D.W. Moffett
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Falling Down
as Detective Lydecker 1993
One Battle After Another
as Bill Desmond 2025
Traffic
as Jeff Sheridan 2000
Thirteen
as Travis 2003
The Sitter
as Dr. Pedulla 2011
May December
as Tom Atherton 2023
Stealing Beauty
as Richard 1996
Twisted
as Ray Porter 2004
Pacific Heights
as Bill 1990
Alarum
as Ronald Burbridge 2025
Black Widow
as Michael 1987
Visioneers
as Jeffers 2008
Molly
as Mark Cottrell 1999
The Glorias
as Stan 2020
Lisa
as Richard 1990
The Misfit Brigade
as Capt. Von Barring 1987
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Teacher 2018