
D.W. Moffett
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Visioneers
2008

The Misfit Brigade
1987

Stealing Beauty
1996

Riding the Bus with My Sister
2005

Molly
1999

Rough Magic
1995

Black Widow
1987

An Early Frost
1985

The Sitter
2011

Lisa
1990

In the Deep Woods
1992

An Unexpected Love
2003

Picture Paris
2012

Fine Things
1990

May December
2023

Perfect Prey
1998

The Little Death
1996

Falling Down
1993

Twisted
2004

Against the Clock
2019

Special Ed
2006

The Counterfeit Contessa
1994

Black Crescent Moon
2008

A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
1994

Joe's Wedding
1996

There There
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Alarum
2025

A Song from the Heart
1999

Sad Inheritance
1993

Thirteen
2003

The Year of Spectacular Men
2018

LifeStories: Steve Burdick
1990

Star Struck
1994

Pacific Heights
1990

Miss Beatty's Children
1992

Kill Me Later
2001

The Secret She Carried
1996

The Glorias
2020

Operating Instructions
2009

Traffic
2000

Dream Breakers
1989

Crime Story
2021

The Smell of Success
2011

One Battle After Another
2025

Tennis Anyone?
2006

Take Two
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Paradise: Disturbed
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Life Is Wild
2007

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Numb3rs
2005

Brothers and Sisters
2006

Ghost Whisperer
2005

Miami Vice
1984

For Your Love
1998

Cold Case
2003

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Crossing Jordan
2001

Nip/Tuck
2003

Without a Trace
2002

The Book of Daniel
2006

Friday Night Lights
2006

The Equalizer
1985

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Close to Home
2005

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hidden Palms
2007

Lie to Me
2009

Skin
2003

Palace Guard
1991

Chicago Sons
1997

The Outer Limits
1995

The Oldest Rookie
1987

Hot in Cleveland
2010

Switched at Birth
2011

Union Square
1997

Happily Divorced
2011

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Chicago Med
2015

Bosch
2015

Welcome to Flatch
2022

CSI: Miami
2002

Happily Divorced
2011

How to Get Away with Murder
2014

Commander in Chief
2005

Fired Up
1997

The Naked Truth
1995

Monarch
2022

The Closer
2005

In Plain Sight
2008

Watching Ellie
2002