigade
Movie • 1987
Capt. Von Barring
Stealing Beauty
Movie • 1996
Richard
Riding the Bus with My Sister
Movie • 2005
Rick
Molly
Movie • 1999
Mark Cottrell
Rough Magic
Movie • 1995
Cliff Wyatt
Black Widow
Movie • 1987
Michael
An Early Frost
Movie • 1985
Peter Hilton
The Sitter
Movie • 2011
Dr. Pedulla
Lisa
Movie • 1990
Richard
In the Deep Woods
Movie • 1992
Frank McCarry
An Unexpected Love
Movie • 2003
Jack Mayer
Picture Paris
Movie • 2012
Randy Larson
Fine Things
Movie • 1990
Bernie Fine
May December
Movie • 2023
Tom Atherton
Perfect Prey
Movie • 1998
Detective Jimmy Cerullo
The Little Death
Movie • 1996
Paul Hannon
Falling Down
Movie • 1993
Detective Lydecker
Twisted
Movie • 2004
Ray Porter
Against the Clock
Movie • 2019
Douglas
Special Ed
Movie • 2006
Sonny
The Counterfeit Contessa
Movie • 1994
Dawson Everett
Black Crescent Moon
Movie • 2008
Jack Wagner
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
Movie • 1994
Smitty
Joe's Wedding
Movie • 1996
Joe McCarthy
There There
Movie
Alarum
Movie • 2025
Ronald Burbridge
A Song from the Heart
Movie • 1999
Gregory Pavan
Sad Inheritance
Movie • 1993
Gabriel
Thirteen
Movie • 2003
Travis
The Year of Spectacular Men
Movie • 2018
Teacher
LifeStories: Steve Burdick
Movie • 1990
Steve Burdick
Star Struck
Movie • 1994
Colton
Pacific Heights
Movie • 1990
Bill
Miss Beatty's Children
Movie • 1992
Alan Chandler
Kill Me Later
Movie • 2001
Mathew Richmond
The Secret She Carried
Movie • 1996
Mitch Hayward
The Glorias
Movie • 2020
Stan
Operating Instructions
Movie • 2009
Brandon Zisk
Traffic
Movie • 2000
Jeff Sheridan
Dream Breakers
Movie • 1989
Mark O'Connor
Crime Story
Movie • 2021
Congressman Billings
The Smell of Success
Movie • 2011
Agent Chestnut
One Battle After Another
Movie • 2025
Bill Desmond
Tennis Anyone?
Movie • 2006
Courtney Conte
Take Two
Movie
Steve Magarahan
Paradise: Disturbed
Movie
Life Is Wild
TV • 2007
Danny Clarke
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Allan
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Bob Tombrello
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Michael Pellington
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Dale
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Thomas Waldman
For Your Love
TV • 1998
Dean Winston
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Todd Whitley
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Logan Andrews
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Eddy Winslow
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Kevin Hotchkiss
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Alan Hodges
The Book of Daniel
TV • 2006
Worth Webster
Friday Night Lights
TV • 2006
Joe McCoy
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Mitchell
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Grant Harrington
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Joseph Wright
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Rick
Hidden Palms
TV • 2007
Bob Hardy
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan
Skin
TV • 2003
Palace Guard
TV • 1991
Tommy Logan
Chicago Sons
TV • 1997
Mike Kulchak
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
James Heatherton
The Oldest Rookie
TV • 1987
Tony Jonas
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Chester
Switched at Birth
TV • 2011
John Kennish
Union Square
TV • 1997
Tom
Happily Divorced
TV • 2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Paul Olsen
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Cornelius Rhodes
Bosch
TV • 2015
Jack Killoran
Welcome to Flatch
TV • 2022
Doug
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
James Welmont
Happily Divorced
TV • 2011
Elliot
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Jeff Walsh
Commander in Chief
TV • 2005
Mike Stanton
Fired Up
TV • 1997
James Collins
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Dylan Michael Michaels
Monarch
TV • 2022
Tripp DeWitt
The Closer
TV • 2005
Jeffrey Walters
In Plain Sight
TV • 2008
Julian Conrad
Watching Ellie
TV • 2002
Billy