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Dwier Brown is an American film and television actor. In the 1989 film Field of Dreams he played John Kinsella, the father of Kevin Costner's character, and he played Henry Mitchell in Dennis the Menace Strikes Again in 1998. Brown has appeared in several horror films, such as House (1986) and The Guardian (1990), the latter directed by William Friedkin, who also directed The Exorcist. He has also made appearances on several television series, including Firefly, Criminal Minds, and Ghost Whisperer. In 2014, he wrote a memoir entitled If You Build It... described as a book about "fathers, fate, and Field of Dreams."
Born
Friday, 30 January 1959
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ironside | Carter Watson | 2013 |
Locked Down | Kirkman | 2010 |
Rizzoli & Isles | Priest | 2010 |
Crazy | Businessman at Bar | 2008 |
Fast Girl | Bill Johnstone | 2008 |
Private Practice | Matthew | 2007 |
Day Break | Scott Sommers | 2006 |
The Unit | Ambassador Blashek | 2006 |
Ghost Whisperer | Jeff Dunning | 2005 |
Criminal Minds | William Copeland | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ironside | Carter Watson | 2013 |
Locked Down | Kirkman | 2010 |
Rizzoli & Isles | Priest | 2010 |
Crazy | Businessman at Bar | 2008 |
Fast Girl | Bill Johnstone | 2008 |
Private Practice | Matthew | 2007 |
Day Break | Scott Sommers | 2006 |
The Unit | Ambassador Blashek | 2006 |
Ghost Whisperer | Jeff Dunning | 2005 |
Criminal Minds | William Copeland | 2005 |
House | George | 2004 |
Red Dragon | Mr. Jacobi | 2002 |
Firefly | Durran Haymer | 2002 |
Without a Trace | Matt Thorpe | 2002 |
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation | Phil (The Guardian) | 2001 |
Falling Like This | Deputy Sheriff | 2001 |
Reunion | Patrick | 2001 |
The Zeros | Leo | 2001 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Young Sam Braun | 2000 |
Rip Girls | Ben Miller | 2000 |
Passions | Agent Henderson | 1999 |
Charmed | Tyler's Foster Father | 1998 |
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! | Henry Mitchell | 1998 |
Prey | Roger Young | 1998 |
Ally McBeal | Steven | 1997 |
The Practice | Josh Manning | 1997 |
7th Heaven | Kevin | 1996 |
Galaxies Are Colliding | Adam | 1996 |
Same River Twice | Mikey | 1996 |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Hal | 1995 |
Lily in Winter | Jim Towler | 1994 |
Without Warning | Matt Jensen | 1994 |
Touched by an Angel | Sheriff Kyle | 1994 |
ER | Dr. David Herlihy | 1994 |
Deconstructing Sarah | Mitch | 1994 |
Gettysburg | Capt. Brewer | 1993 |
Revenge on the Highway | Red Robin | 1992 |
Mom and Dad Save the World | Sirk, Raff's Son | 1992 |
The Cutting Edge | Hale Forrest | 1992 |
The Guardian | Phil Sterling | 1990 |
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | Jeff Simms | 1989 |
Field of Dreams | John Kinsella | 1989 |
Quantum Leap | Neil Walters | 1989 |
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge | Jim Buckner | 1988 |
Sonny Spoon | Father Clannon | 1988 |
House 2: The Second Story | Clarence | 1987 |
House II: The Second Story | Clarence | 1987 |
Copacabana | Bibi Sutton | 1985 |
To Live and Die in L.A. | Doctor | 1985 |
House | Lieutenant | 1985 |
The Twilight Zone | Robbie (segment "Wordplay") | 1985 |
Murder, She Wrote | Philip Polachek / Bill Richards | 1984 |
The Thorn Birds | Stuart Cleary | 1983 |
The Mississippi | Bondurant | 1982 |
The Fall Guy | Stable Boy | 1981 |